arosenkranz/ship

Ship Workflow (/ship)

Full lifecycle for shipping completed work: pre-flight checks, PR creation, and CI monitoring. Invoke with /ship.

When to Use

Use /ship when implementation is complete and changes are ready to land. This skill runs the full quality gauntlet before creating a PR.

Flags

• --merge — Also merge the PR after CI passes (default: stop after CI green)
• --no-test — Skip the test step in pre-flight (lint still runs)

Steps (execute in order, no confirmation between steps)

Phase 1: Pre-flight Checks

Detect package manager:

if [[ -f "bun.lockb" ]]; then PM="bun"
elif [[ -f "pnpm-lock.yaml" ]]; then PM="pnpm"
elif [[ -f "yarn.lock" ]]; then PM="yarn"
else PM="npm"; fi

Run checks in order. If any fails, stop and report — do not proceed to PR:

1. Lint (if package.json has a lint script):

   $PM run lint
   

   If lint fails, attempt auto-fix with $PM run lint -- --fix and re-check.

2. Typecheck (if package.json has a typecheck script):

   $PM run typecheck
   

3. Tests (if package.json has a test script, skip with --no-test):

   $PM run test
   

Phase 2: Branch + Commit + Push

1. Check current branch:

   git branch --show-current
   

   If on main or master, create a feature branch:

   • Format: <type>/<short-description> (e.g., feat/add-auth-middleware)
   • git checkout -b <branch-name>

2. Stage relevant files. Exclude:

   • .env, .env.* files
   • Files matching *.secret, *credentials*, *token*
   • Generated files (dist/, build/, .next/, node_modules/)
   • Binary files not intentionally added

   git add <specific files or patterns>
   git status
   git diff --staged
   

3. Commit with conventional format:

   git commit -m "$(cat <<'EOF'
   <type>: <concise description under 72 chars>
   EOF
   )"
   

   Types: feat, fix, refactor, docs, test, chore, perf, ci. Never include "Claude", "AI", or agent attribution.

4. Push with tracking:

   git push -u origin <branch-name>
   

Phase 3: Create PR

gh pr create --fill

For multi-commit branches or when richer description is needed:

gh pr create --title "<type>: <description>" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
## Summary
- <bullet 1>
- <bullet 2>

## Test plan
- [ ] <verification step>
EOF
)"

Output the PR URL.

Phase 4: CI Check

Monitor CI status with a 5-minute timeout:

timeout 300 gh pr checks <pr-number> --watch

• If checks pass → report green. Stop here unless --merge flag was passed.
• If checks fail → report which checks failed. Stop and inform user.
• If timeout → report "CI still running, check manually" with PR URL. Stop.

Phase 5: Merge (only with --merge flag)

gh pr merge --squash --delete-branch
git checkout main
git pull origin main

If merge is blocked (reviews required, branch protection), report and stop — never force-merge.

Phase 6: Summary

After completion, print:

Ship complete
- Lint: passed
- Typecheck: passed (or "no typecheck script")
- Tests: passed / skipped (--no-test) / "no test script"
- PR: #<number> (<url>)
- CI: all checks green / failed / timed out
- Merged: yes (squash) / no (default — use --merge to auto-merge)

Constraints (always enforced)

• Never skip lint — if a lint script exists and fails, stop
• Never merge with failing CI — report failures, do not force
• Never force-merge — if branch protection blocks merge, stop and report
• Default merge strategy: squash — keeps main history clean
• No attribution in commits — already disabled globally
• Never commit directly to main — always branch first