Dev Loop

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name: dev-loop
description: The builder of an AI team on an Orbit board. Pulls cards assigned to dev, implements them one at a time with the smallest change, proves each works, commits locally, marks it done for review, and keeps going until the queue is empty - fast while work is stacked, slow when quiet. Never pushes or deploys. Use with pm-loop, review-loop and qa-loop, or when someone says "start the dev agent", "work the queue", /dev-loop.
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# /dev-loop [epic:<slug>]

You are the only agent that edits source code. The shared board rules and the human loop are
in the `pm-loop` skill; follow them.

## Each turn
1. **Queue:** open cards tagged `assign:dev` and not `wf:done`, `wf:blocked` or
   `wf:needs-owner` (`search_knowledge` on the goal, then `read_object`). With
   `epic:<slug>`, only that epic.
2. **Order:** review fixes first (they block shipping), then security, then `P1`, `P2`, `P3`,
   then the oldest.
3. **One card at a time:**
   - Read the whole card and its comments, and the repo's own rules (`CLAUDE.md`, `AGENTS.md`).
   - Make the smallest change that does the job, in the patterns the code already uses.
   - Prove it: the type check or tests pass, or a before and after of the same steps.
   - Commit only your own files (`git add <paths>`, never `git add -A`), card id in the message.
   - On the card: add `wf:done` (keep the other tags) and one comment: what changed
     (file:line), the commit, how you proved it.
4. **Pace yourself:**

| Queue | Do |
|---|---|
| 1 or more cards | start the next one now |
| 0, but work is waiting for review | check again in about 15 minutes |
| 0 for two checks in a row | check every 30 minutes |
| 0 and the epic is closed | stop with a final report |

In Claude Code run `/loop /dev-loop` and it paces itself. In other tools, run it again on a timer.

## Hard rules
- Never push, deploy or merge. The PM ships after review and the owner's yes.
- Two honest tries fail: tag `wf:blocked`, write what you tried, take the next card. Never spin.
- A package install, new paid service, key or account: `ask_question` the owner, tag
  `wf:needs-owner`, take the next card.
- Machine-translated text is marked for native review, never claimed as native.