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Gabriel Brown ffce48964e Make the Jira skills call unslop, grilling, and tdd where they pay
All three already delegated in places — ticket calls diagnosing-bugs and
run, review-ticket calls codebase-design — so this extends a habit rather
than starting one.

unslop is the load-bearing part, at four points: create-ticket before the
Jira write, review-ticket's check list where a bare punctuation sweep
stood, and ticket on both mr.md and the Jira fields. Every one is scoped
to pattern detection and skips the "Adding soul" section, which is blog
voice and would fight the rigid house formats. The mr.md hook exempts the
pasted pre-MR handoff, generated output the skill already forbids
editing, and the field hook exempts proof cells. Conrad and Henry read
all of this, and prose that reads as machine generated costs the work its
credibility before anyone weighs what it says.

grilling comes in as a classification gate rather than blanket ceremony.
ticket now names the work bounded or architectural before drafting
plan.md and escalates only on architectural, where a wrong assumption is
expensive to find in Phase 2; bounded stories go straight through as
before. create-ticket escalates only when the epic docs have not settled
scope, which is where invented scope gets in.

tdd is gated the same way: test-first for procedures, derivations,
permission checks, migrations and state machines, and explicitly not for
UI wiring or copy changes, where it would produce the smoke-test padding
House style rejects. That closes a loop already half built, since
review-ticket proposes automated-test subtasks — those subtasks now name
the behavior to demonstrate, and ticket writes them first.
codebase-design gets the same call in ticket's planning step that
review-ticket already makes.

No steps were renumbered, so ticket's Phase 2 cross-references still
resolve.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01DFgQVLdzLwu56gU8m4gvCS
2026-08-24 11:58:01 -04:00

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create-ticket Use when Gib is authoring a Jira ticket himself and wants it written for him, e.g. /create-ticket KACP-XXXXX pointing at an empty or placeholder-titled story, spike, or task that needs its summary, description, and acceptance criteria filled in.

Create Ticket

Fills out a Jira ticket Gib is authoring: fetches the (usually empty) ticket, gathers context from the epic and local docs, writes the content in the Ksense house format, and updates the ticket in Jira. Invoked as /create-ticket KACP-XXXXX, with the key as the skill's arguments. Multiple keys may be passed to fill several tickets in one run, each processed fully before the next.

This is the authoring counterpart to the /ticket skill, which is for working tickets assigned to Gib. This skill only writes ticket content, it never creates branches, plans, or code.

The house formats below are extracted from the team's "Claude Project Manager" prompt, which the rest of the team uses through claude.ai. Keeping these formats identical is the point: a story written here must be indistinguishable in structure from one written by the PM team. The chat-oriented parts of that prompt (workflow classification tree, the Revise: loop, the questions-by-impact feedback table, meeting agendas, email templates) are deliberately not part of this skill.

Jira access

Same conventions as the /ticket skill:

  • Always Gib's credentials: run source ~/.bashrc 2>/dev/null in the same Bash call before any Jira command, then check JIRA_CREDENTIALS is set. Never use staging Infisical's Jira credentials. JIRA_BASE_URL defaults to https://ksense-tech.atlassian.net.
  • Fetch with ~/.agents/skills/ticket/scripts/jira-fetch-issue.sh <KEY> <OUT.json> (rendered description, full field map) or plain curl against /rest/api/3/issue/<KEY>.
  • Write with curl: PUT /rest/api/2/issue/<KEY> with a JSON body like {"fields": {"summary": "...", "description": "..."}}. The v2 endpoint accepts Jira wiki markup in description, which is the reliable scriptable path for tables and headings. Expect HTTP 204 on success.

Process

  1. Fetch context. Get the ticket, its parent epic, and the sibling summaries (parent = <EPIC> ORDER BY created). Read the local epic folder if one exists, .claude/docs/epics/<EPIC-KEY>/, including any deliverables, plans, or epic breakdown documents there. Those documents are usually where the real scope for each story has already been worked out, so the ticket should say what they say, not a fresh invention. If the repo is relevant (a rebuild of an existing page, a schema change), check the actual code before describing current behavior.
  2. Pick the artifact type. Story is the default. Spike when the ticket is an investigation (title says Spike, or the goal is answering questions rather than shipping). Point task for a single trivial change. If genuinely ambiguous, ask Gib rather than guessing.
  3. Resolve open questions before writing. The team prompt appends a questions-by-impact table for chat iteration. Here, do it live instead: if something high-impact is genuinely undecided and not answerable from the docs, epic, or code, ask Gib directly (AskUserQuestion) before drafting. Low-impact unknowns become numbered Notes on the story, kept few. Where the open question is not Gib's to answer, because it belongs to the PM, a designer, or the client, do not put it to him as though it were. Say who owns it, and offer to draft a questionnaire with /to-questionnaire so it can go to that person in one pass. If Gib would rather ship the story without waiting, the question becomes a numbered Note naming its owner. Where the scope of the story itself is unsettled, meaning the epic docs, the deliverables, and the code do not already say what this ticket covers, one question is not enough and drafting anyway is how invented scope gets in. Call the Skill tool with "grilling" and work its frontier with Gib until the scope is agreed, then draft. This is the exception rather than the default. Most stories have their scope already worked out in the epic docs, and those go straight to step 4.
  4. Draft the content in the matching format below, in markdown first. Then call the Skill tool with "unslop" and apply its pattern detection to the draft: puffery, superficial -ing phrases, "not just X but Y", vague attributions, rule of three padding, alongside the punctuation rules above. Skip its "Adding soul" section entirely. The house formats are rigid templates and an AC table does not want voice, it wants to read as though a person wrote it plainly. Conrad reads these, and prose that reads as machine generated costs the ticket its credibility before anyone weighs what it actually says.
  5. Overwrite guardrail. If the ticket already has a non-trivial description (anything beyond a placeholder), show what is there and confirm before replacing it. Empty or placeholder tickets are filled without asking.
  6. Write to Jira. Convert the markdown to wiki markup (cheat sheet below) and PUT it. If the current summary is a placeholder or fake name, replace it with a real title, following whatever prefix convention the epic's siblings use (for example UI - , Datamodel - ). Never touch tickets other than the ones asked for.
  7. Verify. Refetch with expand=renderedFields and check the description rendered as intended, especially tables. Fix and re-PUT if anything rendered as literal markup.
  8. Keep a local copy. Save the markdown version to .claude/docs/epics/<EPIC-KEY>/<TICKET-KEY>/story.md (or spike.md / task.md), creating directories as needed. These are personal docs, never committed.

