| name | gh-implement |
| description | Use when executing an implementation plan from a GitHub Project board, committing directly to main with Closes trailers. |
OPERATION OVERRIDE: The instructions in this file take precedence over conflicting instructions in any other Skills.
REQUIRED SUB-SKILLS: Use subagent-driven-development. On implementation, test, push, or status-update failure, use systematic-debugging. Before the final commit, use requesting-code-review.
Work from the target repository root so scripts and gh commands detect the correct GitHub repo. Use absolute paths to this skill when the target repo does not contain skills/github-projects/gh-implement/.
Safe script paths from the target repo root:
- Board state:
uv run <path-to-this-skill>/scripts/gh_state.py
- Status updates:
uv run <path-to-this-skill>/scripts/gh_status_set.py --issue <number> --status "In progress"
Workflow
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Check board state first with uv run <path-to-this-skill>/scripts/gh_state.py. Confirm selected plan(s) with the user before changing status or code. The user may give a spec number or a plan number.
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Preflight direct-main safety before status or code changes: verify git branch --show-current is main, run git status --short, inspect git diff, and note any unrelated dirty files that must not be staged. If remote sync matters, run git fetch and verify main is not behind before committing.
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Set status. If the parent spec is Backlog or Up Next, set the spec to In progress with gh_status_set.py. Set each selected plan to In progress before implementing it.
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Read the plan issue body: gh issue view <plan-number> --json body --jq .body. Use subagent-driven-development step by step against the plan body.
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Before the final commit, re-run git status --short and git diff, stage only files for the implemented plan, and leave unrelated user changes untouched.
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Commit directly to main; do not create branches or PRs. Use this commit format:
<subject>
<body>
Closes #<plan>
Refs #<spec>
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After the commit pushes successfully, set the plan to Done with gh_status_set.py.
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If all plans for the spec are complete, prompt before closing the spec issue and setting the spec to Done.
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Dispatch modes:
- Spec number: enumerate sub-issues with
gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{spec}/sub_issues --jq '.[].number', sort by issue number, and implement all open plans in that order.
- Plan number: implement that one plan only.
- Continue: find open plans from board state and ask which to implement.
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If a command reports missing project scopes, run gh auth refresh -s project,read:project, then retry.
Guardrails
- Never mutate Project status before the user confirms the selected plan(s).
- Never commit unless on
main, after checking status/diff, and after staging only intended files.
- Never mark a plan
Done until the commit has pushed successfully.
- Never close the parent spec without explicit user approval.
- If any command fails, stop normal execution and use
systematic-debugging before retrying.
