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issue-workflow-guardrail

Manages complete GitHub issue orchestration and lifecycle.

Install

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Activation

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Use when handling a GitHub issue for this repository, including raw issue shaping, implementability reassessment, parent/child issue orchestration, durable execution snapshots, product decision-gate handoff, staged execution, result roll-up, and verifier handoff. Run the fixed prepare/lint/finish workflow, keep the issue body current, and stop when the actionable state changed.
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Intermediate

Key capabilities

  • Shape raw GitHub issues into stable problem statements
  • Orchestrate parent/child issues for large tasks
  • Create internal execution issues linked to external reports
  • Record execution snapshots in the issue body
  • Hand off issues for product decisions when tradeoffs arise
  • Manage issue close-out with completion notes and validation summaries

How it works

This skill uses a fenced sequence for issue processing, including creating internal issues for external reports, managing parent/child splits, and recording execution snapshots. It ensures that issues are normalized only when active and provides a structured close-out process.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
A GitHub issue number or URL, or a raw issue description
You get back
A shaped GitHub issue with an execution plan, or a closed issue with a completion note

When to use issue-workflow-guardrail

  • Triage GitHub issues
  • Splitting large issues
  • Orchestrating issue execution

About this skill

Issue Workflow Guardrail

定位

本 skill 是当前仓库 GitHub issue 工作流的唯一生命周期 owner,负责整形、分类、计划、执行编排、独立验收(仅在需要的场景)、发布和关闭。

  • 不要叠加通用 Superpowers lifecycle skill(brainstorming、writing-plans、executing-plans、subagent-driven-development、requesting-code-review、finishing-a-development-branch、using-git-worktrees)。
  • 方法 skill 照常可用:systematic-debuggingtest-driven-developmentverification-before-completion;并行 agent 只在任务真正独立可并行时使用。
  • 持久化只保留一份:需求/决策/执行状态写 issue body 或链接设计文档;长设计写 docs 生命周期文档;独立验收由 issue-verifier 承担;机械检查和发布由 pre-commit + safe-push 承担。
  • 不为 workflow 管理的 issue 创建 docs/superpowers/specsdocs/superpowers/plans

模式选择

默认 fast。命中以下任一高风险信号时选择 full

  • 外部提单
  • 母/子结构,或预计需要拆分
  • 状态机、迁移、安全、权限、协议或跨 surface 行为
  • 多阶段或多 turn 执行
  • 分类不确定

prepare 会按 issue 正文和标签做机械升级:命中高风险信号时拒绝以 fast 继续。执行者还要按触碰文件面核对(状态机/迁移/安全/权限/协议等 guardrail 区域),命中即升 full。用户显式指定模式优先,但执行中发现 fast 已不安全时,必须说明证据并升级到 full。

fast 准入清单

以下条件必须全部成立:

  1. 单一执行面,预期一个 commit 能收尾
  2. 不碰状态机 / 迁移 / 安全 / 权限 / 协议 / 跨 surface 行为
  3. 有明确测试或验证路径
  4. 不需要拆单、交人、跨 session 恢复

任一条件不成立,使用 full

入口

两个固定入口;lintclose-plan 保留为可选复检,不属于必跑流程。

bash .codex/skills/issue-workflow-guardrail/scripts/issuectl.sh prepare --issue <number> --mode <fast|full>
bash .codex/skills/issue-workflow-guardrail/scripts/issuectl.sh finish --issue <number> --mode <fast|full> [--comment-file path] [--close]

职责:

  • prepare:git pull --ff-only、拉取实时 issue、分类扫描、workflow 合同检查(含 lint 报告)、claim processing、写 prepare snapshot JSON。未 ready 时阻塞继续。
  • body/标签改过后,重新跑 prepare 即可完成复检,不需要单独跑 lint
  • finish --close:内部先跑 close gate 检查,gate 不过就拒绝关闭。close-plan 只是给人工预览的 dry-run,不是关闭前置步骤。
  • finish 不重跑本地格式、文档、diff 或测试;pre-commit、定向验证和 safe-push 负责这些。

fast 合同

  • 最小合同:背景目标完成标准,外加恰好一个 status:* 标签。
  • 流程:prepare → 读 issue + 相关代码 → 实现 → 定向验证 → pre-commit → commit → safe-push → finish --close
  • 不写执行决策、执行快照、参考区,不跑独立 verifier。
  • 执行中发现不再是单阶段/低风险时,立即升级 full 并补齐缺失的执行上下文,再继续。

full 合同

最小结构:

  • 背景 / 目标 / 完成标准
  • 执行上下文:
    • 当前执行单元
    • 下一步
    • 最后一致状态
    • 未完成尾项

以下内容都是条件性的,不是 full 的默认产物:

  • 实现参考 / 检查参考 / 收尾参考:仅在要交人、跨 session 或 issue 确实复杂到需要索引时写。
  • 阶段计划 / 拆分表:仅当 issue 需要拆分或作为母 issue 调度时写。
  • 执行快照:仅在真实停点(停 turn、交 worker、跨 session)时更新,不要求每个 stage 结束都更新。
  • 独立 verifier:仅按下方「verifier」一节的范围执行。

