Agile Close Task
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When to use this skill
Ending a task at the end of its review round — before the merge, so the bookkeeping rides the PR. Never close bookkeeping in a follow-up PR.
How to use this skill
Flip the state — task DONE, story table row synced, journal stamped:
./projects/ores.compass/compass.sh task done <task-slug>
- Write the
* Resultby hand: what shipped, what acceptance was met. - Distill the
* Planinto the parent story's* Decisionsif it holds durable choices. - Cascade if last task: when no open tasks remain, set the story DONE in
story.organd its row insprint.org— both files in the same commit. - Commit on the PR branch per commit conventions:
[agile] Close <task>. Then merge withpr-merge.
Recipes
Reference
- Work a task through to merged PR — steps 8–9.
- Clean up the compass work lifecycle — why merge never touches task state.