auto

$npx mdskill add doodledood/manifest-dev/auto

Automate end-to-end workflows without manual approvals

  • Solves tasks autonomously from planning to execution
  • Uses manifest-dev:figure-out, define, and do for workflow chaining
  • Infers task from input or conversation context
  • Delivers results directly or navigates PR lifecycle automatically

SKILL.md

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---
name: auto
description: 'End-to-end autonomous execution: figure-out → define → do, chained without manual approval gates. Use when you want to define and execute without intervention during planning, when the user asks for autonomous or end-to-end work, says just build it, or asks to tend or babysit a PR.'
argument-hint: '[task] [--babysit <pr-url>]'
user-invocable: true
---

Chain `manifest-dev:figure-out --autonomous` (when the transcript lacks shared understanding) → `manifest-dev:define --autonomous` → `manifest-dev:do` on a single task. The `--autonomous` flag on figure-out makes the model self-answer with recommended answers instead of waiting on the user (see `figure-out/references/autonomous.md`). Surface define's Summary for Approval for visibility but don't wait — treat as approved and proceed to /do.

**Task text** comes from `$ARGUMENTS`; if empty, infer from conversation context (summarize the discussed task into a concrete description). Fresh session with no context and no args → halt: `No task description provided and no conversation context to infer from. Usage: /auto <task description> | /auto --babysit <pr-url>`.

**Babysit mode** (`--babysit <pr-url>`) skips fresh synthesis. Invoke `manifest-dev:define` with `--babysit <pr-url> --autonomous`, then /do. PR-lifecycle platform auto-detects from PR URL host (`github.com` → github composition); non-github host → halt. Multi-repo manifest produced by /define → single /do invocation navigates all repos.

**Failure handling.** /define returns no manifest path → stop, report. /do escalates (BLOCKED criterion or other blocker) → surface the escalation verbatim to the user with the action it requests.

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escalateStructured escalation when /do hits an unrecoverable blocker. Surfaces what was tried, why it failed, and what the user can decide. Called by /do when work is blocked, cannot proceed, hits an unrecoverable failure, needs a user decision, or gets stuck.
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figure-out-teamDrive a multi-party deliberation in a Slack channel or thread. The agent is an involved orchestrator — presses rigorously, brings evidence, names trade-offs, surfaces disagreements, advances when answers cohere; owner-by-Slack-handle overrules. Use when the people involved cannot all sit in one chat, when deliberation has to happen in Slack, or when the user asks to figure out with the team, press a group asynchronously, or get the team aligned.
harden-task-fileHarden /define task guidance files for one-shot quality. Iterates: orthogonality gap analysis, user-approved additions, prompt review, fix, converge. Use when a task file needs comprehensive coverage or "harden task file".
learn-from-sessionAnalyze Claude Code sessions to learn what went right/wrong and suggest high-confidence improvements to skills. Use when asked to analyze a session, learn from a session, or review workflow effectiveness.