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Captain-only. Fetch, merge origin into master, merge unique worktree work into master, and sync all worktrees. The daily rhythm command. NEVER pushes to remote. NEVER rebases. NEVER resets to origin. Formerly `/sync-all` — v2 rename to captain-actor-verb.

Captain-only. Fetch, merge origin into master, merge unique worktree work into master, and sync all worktrees. The daily rhythm command. NEVER pushes to remote. NEVER rebases. NEVER resets to origin. Formerly `/sync-all` — v2 rename to captain-actor-verb.

Captain-only. Land an agent's prepared branch — switch, verify receipt, bump agency_version, create PR, watch CI, merge, release, notify agent. The single-writer serialization point for agency_version and PR creation. Companion to /pr-submit (the-agency#296 Phase 1 pilot). The `captain-` qualifier in the name signals scope at a glance (complements `paths: []` scoping and the Step-1 runtime precondition).

Captain-only. Quality-check, commit, push, create PR, and cut a release in one flow. The "code is ready" command for captain-owned branches. Every PR is a release. Formerly `/release` — v2 rename to captain-actor-verb.

Captain-only. Review all draft PRs (or a specified PR / project) and generate per-workstream dispatch files routing findings to worktree agents. Formerly `/captain-review` v1 — v2 migration preserves semantics.

Captain-only. Merge a PR safely — true merge commit (never squash, never rebase), branch protection respected, --principal-approved gate for --admin override. Prevents the "accidentally squashed via the wide GitHub UI button" failure mode that has burned the fleet.

Captain-only. After a PR has merged on GitHub, verify the merge, merge origin/master locally, sync all worktrees, create the GitHub release (every PR is a release), and clean up the PR branch. Formerly `/post-merge` — v2 rename to noun-actor-verb.

Agent-side signal to captain that your branch is ready for PR landing. Runs preconditions (clean tree, pushed, matching QGR receipt) then dispatches captain with a structured payload. Captain's /pr-captain-land picks it up. Replaces the distributed "agent creates PR" model with a captain-owned PR lifecycle (the-agency#296).

Append to or read the captain's narrative log — decisions, friction, learning, milestones, observations, builds.

Mid-session compact prep — force-commit the handoff, flush coord work, write continuation-framed handoff, direct to /compact.

Merge a target branch into the current branch and push to origin. The ONLY framework skill that pushes to a remote. Requires explicit confirmation. Never rebases. Default-actor skill (agents and captain both use it; captain for captain-* branches, agents for their worktree branches).

Post-compact pickup — read continuation handoff, verify state (tree clean, monitors alive, dispatch drift), resume next-action.

Clean session teardown — commit all work, write a resumption-framed handoff, stop monitors, report readiness. Leaves a clean working tree. No asking.

Full session startup for worktree agents — shells to session-pickup --from fresh (sync master + preflight), reports state (handoff mode, dispatch drift, monitor health), relaunches dead monitors, hands back next-action.

File, view, comment on, and close issues against the-agency framework on GitHub. Two-way channel with persisted local audit trail in `usr/{principal}/reports/`.

Run the quality gate after completing an iteration — review, fix, test, report, auto-commit. No principal approval needed (iteration boundary is auto-approved). Auto-emits a structured dispatch to captain so the small-batch-cadence daemon can pick up for PR landing.

Run the full deep quality gate after completing an implementation phase — review, fix, test, report, squash-commit. Principal approval REQUIRED before commit (phase boundary is NOT auto-approved). Auto-emits phase-complete dispatch to captain for PR landing.