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name: team-worktree\ndescription: Prepare one or more isolated git worktrees — one per repository the topic touches. Router action — no agent. Trigger on \"set up the worktree\", \"isolate this work\", or \"/team-worktree\".\neffort: low\nargument-hint: \"[docs/plans/

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Team Worktree — Isolate the Implementation

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Create a git worktree per involved repository so implementation happens on\nisolated branches without affecting any main working tree. In single-repo\nmode (the default) this is one worktree in the home repo. In multi-repo\nmode (when docs/plans/<id>/repos.md is present) it is one worktree per\nlisted repo, all sharing the same <id> branch name.

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Input

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$ARGUMENTS is the artifact directory: docs/plans/<id>/. If empty, the\ndiscovery block below resolves it.

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The directory's basename — <id> — is used as both the branch name and\nthe worktree directory name in every involved repo.

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Resolve the artifact directory by running this self-contained block (one bash\ncall — agent threads reset cwd between calls):

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# Three-tier artifact-directory discovery (archetype A).\n# ID_RE + PHASE_FILES canonical from hooks/session-start-recover.mjs.\n# PHASE_FILES recency mirrors findActiveTopic() in session-start-recover.mjs.\n# NOTE: this block is duplicated across 8 skills by design (see docs/architecture.md); future: shared discover-topic.sh.\nID_RE='^([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_]*-[0-9]+|[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2})-[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*$'\nPHASE_FILES=\"task questions research design structure plan\"\nPRED=\"plan.md\"            # predecessor artifact this skill consumes\n# Tier 1 — explicit: $ARGUMENTS names an existing dir → use verbatim.\nif [ -n \"$ARGUMENTS\" ] && [ -d \"$ARGUMENTS\" ]; then\n  echo \"$ARGUMENTS\"; exit 0\nfi\n# Tier 2 — discover: newest ID_RE dir under docs/plans/ that holds PRED.\nbest=\"\"; best_mtime=-1\n# Assumes cwd is the repo/worktree root (where docs/plans/ lives).\nfor dir in docs/plans/*/; do\n  name=\"$(basename \"$dir\")\"\n  printf '%s' \"$name\" | grep -qE \"$ID_RE\" || continue   # ID_RE filter\n  [ -f \"$dir$PRED\" ] || continue                        # predecessor filter\n  m=-1\n  for p in $PHASE_FILES; do\n    f=\"$dir$p.md\"\n    [ -f \"$f\" ] || continue                             # skip racing/absent\n    s=\"$(stat -f %m \"$f\" 2>/dev/null || stat -c %Y \"$f\" 2>/dev/null)\" || continue\n    [ \"${s:-0}\" -gt \"$m\" ] && m=\"$s\"                    # max-mtime over PHASE_FILES\n  done\n  [ \"$m\" -gt \"$best_mtime\" ] && { best_mtime=\"$m\"; best=\"$dir\"; }\ndone\n[ -n \"$best\" ] && { echo \"$best\"; exit 0; }\n# Tier 3 — none found: print nothing → fall to AskUserQuestion (prose below).\n
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Detect mode

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  1. Use the directory resolved in ## Input.
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  2. Read $ARGUMENTS/repos.md if present:\n\n
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  3. If repos.md is absent, you are in single-repo mode: only the\nhome repo (the one this command is running in) gets a worktree.
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Detect existing worktree

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Never create a nested worktree. For each target repo, determine if the\ncurrent checkout is a linked worktree. That is any working tree other\nthan the repository's main working tree, wherever it lives on disk. In the\nmain working tree the git dir and the common git dir are the same path. In\na linked worktree they differ:

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[ \"$(git -C <repo-path> rev-parse --path-format=absolute --git-dir)\" != \\\n  \"$(git -C <repo-path> rev-parse --path-format=absolute --git-common-dir)\" ] \\\n  && echo \"linked worktree\"\n
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If the checkout is a linked worktree, check which branch it is on:

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git -C <repo-path> rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD\n
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Compare against the repo's default branch\n(git -C <repo-path> symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD | sed 's@^refs/remotes/origin/@@', falling back to main/master if unset):

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If the checkout is not a linked worktree, this repo proceeds through\nthe normal creation flow below.

