cairn

Adopt the cairn system in a repo - scaffold the cairn/ tracking files, CLAUDE.md section, and ignore entries; or migrate an existing precursor tracking system. Use when the user wants to set up, initialize, adopt, repair, or migrate to cairn in a repository.

Prepare a release following the active toolchain profile's release-walk - an r-package profile runs the CRAN walk (version bump, NEWS, checks, cran-comments, human submission checklist); a generic profile does a version bump + changelog + tag. Use when the user wants to release, submit to CRAN, cut a version, or prepare a release. Never self-submits.

Triage every ROADMAP candidate row and every DESIGN.md Known issues entry in one pass - propose one disposition per item at a single gate, apply the accepted ones in one docs-only commit, and record principled drops as a decision. Use when the user wants to triage the candidates, prune the backlog, clean up the roadmap, or sweep the known issues.

Run a two-phase design-elicitation interview to fill or deepen a repo's DESIGN.md — Phase 1 elicits facts that can't be inferred from code and banks proto-principles; Phase 2 formalizes and stress-tests principles (IP/GP). Use when the user wants to articulate a repo's design, purpose, contract boundary, conventions, or guiding/inviolable principles, run a design interview, or enrich a thin DESIGN.md.

Fix a user-visible bug in a cairn repo, or adopt an incoming external PR that fixes one, without milestone ceremony - regression test first, gate-lite checks, PR, merge on user approval. Use whenever a bug is reported or described ("users report an error in X", "this crashes when...", "fix this bug"), or an incoming pull request needs taking in ("adopt PR

Project status snapshot, tracking health audit, and next-action routing for cairn repos. Use when the user asks where the project stands, what to do next, "project status", "health check", when returning after time away, or when reconciliation between tracking files and git is needed.

Escalate a hard technical question to a Fable-level review via a self-contained Review Brief (RB), and ingest the resulting Review Report (RR). Use when a question needs stronger review than the session can settle - statistical correctness, high-stakes design - or when the user says "fable review", "review brief", or an RR file needs ingesting.

Implement a planned milestone in a cairn repo on its own branch with tests-first tasks and checkpoint commits. Use when the user wants to start, resume, work on, or continue a milestone (e.g. "work on M107", "resume the milestone", "start implementing").

Plan one or more milestones for a cairn repo - investigate, scope, write acceptance criteria, and register them in the ROADMAP. Use when the user wants to plan a milestone, plan new work or a feature, turn an idea or candidate into a concrete plan, or asks "what would it take to build X".

Verify and ship a finished milestone in a cairn repo - fresh evidence for every acceptance criterion, consistency gate, independent code review, and merge on user approval. Use when the user wants to review, verify, finish, ship, or merge a milestone.