[IMPORTANT] Use

TaskCreate

to break ALL work into small tasks BEFORE starting — including tasks for each file read. This prevents context loss from long files. For simple tasks, AI MUST ATTENTION ask user whether to skip.

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Critical Thinking Mindset — Apply critical thinking, sequential thinking. Every claim needs traced proof, confidence >80% to act. Anti-hallucination: Never present guess as fact — cite sources for every claim, admit uncertainty freely, self-check output for errors, cross-reference independently, stay skeptical of own confidence — certainty without evidence root of all hallucination.

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AI Mistake Prevention — Failure modes to avoid on every task:

• Check downstream references before deleting. Deleting components causes documentation and code staleness cascades. Map all referencing files before removal.
• Verify AI-generated content against actual code. AI hallucinates APIs, class names, and method signatures. Always grep to confirm existence before documenting or referencing.
• Trace full dependency chain after edits. Changing a definition misses downstream variables and consumers derived from it. Always trace the full chain.
• Trace ALL code paths when verifying correctness. Confirming code exists is not confirming it executes. Always trace early exits, error branches, and conditional skips — not just happy path.
• When debugging, ask "whose responsibility?" before fixing. Trace whether bug is in caller (wrong data) or callee (wrong handling). Fix at responsible layer — never patch symptom site.
• Assume existing values are intentional — ask WHY before changing. Before changing any constant, limit, flag, or pattern: read comments, check git blame, examine surrounding code.
• Verify ALL affected outputs, not just the first. Changes touching multiple stacks require verifying EVERY output. One green check is not all green checks.
• Holistic-first debugging — resist nearest-attention trap. When investigating any failure, list EVERY precondition first (config, env vars, DB names, endpoints, DI registrations, data preconditions), then verify each against evidence before forming any code-layer hypothesis.
• Surgical changes — apply the diff test. Bug fix: every changed line must trace directly to the bug. Don't restyle or improve adjacent code. Enhancement task: implement improvements AND announce them explicitly.
• Surface ambiguity before coding — don't pick silently. If request has multiple interpretations, present each with effort estimate and ask. Never assume all-records, file-based, or more complex path.

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Quick Summary

Goal: Create a pull request with standardized format (summary, test plan, changes list).

Workflow:

1. Analyze -- Review all commits and changes on the branch
2. Draft -- Create PR title (<70 chars) and body with summary + test plan
3. Create -- Push branch and create PR via

   gh pr create

Key Rules:

• PR title under 70 characters; use body for details
• Include summary bullets and test plan checklist
• Push to remote with

  -u

  flag before creating PR

Be skeptical. Apply critical thinking, sequential thinking. Every claim needs traced proof, confidence percentages (Idea should be more than 80%).

Create Pull Request: $ARGUMENTS

Create a pull request with the standard project format.

Steps

1. Check current branch status:

   • Run

     git status

     to see all changes
   • Run

     git diff

     to review modifications
   • Ensure all changes are committed

2. Analyze commits:

   • Run

     git log --oneline -10

     to see recent commits
   • Identify all commits to include in the PR

3. Create PR with standard format:

   gh pr create --title "[Type] Brief description" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
   ## Summary
   - Bullet points describing changes
   
   ## Changes
   - List of specific changes made
   
   ## Test Plan
   - [ ] Unit tests added/updated
   - [ ] Manual testing completed
   - [ ] No regressions introduced
   
   ## Related Issues
   - Closes #issue_number (if applicable)
   
   Generated with Claude Code
   EOF
   )"
   

4. PR Title Format:

   • [Feature]

     - New functionality

   • [Fix]

     - Bug fix

   • [Refactor]

     - Code improvement

   • [Docs]

     - Documentation only

   • [Test]

     - Test changes only

Notes

• Ensure branch is pushed before creating PR
• Target branch is usually

  develop

  or

  master

• Add reviewers if specified in $ARGUMENTS

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Closing Reminders

• IMPORTANT MUST ATTENTION break work into small todo tasks using

  TaskCreate

  BEFORE starting
• IMPORTANT MUST ATTENTION search codebase for 3+ similar patterns before creating new code
• IMPORTANT MUST ATTENTION cite

  file:line

  evidence for every claim (confidence >80% to act)
• IMPORTANT MUST ATTENTION add a final review todo task to verify work quality <!-- SYNC:critical-thinking-mindset:reminder -->
• MUST ATTENTION apply critical thinking — every claim needs traced proof, confidence >80% to act. Anti-hallucination: never present guess as fact. <!-- /SYNC:critical-thinking-mindset:reminder --> <!-- SYNC:ai-mistake-prevention:reminder -->
• MUST ATTENTION apply AI mistake prevention — holistic-first debugging, fix at responsible layer, surface ambiguity before coding, re-read files after compaction. <!-- /SYNC:ai-mistake-prevention:reminder -->