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In multi-repo mode, this check applies to every listed repo, not just\nthe home repo. Skipped repos reuse their current checkout. The remaining\nrepos still get fresh <id>-branch worktrees.

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Execution

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Follow skills/progress-tracking/SKILL.md: when this procedure has two or more steps, seed one todo item per step before starting and mark each complete as you go.

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Derive identifiers

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Branch names must never contain a slash (/). Use - as the only\ndelimiter. A / in a branch name creates a nested ref path in\n.git/refs/heads/. That path collides with Claude Code's\n.claude/worktrees/ directory convention and breaks worktree cleanup. The\n<id> produced by the questioner is already slash-free, but if\nbasename \"$ARGUMENTS\" ever yields a name containing / (e.g. a ticket\nprefix like TEAM/123), replace every / with - first and use that\nsanitized name as both the branch name and the worktree directory name\nso the two stay in sync for cleanup:\nbranch=\"$(printf '%s' \"$id\" | tr '/' '-')\". Only the docs/plans/<id>/\nartifact directory keeps the original <id>.

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Confirm with the user (standalone invocation only)

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Standalone invocation only — in a full /team run, skip this dialog entirely and proceed straight to \"Create the worktree(s)\".\nThe dialog fires only when a human invoked /team-worktree directly — a\nsetup-time prompt on direct invocation. Within a full /team run the\norchestrator creates the worktrees without a confirmation prompt (the\nphase loop never pauses mid-run). The resolved repo set is recorded loudly\nin design.md and echoed in the PR body's ## Review notes.

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Create a worktree only for the repos that actually need one. If no repo\nneeds creation (single-repo mode where the detect step skipped the home\nrepo), skip this dialog entirely — the reuse announcement above is\nsufficient. Proceed to Completion.

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Single-repo:

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Ready to create worktree:\n\nWorktree: <home-worktree-path>\nBranch:   <id>\nPlan:     $ARGUMENTS/plan.md\n\nProceed?\n
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Multi-repo:

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Ready to create N worktrees (one per listed repo):\n\n  <repo-1-name> @ <repo-1-path>/.claude/worktrees/<id>\n  <repo-2-name> @ <repo-2-path>/.claude/worktrees/<id>\n  ...\n\nBranch in each: <id>\nPlan:           $ARGUMENTS/plan.md\n\nProceed?\n
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Use AskUserQuestion with a Worktree header and Proceed /\nCancel options.

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Create the worktree(s)

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After the user confirms (standalone invocation) — or immediately, in\npipeline mode — create a worktree in each repo the detect step\ndid not skip:

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Use the slash-sanitized name (<branch>, derived above) for both the\nworktree directory and the -b flag in every repo. In the common case\n<branch> equals <id>.

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Record the worktree paths (multi-repo only)

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After all worktrees are created, append a ## Worktrees section to the\nhome worktree's docs/plans/<id>/repos.md listing each repo's worktree\npath. For repos the detect step skipped, record the current checkout's\npath. This becomes the discoverable record any later /team-* invocation\nreads to relocate the worktrees.

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## Worktrees\n- home: <home-worktree-path>\n- <repo-name>: <repo-path>/.claude/worktrees/<id>\n- ...\n
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For trivial single-file changes, in-place implementation is allowed — no\nworktree needed.

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Completion

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Report the worktree paths and tell the user:

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The /team-implement handoff above is for standalone, post-PLAN\ninvocation (this skill's discovery block is gated on plan.md). In a full\n/team pipeline run, WORKTREE is the leading phase: the orchestrator\ncreates the home worktree first, supplying <id> directly (it does not run\nthis skill's plan.md-gated discovery), and proceeds to QUESTION next — not\nto /team-implement.

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