Run report: jira-task-assigner — e0471131-44aa-44cb-9ed8-9ca85852bc89

Run snapshot

• When: 2026-07-18 15:53:03Z → 16:01:39Z (elapsed 516s / ~8.6 min)
• cwd: /home/lalala/src/skills-dev/claude-code-plugins (main repo checkout)
• Branch: development (base branch)
• Plugin version that ran: 0.5.0-lab.2 (from the Base-directory line)
• Arguments: a task description — "move gh CLI auth to PAT by default": add GITHUB_PAT_TOKEN to gitignored jira-sdlc-tools.local.env + the example, make statuscheck run gh auth login --with-token at session start and hold the session ("no logout"), halt if the token is missing, and add a doc under docs/github as a new file (leaving the untracked "trickier strategy" file alone).
• Invocations in session: 1
• Outcome: Finished cleanly through step 8. Created JST-126 (Task, single-step) with branch, worktree, parentbranch config, PR-target comment, and a report comment. Notable: mid-run the agent discovered JST-118 (In Review) already implements almost this exact feature with the opposite auth mechanism, surfaced the conflict via AskUserQuestion, and proceeded only after the user explicitly chose "New issue, global login."

Run metrics

metric	value
model(s)	claude-opus-4-8
API turns (SKILL_TURNS)	16
tool calls (TOOL_CALLS)	15
tools used	Bash:12 Write:2 AskUserQuestion:1
tool errors	0 (TOOL_ERRORS_BY_TOOL: —)
tokens in / out	30 / 17,086
tokens cache-read / cache-write	724,790 / 46,088
subagent turns (SIDECHAIN_TURNS)	0
elapsed (FIRST_TS → LAST_TS)	516s (15:53:03Z → 16:01:39Z)

Notes on the metrics: WALL_CLOCK_S is elapsed span, not working time — it includes the ~2 min the run waited on the human at the AskUserQuestion prompt. Cache-read (725K) dwarfing TOKENS_IN (30) is normal for a long single-run skill — nearly all input was cached prose. TOOL_ERRORS=0 reflects the transcript's is_error flags only; one command printed an acli error into stdout (masked from the exit code by | head) — see Incidents.

Compliance walk

Instruction (step / rule)	Verdict	Evidence
Conventions: resolve <PROJECT-KEY>/<WORKTREES_DIR>/base branches from env	followed	statuscheck resolved PROJECT-KEY=JST, DEFAULT_BASE_BRANCH=development, WORKTREES_DIR=…/JST-worktrees (ba2b6aa2); narration lists resolved tokens (cda9a4d0 turn)
Conventions: never mkdir <WORKTREES_DIR>; rely on healthcheck row	followed	worktrees_dir … (present) INFO consumed, no mkdir issued
Conventions: <slug> = kebab-case of title	followed	gh-pat-session-login (2932a90a)
Conventions: feature/ prefix from base branch, feature/<KEY>-<slug>	followed	feature/JST-126-gh-pat-session-login from development (2932a90a)
§1 Script dispatch chosen from own OS before first call	followed	"I'm on Linux, so I'll use the POSIX script paths" (first text turn); all scripts are …/posix/*.sh
§1 Run ensure_local_env + jira_acli_login assigner FIRST, unconditionally	followed	24f11120: both run before healthcheck; result "acli is now assigner"
§1 Run statuscheck bare (no role/issue-key arg) with STATUSCHECK_RERUN override	followed	ba2b6aa2: STATUSCHECK_RERUN="rerun /jira-sdlc:jira-task-assigner" bash …/statuscheck.sh, no trailing arg
§1 Any FAIL → stop; judge the 3 role-specific rows; require main checkout + base branch + worktrees_dir	followed	No FAIL row; agent read worktree=main✓, branch=development✓, worktrees_dir present✓ (ba2b6aa2 result + narration)
§1 working_tree WARN → mention to user before branching from dirty base	followed	Narration flagged "7 uncommitted (all untracked) changes… I'll note it before branching"; repeated in final report
§2 Read branch row, don't re-run git branch --show-current; base branch → set BASE_BRANCH	followed	No standalone git branch --show-current; BASE_BRANCH=development used throughout
§3 Investigate to decide parallel-splittability	followed	e66eae6b/f93de95b/771a4a55 inspect docs/github, env surface, statuscheck gh_auth, GITHUB refs across skills
§4 Clarify material ambiguity before creating; tie AC into description	followed (adapted)	Request was unambiguous; agent instead used clarify to surface the JST-118 conflict (93ca54dd), then wrote the accepted tradeoff into jst-desc.txt (cda9a4d0)
§5A Scope decision single vs multistep, with reasoning	followed	"Scope decision — single-step… sequential, not parallel… the env-var name is the contract"
§5B Issue type Task/Story/Bug with reasoning	followed	"Issue type — Task. Localized, technical infrastructure change… not a defect"
§6 git fetch origin + git pull --ff-only before branching	followed	46034c4a: "Already up to date."
§6A get_assignee_email.sh once; assign every create	followed	46034c4a: kantorvv+jira-task-executor@gmail.com; passed as --assignee on the sole create (a5fece5e)
§6A.1 Create top-level via acli workitem create with --description-file + --assignee, capture key	followed	a5fece5e: --type "Task" --description-file … --assignee … → "JST-126 created"
§6A.2–4 branch + push -u + parentbranch config + parent worktree	followed	2932a90a: git branch … development, push -u, git config …parentbranch development, git worktree add …/worktree-JST-126; verified development echoed back
§6B Single-step → only issue; leave PR-target comment	followed	Single-step path taken; 0acece00 posts "PR target branch: development. Worktree: …/worktree-JST-126." (single-step format ✓)
§6C Multistep sub-task creation	not-reached	Single-step run — no sub-tasks
§6 parent-issue single-step-format comment (multistep only)	not-reached	Single-step; covered by the §6B comment above
§6 CLI mechanics: no --yes on create/comment; quote "Task"; plain-text description-file	followed	Neither create nor comment used --yes; description written to temp file as plain text
§7 Report to user in chat AND as one Jira comment on parent via --body-file	followed	Final chat report + 7bb5fdd9 posts jst-report.txt via --body-file
§8 Don't implement; point user to cd into worktree + run executor with no key	followed	No code written; final report: "cd …/worktree-JST-126 and run /jira-sdlc:jira-task-executor (no key argument)"

