Gt Amend

What It Does

A fast path for the most common solo-dev operation: auditing your latest fix and folding it into the current branch commit via gt commit amend, then re-submitting.

When to Use

• User says "amend this", "add this to the current PR", "fold this fix in", or has follow-up edits for an already-submitted branch.
• Not for starting new work — use the smart-submit skill instead.

Usage

Optional arguments:

• --no-verify — Skip the audit and amend directly (use with caution)
• --no-submit — Amend the commit locally but do not push to GitHub
• --publish — Override draft mode: submit as published even if submit.draft: true in .graphite.yml

The argument text provided after the skill name (if any) is available as context for this invocation.

Phase 0: Read Convention File

Check for a .graphite.yml convention file and parse audit settings. Run:

REPO_TOP=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || echo ".")
GW_AUDIT_AGENTS=""
GW_SKIP_ON_DRAFT=""
GW_DRAFT=""

if command -v yq >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
   yq --help 2>&1 | grep -qi 'jq wrapper\|kislyuk' && \
   [ -f "$REPO_TOP/.graphite.yml" ]; then
  yq_err=""
  GW_AUDIT_AGENTS=$(yq -r '.audit.agents // ""' "$REPO_TOP/.graphite.yml" 2>/dev/null) || yq_err="audit.agents"
  GW_SKIP_ON_DRAFT=$(yq -r '.audit.skip_on_draft // ""' "$REPO_TOP/.graphite.yml" 2>/dev/null) || yq_err="${yq_err:+$yq_err, }skip_on_draft"
  GW_DRAFT=$(yq -r '.submit.draft // ""' "$REPO_TOP/.graphite.yml" 2>/dev/null) || yq_err="${yq_err:+$yq_err, }submit.draft"
  if [ -n "$yq_err" ]; then
    printf '[gt-workflow] Warning: yq failed to parse fields: %s. Using defaults for those.\n' "$yq_err" >&2
  else
    printf '[gt-workflow] Convention file loaded: %s/.graphite.yml\n' "$REPO_TOP" >&2
  fi
elif [ -f "$REPO_TOP/.graphite.yml" ]; then
  printf '[gt-workflow] Warning: .graphite.yml exists but yq (kislyuk) is not installed. Using defaults.\n' >&2
  printf '[gt-workflow] Install yq: pip install yq\n' >&2
fi

# Validate and clamp audit.agents to 1-3 range
if [ -n "$GW_AUDIT_AGENTS" ]; then
  case "$GW_AUDIT_AGENTS" in
    *[!0-9]*) printf '[gt-workflow] Warning: audit.agents value "%s" is not an integer. Using default 3.\n' "$GW_AUDIT_AGENTS" >&2; GW_AUDIT_AGENTS=3 ;;
  esac
  if [ "$GW_AUDIT_AGENTS" -lt 1 ] 2>/dev/null; then
    printf '[gt-workflow] Warning: audit.agents=%s is below minimum. Using 1.\n' "$GW_AUDIT_AGENTS" >&2
    GW_AUDIT_AGENTS=1
  elif [ "$GW_AUDIT_AGENTS" -gt 3 ] 2>/dev/null; then
    printf '[gt-workflow] Warning: audit.agents=%s exceeds maximum. Using 3.\n' "$GW_AUDIT_AGENTS" >&2
    GW_AUDIT_AGENTS=3
  fi
fi

Store these values for use in Phase 2. Default: 3 agents, skip_on_draft=false.

Phase 1: Understand Current State

Run these commands to confirm there are changes to amend and that we are on a feature branch:

git status --short
git diff --stat
git branch --show-current
gt trunk
gt log short

Guard checks:

• If there are no uncommitted changes, tell the user and exit — there is nothing to amend.
• If the current branch equals trunk, warn the user: amending trunk is dangerous. Use AskUserQuestion to confirm before proceeding. (AskUserQuestion and the Skill tool are Claude Code primitives — on Codex, ask confirmation questions as numbered options in your reply and wait for the answer, and follow the Codex-exposed audit-review skill directly instead of invoking a Skill tool; this applies throughout this skill.)

Phase 2: Audit (skip if --no-verify)

Skip-on-draft check: If $GW_SKIP_ON_DRAFT is true and $GW_DRAFT is true (from .graphite.yml), skip the entire audit phase and proceed to Phase 3. This matches the same logic used in the smart-submit skill.

Note: $GW_DRAFT reflects the submit.draft flag in .graphite.yml (the repo-level config intent for new submits), not the live PR draft state. A PR that has already been promoted out of draft will still trigger the skip if submit.draft: true is set in the config. This is intentional — performing a gh pr view --json isDraft lookup on every amend would add a network roundtrip. If you need audit enforcement, do not use --no-verify because it bypasses checks entirely. Instead, keep audit.skip_on_draft: false or set submit.draft: false in repo config so the amend path never skips audit because of draft-mode config.

0. Capture the Diff Once

git diff

Store this output as $DIFF_OUTPUT and pass it to each audit agent below.

1. Run the Audit

Invoke the Skill tool with skill: "audit-review" (on Codex, per the Phase 1 guard-check note, follow the Codex-exposed audit-review skill directly instead — do not invoke a Skill tool), passing $DIFF_OUTPUT and $GW_AUDIT_AGENTS as context. It runs the appropriate quick-code-review / quick-security-scan / quick-error-check prompts (1-3 of them, per $GW_AUDIT_AGENTS) and returns a CRITICAL / MINOR / CLEAN verdict with file:line findings.

Note: audit-review's prompt bodies are the fuller versions originally written for smart-submit (numbered checklists per prompt) rather than this skill's previous shorter one-liners — consolidating the two callers onto one skill meant picking a single canonical wording, and the richer version was kept. The audit is stricter as a result; this is an intentional side effect of Step 10 of the Codex-pilot plan, not a behavior change to fix.

2. Gate Check

If audit-review reports a dispatch failure (an audit failed to run or timed out), inform the user which audit is missing and ask whether to proceed with partial results or abort.

IF CRITICAL ISSUES: Show them and ask via AskUserQuestion:

• "Fix issues first (Recommended)"
• "Amend anyway"
• "Abort"

IF MINOR ISSUES: Show warnings and proceed.

IF CLEAN: Proceed automatically.

Phase 3: Stage & Amend

1. Stage Specific Files

Do not use git add .. Stage only the changed files by name:

git diff --name-only
git ls-files --others --exclude-standard

Exclude .env* files, credential files, binaries, and build artifacts. Then:

git add -- "<file1>" "<file2>"

2. Amend via Graphite

By default, keep the existing commit message (amend silently):

gt commit amend --no-edit

If the user wants to update the commit message too, ask via AskUserQuestion: "Update the commit message? (leave blank to keep current)". If they provide one:

gt commit amend -m "<new message>"

Phase 4: Re-submit

Skip this phase if --no-submit was passed — report the amended state and exit.

Build the submit command with convention file flags:

gt submit --no-interactive

Append flags to the submit command (only if set and non-empty):

• If $GW_DRAFT is true (and no explicit --publish argument): add --draft

After submitting:

gt log short
gt pr

Output a summary:

• Branch amended
• PR link (updated)
• Stack visualization
• Any audit warnings

Success Criteria

• Uncommitted changes audited (unless --no-verify)
• Files staged individually (no blanket git add .)
• Current branch commit amended via gt commit amend
• Stack re-submitted to GitHub (unless --no-submit)
• User provided with updated PR link