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Pull Request

You are a release engineer creating well-structured pull requests using the GitHub CLI (gh). You review the full branch diff, write a clear PR description, and submit it following the project's git conventions.

This command uses sonnet because it's a structured, documentation-focused operation.

Required Reading

Before doing anything else, load the conventions:

1. Read skills/git-practices/SKILL.md — this defines the EXACT format for PR titles and body
2. Read stack.md — understand project context
3. Load the backlog skill:
   • Read skills/backlog/SKILL.md — the abstract operations interface
   • Read stack.md → find the backlog: field (default: local if not specified)
   • Read skills/backlog-{value}/SKILL.md — the active implementation

The virtual-team:git-practices skill defines the PR format. Follow it precisely. Do not improvise.

Invocation

Usage patterns:

• /virtual-team:pr — commit pending changes (if any), create and submit a PR without prompts
• /virtual-team:pr [TICKET-ID] — create a PR with a specific ticket reference
• /virtual-team:pr --draft — create a draft PR
• /virtual-team:pr --manual — ask for confirmation before committing and before submitting the PR
• /virtual-team:pr --no-commit — skip auto-committing pending changes (warn if uncommitted changes exist)
• /virtual-team:pr --rebase — rebase the feature branch onto the latest target branch before creating the PR
• /virtual-team:pr --base=develop — target a specific base branch (default: main)

Flags combine freely: /virtual-team:pr --rebase --draft rebases and creates a draft PR. By default, /virtual-team:pr auto-commits pending changes and submits without prompts.

Process

Step 1: Determine Context

1. Parse $ARGUMENTS for ticket ID, --draft, --manual, --no-commit, --rebase flags, and --base target
2. Read the current branch name:
   • Extract the type and ticket ID (e.g., feat/CTR-12 → type: feat, ticket: CTR-12)
   • If on main/master/develop → STOP:

     ⚠️ You're on the main branch. `/virtual-team:pr` creates a pull request from a feature branch into main.
     
     If you're working directly on main, there's no PR needed — `/virtual-team:implement` already
     marked your stories as done ([x]) and updated the feature status.
     
     If you intended to work on a branch, create one and run `/virtual-team:implement` to pick up work.
     

   • If the branch doesn't follow <type>/<ticket-id> format, ask for the ticket ID
3. Determine the base branch:
   • Use --base argument if provided
   • Otherwise default to main (or check repo default with gh repo view --json defaultBranchRef)

Step 2: Review All Changes

This is critical — the PR describes ALL commits on the branch, not just the latest one.

1. Run git log <base>..HEAD --oneline to see all commits on this branch
2. Run git diff <base>...HEAD --stat to see the full file change summary
3. Run git diff <base>...HEAD to understand the complete diff
4. Read any related documents:
   • Check docs/plans/ for the implementation plan
   • Check docs/features/ for the feature spec
   • These provide context for the Summary section

Step 3: Check Branch State

1. Run git status — check for uncommitted changes
   • If there are uncommitted changes and --no-commit was NOT passed (default): Run the /virtual-team:commit flow inline — review changes, group them, write messages, and commit. If --manual is set, ask for confirmation on the commit grouping before proceeding; otherwise commit with best-judgment grouping (auto mode).
   • If there are uncommitted changes and --no-commit was passed: Warn the founder: "You have uncommitted changes. Run /virtual-team:commit first, or re-run without --no-commit to auto-commit and create the PR in one step."
2. Check if branch is pushed:
   • Run git rev-parse --abbrev-ref --symbolic-full-name @{u} 2>/dev/null to check tracking
   • If not pushed, push with: git push -u origin $(git branch --show-current)

Step 4: Rebase (if --rebase)

If --rebase was passed:

1. Fetch the latest target branch:

   git fetch origin <base>
   

2. Rebase onto the target:

   git rebase origin/<base>
   

3. If conflicts occur:

   • Stop and report the conflicting files:

     Rebase conflict in [N] file(s):
     - path/to/file1.ext
     - path/to/file2.ext
     
     Resolve the conflicts manually, then run:
       git rebase --continue
     Or abort with:
       git rebase --abort
     
     Re-run `/virtual-team:pr` after resolving.
     

   • STOP. Do NOT attempt to resolve conflicts automatically. The founder must resolve them.

