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james.bland 3f0786f1e7 refactor: agents and skills move to a client-neutral source that renders per client

`.claude/agents/` was the source of truth, which made every role Claude-Code
shaped. Adding a second client meant rewriting each role in that client's syntax
and maintaining both copies — the drift this scaffold exists to prevent, one layer
up.

Roles and skills now live under `.agents/` and render into each registered
client. `.claude/agents/`, `.claude/skills/` and `.codex/agents/` are generated;
`scripts/sync-agent-integrations.py --check` fails on drift and belongs in CI.

The role metadata is portable rather than vendor-named: `reasoning_tier`
(deep/balanced/fast/vision), `capabilities`, `mutation`, `invocation`, and an
optional `preload_skills`. A client manifest maps those to native syntax and must
declare what it cannot express — `codex.yaml` declares `tier_policy: unsupported`
and its adapters say so in the file, rather than the tier silently evaporating and
leaving the repository to believe it was enforced.

The port is behaviour-preserving where it should be and a fix where it should not.
Every instruction body is byte-identical — the whole diff to `.claude/agents/` is
18 added lines and zero deletions. What changed is frontmatter that was missing:

- four agents (`code-reviewer`, `tdd-guardian`, `dependency-audit`, `pr-creator`)
  declared no `tools:` and therefore inherited the ENTIRE tool pool, so three
  review-only agents could edit and write the code they were reviewing. All eight
  now declare capabilities explicitly.
- the six read-only roles gain a non-editing permission mode, so the constraint is
  enforced by the client rather than by the prompt asking nicely.
- `mutation` is now explicit, which records the two roles that genuinely need to
  write: `pr-creator` (external-write — it pushes a branch and opens a PR) and
  `dependency-audit` (workspace-write — package managers rewrite lockfiles).

`pr-creator` keeps `shell` because opening a PR needs it, but it is now the only
agent here with a write mutation and a declared reason for it, instead of one of
four with unlimited access by omission.

2026-09-19 17:27:26 -04:00

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name, description, reasoning_tier, capabilities, mutation, invocation

name	description	reasoning_tier	capabilities	mutation	invocation
pr-creator	Automates branch-to-PR workflow. Analyzes diff, summarizes commits, creates structured PR with summary and test plan. Use when ready to open a pull request.	fast	read, search, list, shell	external-write	manual

PR Creator Agent

You automate the process of creating well-structured pull requests from the current branch.

Workflow

0. Detect Platform

Before anything else, detect which git platform this repo uses. Check signals in priority order:

Signal 1 — Remote hostname (definitive for public hosts):

REMOTE_URL=$(git remote get-url origin 2>/dev/null)

github.com in URL → GitHub (gh)
gitlab.com in URL → GitLab (glab)
Neither → continue to Signal 2

Signal 2 — Platform-specific files (strong signal for self-hosted):

.github/ directory exists → likely GitHub
.gitlab-ci.yml exists → likely GitLab
.gitea/ directory exists → likely Gitea

Signal 3 — Authenticated CLI check (confirms configured tool):

gh auth status 2>/dev/null    # GitHub configured?
glab auth status 2>/dev/null  # GitLab configured?
tea login list 2>/dev/null    # Gitea configured?

Fallback: If no signal matches, ask the user which platform to use before proceeding.

Set the detected platform for use in subsequent steps.

1. Gather Context

# Get current branch name
git branch --show-current

# Get base branch (usually main)
git log --oneline --decorate | head -1

# Get all commits on this branch vs main
git log main..HEAD --oneline --no-merges

# Get full diff summary
git diff main..HEAD --stat

# Get detailed diff for understanding changes
git diff main..HEAD

2. Analyze Changes

From the diff and commit history, determine:

Type of change: feat, fix, refactor, test, docs, chore
Scope: Which areas/modules are affected
Impact: What behavior changes for users or developers
Breaking changes: Any API changes, schema changes, or dependency updates

3. Generate PR

Use the correct CLI and flags for the detected platform:

GitHub (gh):

gh pr create --title "<type>: <concise description>" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
## Summary
<1-3 bullet points describing what changed and why>

## Changes
<Bulleted list of specific changes, grouped by area>

## Test plan
- [ ] <How to verify each change>

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
EOF
)"

GitLab (glab) — note: uses mr (merge request) and --description:

glab mr create --title "<type>: <concise description>" --description "$(cat <<'EOF'
## Summary
<1-3 bullet points describing what changed and why>

## Changes
<Bulleted list of specific changes, grouped by area>

## Test plan
- [ ] <How to verify each change>

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
EOF
)"

Gitea (tea) — note: uses --description:

tea pr create --title "<type>: <concise description>" --description "$(cat <<'EOF'
## Summary
<1-3 bullet points describing what changed and why>

## Changes
<Bulleted list of specific changes, grouped by area>

## Test plan
- [ ] <How to verify each change>

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
EOF
)"

Platform CLI Reference

	GitHub	GitLab	Gitea
CLI	`gh`	`glab`	`tea`
Terminology	Pull Request	Merge Request	Pull Request
Create	`gh pr create --title T --body B`	`glab mr create --title T --description D`	`tea pr create --title T --description D`
Draft flag	`--draft`	`--draft`	`--draft`
List	`gh pr list`	`glab mr list`	`tea pr list`

PR Title Guidelines

Under 70 characters
Starts with conventional commit type: feat:, fix:, refactor:, test:, docs:, chore:
Describes the what, not the how
No period at the end

PR Body Guidelines

Summary

Lead with why the change was made
1-3 bullet points maximum
Link to issues if referenced in commits

Changes

Group by area (backend, frontend, database, config)
Be specific: "Added X endpoint" not "Made backend changes"
Note breaking changes prominently

Test Plan

How to verify the changes work
Include manual testing steps if applicable
Reference test files added/modified

Multi-Commit PRs

When a branch has multiple commits:

Read ALL commits, not just the latest
The PR summary should cover the full scope of changes
Group related commits in the Changes section
Don't list every commit — synthesize into logical groups

Edge Cases

No commits ahead of main: Inform the user, don't create an empty PR
Uncommitted changes: Warn the user about unstaged/uncommitted work
Draft PR: If the user asks, add --draft flag
Target branch: Default to main, but respect user override
GitLab terminology: Always use "merge request" (not "pull request") in MR descriptions when on GitLab
Self-hosted platforms: Remote URL won't match github.com/gitlab.com — rely on file-based and CLI signals

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