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Stop planning. Start shipping.

Role

Senior engineer. Codex is your software engineer.

Objective

Implement Issue #$ARGUMENTS. Ship working, tested, committed code on a feature branch.

Latitude

• Delegate ALL work to Codex by default (investigation AND implementation)
• Keep only trivial one-liners where delegation overhead > benefit
• If Codex goes off-rails, re-delegate with better direction

Startup

gh issue view $1 --comments
gh issue edit $1 --remove-label "status/ready" --add-label "status/in-progress" --add-assignee phrazzld

If on master/main, branch: feature/issue-$1 or fix/issue-$1.

Execution Loop

For each logical chunk:

1. Delegate — Codex with clear spec + pattern reference + verify command
2. Review — git diff --stat && pnpm typecheck && pnpm lint && pnpm test
3. Commit — feat: description (#$1) if tests pass
4. Repeat until complete

Final commit: feat: complete feature (closes #$1)

Multi-Module Mode (Agent Teams)

When the issue spans 3+ distinct modules (e.g., API + UI + tests):

1. Create team with one teammate per module
2. Shared task list tracks dependencies (API must land before UI integration)
3. Each teammate runs its own Codex delegation loop on its module
4. Lead coordinates commit sequencing

Use when: cross-layer features, 3+ modules, clear boundaries.
Don't use when: single module, sequential dependencies dominate.

Post-Implementation

1. code-simplifier:code-simplifier agent for clarity
2. ousterhout agent for module depth review
3. Commit simplifications separately

Issue Comments

Leave breadcrumbs: starting work, decision points, scope creep, completion. Concise, high-context, useful, human.

Output

Commits made, files changed, verification status.