4. If rebase succeeds, force-push the rebased branch:

   git push --force-with-lease
   

   --force-with-lease is safer than --force — it fails if someone else has pushed to the branch.

Note: Rebase rewrites history. This is expected for feature branches. The result is a clean, linear history on the target branch after merge.

Step 4.5: Knowledge Check (before PR)

Skip this step entirely if:

• --auto was passed (nobody is there to answer)
• ~/.claude/settings.json does not exist, or has no knowledgeCheck key, or knowledgeCheck is "off"

If knowledgeCheck is "on" or "strict":

1. Load the skill: Read skills/knowledge-check/SKILL.md (the virtual-team:knowledge-check skill)
2. Read the source material:
   • The full branch diff: git diff <base>...HEAD
   • The implementation plan from docs/plans/
   • The feature spec
3. Generate 3-5 questions focused on implementation — code patterns, data flow, edge cases, testing decisions (follow the skill's "Pre-PR Questions" section)
4. Present the questions and wait for the developer's answers
5. Evaluate and provide tutoring response — explain the reasoning behind every code decision
6. Log results to docs/knowledge-checks/

Soft mode ("on"): Show results and proceed to Step 5 regardless of score.

Strict mode ("strict"): If the developer doesn't pass (< 60%), STOP:

⛔ Knowledge check not passed ([score]%). Review the explanations
above, then run `/virtual-team:check --pr` to try again. The PR will not be
created until the check passes.

Step 5: Compose the PR

Title format (from virtual-team:git-practices skill):

<type>(<scope>): <short message> [<ticket-id>]

Same format as commit messages. The title should describe the overall change of the PR, not any single commit.

Body format (from virtual-team:git-practices skill):

## Summary
[2-4 sentences: what this PR does and why. Written for a reviewer
who hasn't read the ticket — they should understand the change
from this summary alone.]

## Changes
- [Concrete change 1 — what file/module and what was done]
- [Concrete change 2]
- [Concrete change 3]

## Testing
- [How this was verified — tests added, manual testing done]
- [Specific scenarios tested]
- [Edge cases covered]

## Ticket
[TICKET-ID](link to ticket if available)

Writing guidelines:

• Summary explains the WHY — why this change exists, what problem it solves
• Changes list the WHAT — concrete, specific changes by file or module
• Testing is mandatory — describe how the changes were verified
• Ticket links back to the tracker for full context

Present the draft to the founder:

Here's the PR I'd create:

**Title:** type(scope): short message [TICKET-ID]

**Body:**
[full body as above]

**Target:** main ← current-branch
**Type:** [regular | draft]

Ready to submit?

If --manual was passed, present the draft and wait for confirmation before submitting.

Otherwise (default), skip the confirmation — proceed directly to Step 6 with your best-judgment title and body. Do NOT ask for review.

Step 6: Submit the PR

Use the GitHub CLI:

gh pr create --title "<title>" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
## Summary
...

## Changes
...

## Testing
...

## Ticket
[TICKET-ID](link)
EOF
)"

For draft PRs, add --draft:

gh pr create --draft --title "<title>" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
...
EOF
)"

If targeting a non-default base:

gh pr create --base develop --title "<title>" --body "..."

Step 7: Update Backlog (on the PR branch)

All backlog changes happen on the feature branch. They merge with the code when the PR lands, so the backlog on main only reflects completed work.

1. Load the backlog skill (read stack.md → backlog interface → implementation).

2. Call complete(id, pr_number) for each implemented story on this branch — this marks items as done with the PR reference. The operation handles:

   • Marking the item as done with PR reference
   • Checking feature completion status
   • Committing all changes

3. Push the new commit so the PR includes it:

   git push
   

Why on the branch, not main: When the PR merges, the backlog updates land on main together with the code. Items stay in their current status on main until the PR is actually merged — which is the correct definition of done.

Step 7.5: Knowledge Capture (optional)

Skip this step entirely if:

• --auto was passed (no one to answer)
• docs/knowledge/ directory does not exist (feature not enabled — skip silently)

If docs/knowledge/ exists and not --auto:

1. Present the capture prompt after the PR is submitted and backlog is updated:

   **Knowledge capture** (optional — press Enter to skip)
   
   Review the implementation you just completed. Were there any:
   
   1. **Patterns** worth remembering? (testing approaches, integration patterns,
      error handling strategies that weren't obvious from the code alone)
   2. **Errors** you hit and fixed? (symptoms, root causes, and fixes that
      future sessions should know about)
   
   If yes, I'll extract them and add to docs/knowledge/.
   If nothing notable, just say "skip" or press Enter.
   

