What problem does it solve? AI-assisted coding often jumps straight from a ticket to code, skipping architecture review, dependency checks, governance validation, and acceptance criteria verification. This Skill enforces a non-skippable 8-step protocol that turns a Linear issue into shipped, validated code with full documentation and audit trail. ## Core Features & Use Cases - 8-Step Gated Workflow: Issue identification, dependency check, context building, governance validation, spec-file hard gate, plan approval, implementation, and post-implementation validation — no step can be skipped. - Machine-Enforced Spec Gate: Every code change requires a spec file at specs/ISSUE-XX.md before planning begins, enforced by git hooks (spec-gate.sh, doc-version-sync.sh, integration-test-gate.sh). - Post-Implementation Validation: ESLint quality gate, acceptance criteria verification with Linear comments, architecture quick-check, smoke test, and security findings documentation. - Use Case: A developer says "los" or runs /implement; the Skill picks up the "In Progress" Linear issue, validates dependencies and governance artifacts, creates or verifies the spec file, implements the change, runs all validation gates, updates docs and changelog, and closes the issue with a result table. ## Quick Start Say "implement the story" or run /implement to start the 8-step protocol on the current Linear issue marked In Progress.