Divergences in detail

No diverged or skipped rows. Every instruction that applied was followed; the only two not-reached rows are the multistep-only branches on a single-step run. The one item worth writing up is a prose gap, not a divergence — recorded below because the good outcome here depended on agent judgment the skill doesn't guarantee.

Duplicate-issue detection is not in the prose (agent caught JST-118 by luck)

• What the prose says: §6 opens with "you are always creating a brand-new top-level issue," and the "Re-run / partial-failure safety — deferred" note only contemplates this run's orphans, not a pre-existing issue covering the same feature. Nothing in §3 (Investigate) or §6 tells the assigner to scan open issues / existing remote branches for overlap before minting a fresh key.
• What happened: The agent noticed feature/JST-118-github-pat-auth in the git fetch output (46034c4a), got curious, viewed JST-118, diffed its branch, and discovered it already implements this feature with the opposite (deliberately-chosen) auth mechanism. It then surfaced the conflict via AskUserQuestion (93ca54dd) rather than silently filing a competing issue.
• Consequence: Positive on this run — the user made an informed choice and the tradeoff is now durable in JST-126's description. But it was incidental discovery: had that branch not shown in the fetch delta, or a less curious run occurred, the assigner would have filed a silent duplicate/competitor, exactly what §6's own "deferred" note flags as an unhandled gap.
• Likely why: The skill has no cheap overlap check, and the fetch-delta visibility was accidental.
• Suggested fix (prose, small): Add one line to §3 or the top of §6 — e.g. "Before minting a key, skim open issues and existing feature/* branches for one already covering this request; if found, surface it and ask before filing a competitor." This converts a lucky catch into a repeatable one. (A scripted acli jira workitem search + git branch -r grep could back it, but a prose nudge is the minimum.)

Incidents

Code executions

What failed (uuid)	Root cause	Agent's reaction	Workaround / fix	Suggested prose fix
acli jira workitem view --key JST-118 → ✗ Error: unknown flag: --key (be785034)	External-ish: acli's view takes the key positionally, not via --key (unlike comment create/edit). The command was an ad-hoc investigation call, not one the skill prescribes. Error was captured into stdout by 2>&1 | head, so the tool result was not flagged is_error (hence TOOL_ERRORS=0).	Recognized immediately; next call (2fd1b7f7) used positional acli jira workitem view JST-118 and succeeded. One-try recovery, no thrash.	Positional retry; investigation continued uninterrupted (JST-118 details obtained).	Minor / optional: jira-acli-reference.md documents create/comment/edit syntax but not view. A one-line "read: acli jira workitem view <KEY> (positional)" would pre-empt the --key guess if view ever becomes part of the flow (e.g. the duplicate-check above).

Aside from that single self-corrected syntax guess, every command behaved as the prose expected.

Helper scripts worth keeping

What the agent built	Born at (uuid)	Worked?	Suggested home
jst-desc.txt — issue description written to a temp file for --description-file	cda9a4d0	Yes	None — this is the prescribed §6 pattern (plain-text description-file), not reinvented tooling
jst-report.txt — multi-line report written to a temp file for --body-file	6eaaa895	Yes	None — prescribed §7 pattern
Chained git branch && push -u && git config && git worktree add one-liner	2932a90a	Yes	None — standard §6A steps composed inline; deterministic but already spelled out in prose

Nothing novel was reinvented this run. The only candidate the transcript suggests is a duplicate-overlap check (see Divergences) — that's a new capability, not something the agent hand-rolled here.

Verdict

Textbook-compliant run: every applicable instruction was followed in order, the single-step path was chosen and executed correctly, and the run finished through step 8 with issue, branch, worktree, both comments, and the report all in place — zero divergences, zero true tool errors. The one finding to act on is a skill-text gap, not a run defect: the assigner has no duplicate/overlap detection, and only agent curiosity (spotting JST-118 in a git fetch delta) prevented a silently-filed competing issue — add a lightweight "scan for an existing issue/branch covering this before minting a key" nudge to §3/§6 so the next run doesn't depend on luck. This run points at the skill text needing the fix, not the agent.