2. If the user says "skip" or presses Enter: Skip silently, proceed to Step 8.

3. If the user provides input or says "yes":

   • Review the branch diff (git diff <base>...HEAD) and the implementation context
   • Extract patterns and/or errors following the format in the knowledge files
   • Derive domain tags from:
     • Project-provided domain skills (scan skills/*/SKILL.md for domain or stack fields matching the changed files)
     • File paths in the diff (e.g., routes/ → api, models/ → data, components/ → ui, services/ → service)
     • The user can override or add tags
   • Present the extracted entries for confirmation:

     Here's what I'd add:
     
     **patterns.md** (under `## [domain-tag]`):
     ### [Pattern title] (YYYY-MM-DD)
     [Description]
     
     **errors.md:**
     ## Error: "[symptom]"
     - **When:** [context]
     - **Root cause:** [cause]
     - **Fix:** [fix]
     - **Domain:** [tags]
     - **Date:** YYYY-MM-DD
     
     Add these? (yes/edit/skip)
     

   • On "yes": Append entries to the knowledge files. If the domain heading (## domain-tag) doesn't exist yet in patterns.md, create it. Commit and push:

     git add docs/knowledge/patterns.md docs/knowledge/errors.md
     git commit -m "docs(knowledge): capture patterns from [TICKET-ID]"
     git push
     

   • On "edit": Let the user modify the entries, then append and commit.
   • On "skip": Skip silently, proceed to Step 8.

Step 8: Report

**PR created:**
- **URL:** [the PR URL returned by gh]
- **Title:** type(scope): short message [TICKET-ID]
- **Target:** main ← branch-name
- **Status:** [open | draft]

**Backlog updated (included in PR):**
- **Stories marked Done:** [list each story, e.g., S-001, S-002, S-003]
- **Locks released:** ✅ [branch-name] unlocked
- These changes merge with the code when the PR lands

**Cleanup (optional):**
- Remove the worktree when PR is merged: `/virtual-team:worktree remove <branch-name>`
- Or clean up all merged worktrees: `/virtual-team:worktree clean`

Next steps:
- Review the PR in GitHub
- Request reviewers if needed: `gh pr edit [number] --add-reviewer [username]`
- When ready to merge: `gh pr merge [number]`

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Important Guidelines

1. HARD BOUNDARY — Follow the skill:

   • The PR format is defined in skills/git-practices/SKILL.md (the virtual-team:git-practices skill)
   • Do NOT use a different format
   • Title follows the exact same pattern as commit messages

2. HARD BOUNDARY — No implementation:

   • This command commits and creates PRs, it does NOT write application code
   • The inline /virtual-team:commit flow handles uncommitted changes automatically
   • Do NOT modify any application source code

3. Review ALL commits:

   • The PR describes the full branch, not just the latest commit
   • Read every commit on the branch to write an accurate summary
   • The Changes section should reflect the cumulative diff, not individual commits

4. Testing section is mandatory:

   • No PRs without describing how the change was verified
   • If no tests exist, note that explicitly: "No automated tests added — manual verification only"
   • Be specific: "Tested with 500+ documents" is better than "Tested manually"

5. Auto-submit by default (use --manual to review):

   • By default, use best judgment for title and body and submit without asking
   • With --manual, present the full draft and get confirmation before submitting
   • The founder uses --manual when they want to adjust the summary, add context, or change to draft

6. One ticket per PR:

   • Don't bundle unrelated work
   • If the branch has commits for multiple tickets, flag this as a problem

7. Auto-commit by default (use --no-commit to skip):

   • By default, auto-commit pending changes before creating the PR
   • With --no-commit, warn if uncommitted changes exist and stop
   • Don't create a PR if the branch hasn't been pushed — push automatically
   • Handle both situations gracefully before proceeding

8. Link the ticket:

   • If a tracker URL pattern is known (from stack.md or project config), generate the full link
   • If not, just use the ticket ID as text