流程:prepare → 写/刷新执行上下文 → 连续实现(阶段结束只做四问,不重读流程文档)→ 定向验证 → commit → push → finish --close

读序

  • 每个任务开始读一次本 skill,加上 issue body、标签、最新评论和相关代码。
  • docs/general/issue-orchestration-workflow.md 是参考文档:需要拆分表、决策包、verifier 输出模板或 close gate 细节时才查阅,不是必读项。
  • 连续执行时不重读流程文档;每个 stage 前重读 issue/评论/代码只在真实恢复或上下文压缩后需要。
  • 如果 .codex/private/issue-orchestration-private.md 存在,仅在分类或拆分判断有歧义时读取;它不改变公开基线。

输出约定

  • prepare / lint / close-plan / finish 默认只输出文本摘要;完整 JSON 用 --json-file <path> 写文件(prepare 也可用 --snapshot-file),stdout 不吐全文。
  • 读 snapshot 或 inspect 文件时,先 rg '^## ' <file> 列结构,再 sed -n '/^## 目标/,/^## 完成标准/p' <file> 取需要的 section;不要 cat 整个文件。

输出防爆(阈值制)

  • 小输出(预计 < 3k token)直接读,不写文件;只有大概率大输出(issue 全文、CI 日志、minified 文件、整仓 diff、sqlite 全表)才走文件/片段读。
  • 未知大小先探一次:wc -c / rg --count-matches / head -n 20,再决定直读还是文件化。
  • 限流用单 flag:rg --max-count / -lgit diff --statgo test -run、sqlite LIMIThead
  • 输出被截断或失败:禁止原样重试同一命令,先缩小范围或换 helper;不要为提高上限而提高 max_output_tokens

执行规则

  • 绿/黄/红不一致分级保持不变:绿色局部处理,黄色做一次有界探查,红色停止实现、回写 issue、交还 orchestrator。
  • 产品决策门保持不变:停下自动化,写最小 待决策 包,只问最小的阻塞问题;拍板后先把结论回填 issue 再继续。
  • worker 边界:子 issue 或未拆分直做单元只负责当前闭包内执行,不做闭包外的重新规划。
  • 验证底线与模式无关:根因优先、定向测试、pre-commit、safe-push 全都要跑。

外部提单

  • 单阶段、低风险的外部提单:直接在原 issue 上处理,保留提单人 body,完成后在原 issue 回一条简短评论。
  • 多阶段或需要内部编排的外部提单:先建内部执行 issue,双向链接;所有 workflow 结构只写内部 issue,默认只关内部 issue,原 issue 由人工决定是否关闭。

verifier

使用 issue-verifier 的场景:

  • 关闭母 issue
  • 外部提单的 close-out
  • 安全 / 迁移 / 状态机类工作
  • 用户明确要求 验收 / 独立验证 / 完成前复核
  • 执行中风险上升,独立检查确实能降低风险

其他 full issue 不做独立 verifier pass,由同一执行者做一次 close-readiness 检查(目标/验收/diff/durable sync)。

close-out

  • finish --close 内置 close gate:需要 verifier 记录、父 issue 回卷或 legacy contract rehab 时,gate 不过会拒绝关闭。
  • 完成评论保持简短:改了什么、怎么验证的、跑了 verifier 就给结论、durable 知识同步到哪里或为什么不需要、commit/PR 引用。
  • 终态:工作区干净、没有未推送的本地提交、finish 已跑、验收满足时 issue 已关闭。
  • 如果停在非终态,必须说明还差什么、为什么停,以及精确的恢复动作。

GitHub CLI 强制规范

  • 读写 issue 优先使用 issuectl,不要自己拼裸 gh issue view <number> --comments(projectCards GraphQL 必炸)。
  • gh issue view <number> --json ... 或 REST gh api ... 可用,但 --json 字段必须先跑 bash scripts/dev/gh-json-fields.sh --check <field,...> <gh-subcommand> 验证,禁止凭记忆猜。
  • issue 全文、评论、CI 日志一律重定向到文件再按需读(先 rg '^## ' 列结构,再 sed -n 取段),不要打进 stdout。
  • 编辑 body 一律 --body-file <file>;禁止把含反引号、$()、长文本的 body 直接拼进命令行。
  • 多步命令拆成多次工具调用;禁止用 && 接在 heredoc 之后。
  • 命令失败后禁止原样重试同一条命令:先读错误,换 helper 或正确格式。

When not to use it

  • Performing a one-time cleanup pass over old issues
  • Handling tasks not centered on a GitHub issue in this repository
  • Guessing at product tradeoffs instead of handing off for a decision

Limitations

  • Does not perform one-time cleanup passes over old issues
  • Does not automatically close external reporter issues
  • Does not force direct implementation if an issue only reaches research closure

How it compares

This workflow provides a structured, durable process for managing GitHub issues, preventing duplicate merges and lost status updates, unlike a manual approach that might lack consistent state tracking.

Compared to similar skills

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issue-workflow-guardrail (this skill)03moReviewIntermediate
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github-project-management46moReviewAdvanced
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