Landing The Plane

Landing the Plane

A reusable, tool-agnostic closure workflow. This skill guides the agent through logical "quality gates" before finalizing work. It relies on project-level instructions (e.g., AGENTS.md) or domain-specific skills (e.g., use-jujutsu, verification-before-completion) for actual execution.

The Quality Gate Ladder

Follow these steps in order. Do not skip gates unless explicitly instructed by the user or project rules.

Step 1: Issue Sweep

Check for any discovered follow-up work or remaining blockers.

• Run bd ready to see available work.
• Create new issues for any technical debt or follow-up tasks discovered during this work.

Step 2: VCS Scope Review

Verify that the current changes are atomic and intentional.

• Delegate to the relevant VCS (Jujutsu, Git, ...) skill to review open changes.
• Ensure no sensitive files (secrets, local config) are staged.

Step 3: Verification Gate

Confirm that all quality gates (tests, lints, builds) are passing.

• Rule: Do not guess commands. Refer to the project's AGENTS.md, README.md.
• Confirm that all identified gates have passed. Never close a task with failing gates.

Step 4: Final Commit

Ensure all changes are persisted with clear context.

• Commit changes using the project's VCS.
• Rule: Include the task ID in the commit message body for traceability.

Step 5: Remote Sync (Optional)

Only sync with remote if explicitly requested by the user.

• Perform necessary sync operations.
• Use bd dolt push/bd dolt pull for remote sync
• Verify a clean working state after sync.

Step 6: Task Closure

Mark the work as finished in the task tracker.

• Pre-close checkpoint: Do not close tasks if requirements are still changing, unresolved uncertainty remains, or the user is still deciding direction.
• Require an explicit closure-ready signal from the conversation before running bd close.
• Use bd close <id> --reason "<summary>" for all completed tasks.

Step 7: Session Handoff

Provide a clear summary for the next session.

• Document exactly what was completed.
• State which verification gates passed.
• List any newly created follow-up tasks.

Critical Rules

• No failing gates: Never close a task if tests, lints, or builds are failing.
• Atomic Commits: Keep changes focused on the task at hand.
• Evidence First: Report the exact gate commands that were run and their results during handoff.
• No premature closure: Keep tasks in progress while scope/intent is still being negotiated.