# Repository Development

> Explore repositories, implement focused code changes, run tests, diagnose failures, and review diffs. Use for development, debugging, refactoring, testing, dependency work, CI failures, or release preparation in a source repository.

- Skill: `zavora-ai/repository-development` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add zavora-ai/repository-development`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/zavora-ai/repository-development/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: zavora-ai (https://skillmd.com/u/zavora-ai)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/zavora-ai/repository-development

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# Repository workflow

1. Read applicable `AGENTS.md` instructions and inspect repository status before editing.
2. Discover existing patterns, dependencies, tests, and generated-file boundaries.
3. Make the smallest coherent change that satisfies the request.
4. Run focused checks first, then broader verification in proportion to risk.
5. Review the final diff and preserve unrelated user changes.
6. Commit, push, deploy, or publish only when explicitly requested.