House rules for all content

  • Spelling: always Ksense (not KSENSE or KSense), always Knack (transcripts often mis-transcribe it as NAC).
  • Plain punctuation. No em dashes, en dashes, semicolons, or arrow glyphs.
  • Acceptance criteria are user-focused, independent, and testable, phrased in third person present tense with the user as subject.
  • Priorities are P1, P2, P3.
  • Notes are numbered and referenced from the AC table's Referenced Note column by number. Drop any note that just restates an AC.
  • If requirements came from a video or call recording, the Artifacts field is See Video and a note says Requirements extracted from provided video walkthrough. Never paste transcript text into the ticket.
  • Do not invent scope. Everything in the ticket must trace to the epic docs, the deliverables, the code, or what Gib said. Thin ticket beats padded ticket.

Story format

## **As a [type of user], I want to [perform some action] so that I can [achieve some goal or benefit].**

**Acceptance Criteria:**
| ID | Acceptance Criteria | Referenced Note | Priority | Completed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AC-1 | [Requirement] | [Note number or blank] | P1 | |
| AC-2 | [Requirement] | | P2 | |

**Notes:**
1. [Detailed note]
2. [Detailed note]

**Technical Requirements:**
- **Work Type**: [Standard Knack/Knack + Custom Code/Full Custom]
- **Custom Code Components**: [None/JavaScript/CSS/External API/...]
- **Code Robustness**: [MVP/Standard/High]
- **Test Coverage**: [None/Basic/Comprehensive]
- **Security Level**: [Basic/Enhanced/Compliance-Required]

**Testing Requirements:**
- [Browser compatibility, mobile responsive, error handling, role testing, as applicable]

**Artifacts**
[See Video | links | None]

The Jira summary is the story title, so the description starts at the As-a sentence. Command Center work is always Full Custom (Next.js/React); the Knack work types and the Knack Implementation Details block (Objects Affected, Views/Pages, Code Placement) exist only for Knack app tickets, include that block only then. Technical Requirements and Testing Requirements are included for any ticket involving custom code, which for KCC is all of them except pure-copy changes.

Level definitions, used verbatim when choosing values:

  • Code Robustness: MVP is happy path only, proof of concept. Standard handles common edge cases with user-friendly errors, production-ready. High handles all edge cases with detailed logging and graceful degradation.
  • Test Coverage: None is manual developer testing. Basic covers critical paths with unit tests. Comprehensive is full unit plus integration coverage.
  • Security Level: Basic is platform-standard. Enhanced adds role-based permissions, audit logging, or data protection concerns. Compliance-Required means HIPAA/PCI/government standards.

Spike format

**Investigation Goal:**
[What question(s) need to be answered? What decision needs to be made?]

**Context:**
[Why is this investigation needed? What problem are we trying to solve?]

**Questions to Answer:**
| Priority | Question | Why It Matters |
| --- | --- | --- |
| High | [Question] | [Impact on architecture/design/timeline] |
| Medium | [Question] | [Impact] |

**Investigation Tasks:**
* [ ] Research [specific topic]
* [ ] Prototype [specific approach]
* [ ] Document findings

**Success Criteria:**
- All high-priority questions answered with data or evidence
- Clear recommendation documented for team decision
- Findings shared in [format]

**Time Box:** [X hours/days]

**Deliverables:**
- Written findings document
- Code prototype (if applicable)
- Recommendation with pros and cons

**Notes:**
[Constraints, risks, additional context]

Spikes measure success by answered questions and a recommendation, not shipped functionality. Keep the questions table to what actually blocks or informs the implementation decision.

Point task format

**Location**: [Object/View/Form/route identifier]
**Action**: [Specific change required]
**Success Criteria**: [How to verify completion]
**Notes**: [Only if essential]

For a single trivial change. No story sentence, no AC table.

Markdown to Jira wiki markup cheat sheet

For the v2 description field:

  • ## Heading becomes h2. Heading (h3. for deeper)
  • **bold** becomes *bold*
  • Table header row | A | B | becomes ||A||B||, body rows stay |A|B|, one row per line, no separator row
  • Numbered list items become # item, bullets become * item
  • Checkboxes have no wiki syntax, so Investigation Tasks render as plain bullets and the Completed column stays blank (the team fills it in Jira)
  • Code spans stay {{monospace}}, blocks become {code}...{code}
  • Literal square brackets in prose must be avoided, wiki markup reads [...] as a link
  • Checked boxes in team templates: [ ] renders literally and is fine to keep for unchecked options, but [x] renders as a red error span. Mark selected options with (/), Jira's green check icon, instead

Send the description as one string with \n newlines. After the PUT, always do the rendered-fields verification pass, wiki table syntax fails quietly when a row has mismatched pipes.