Run Sprint

Run Sprint — Dispatch All Todo Issues in Parallel

Take all Todo issues from a GitHub Project board, move them to In Progress, and dispatch a parallel agent for each one via the /inbox pattern.

Trigger

Use when the user says /run-sprint, "run sprint", "dispatch all issues", "start all todos", or wants to blast through an entire sprint backlog with parallel agents.

Process

1. Identify the GitHub Project

gh project list --owner $(gh repo view --json owner -q '.owner.login')

If multiple projects exist, pick the one most relevant to the current repo. If ambiguous, ask the user.

2. Get all Todo items

gh project item-list <PROJECT_NUMBER> --owner <OWNER> --format json

Filter items where status == "Todo". Also include items with no status set (they belong to the backlog but weren't categorized).

If there are no Todo items, tell the user the board is clear and stop.

3. Get project field IDs

gh project field-list <PROJECT_NUMBER> --owner <OWNER> --format json

Extract the Status field ID and the "In Progress" option ID.

4. Move all items to In Progress

Run all gh project item-edit calls in parallel:

gh project item-edit \
  --project-id <PROJECT_ID> \
  --id <ITEM_ID> \
  --field-id <STATUS_FIELD_ID> \
  --single-select-option-id <IN_PROGRESS_OPTION_ID>

5. Fetch issue bodies

For each issue, fetch the full body to build agent prompts:

gh issue view <NUMBER> --repo <OWNER>/<REPO> --json title,body -q '.body'

6. For each issue, follow the /inbox dispatch pattern

For every issue, do all of these steps:

a. Log to inbox.log

echo "$(date -Iseconds) | DISPATCHED | <TASK_SLUG> | <PROJECT> | Issue #<N>: <TITLE>" >> ~/Tasks/inbox.log

b. Create git worktree

git -C ~/Projects/<PROJECT> worktree add ~/Tasks/<PROJECT>-<TASK_SLUG> -b agent/<TASK_SLUG> main

c. Install dependencies (if package.json exists)

cd ~/Tasks/<PROJECT>-<TASK_SLUG>/<app-path> && bun install --frozen-lockfile

Run all installs in parallel with & and wait.

d. Write agent-prompt.md with:

• Issue number, title, user story
• Context from the issue body (what exists, what needs to change)
• Concrete steps for the agent
• Constraints (story points, patterns to follow, stack info)

e. Launch in tmux

SESSION_NAME="wf-<TASK_SLUG>"
cat > /tmp/run-<TASK_SLUG>.sh << SCRIPT
#!/bin/bash
cd ~/Tasks/<PROJECT>-<TASK_SLUG>
claude --permission-mode bypassPermissions --output-format stream-json --verbose -p "\$(cat ~/Tasks/<PROJECT>-<TASK_SLUG>/agent-prompt.md)" \
  2>&1 | tee ~/Tasks/<PROJECT>-<TASK_SLUG>/agent.log
echo "EXIT_CODE=\$?" >> ~/Tasks/<PROJECT>-<TASK_SLUG>/agent.log
echo "AGENT_FINISHED=\$(date -Iseconds)" >> ~/Tasks/<PROJECT>-<TASK_SLUG>/agent.log
bash
SCRIPT
chmod +x /tmp/run-<TASK_SLUG>.sh
tmux new-session -d -s "${SESSION_NAME}" -c "~/Tasks/<PROJECT>-<TASK_SLUG>" "/tmp/run-<TASK_SLUG>.sh"

7. Report summary table

Print a table with all dispatched agents:

| Session | Issue | Title | Pts |
|---------|-------|-------|-----|
| wf-<slug> | #N | <title> | Xpt |

End with: Use /scrum to check status.

Task slug convention

Derive from issue title: implement-<story-number>-<2-3-keyword-slug>

Examples:

• "1.2 See activity cards..." → implement-1-2-activity-cards
• "2.1 Sign up with name..." → implement-2-1-signup
• "5.1 Sign up for a group dinner..." → implement-5-1-dinner-signup

Important

• Dispatch ALL Todo items, not just one
• Each agent gets its own worktree and tmux session — full isolation
• Never wait for agents to finish — this is fire-and-forget
• If two issues touch the same schema (e.g., both add columns), note this in both agent prompts so they handle conflicts gracefully
• Log everything to ~/Tasks/inbox.log — this is the retry source of truth
• Use /scrum skill afterward to monitor progress