Issue Triage

Triage a newly opened GitHub issue on this project (a Rust CLI tool for managing git worktrees).

Issue to triage: $ARGUMENTS

Step 1: Setup

Load /running-in-ci first (CI environment rules, security).

Follow the AD FONTES principle throughout: reproduce before fixing, evidence before speculation, test before committing.

Step 2: Read and classify the issue

gh issue view $ARGUMENTS --json title,body,labels,author

Classify into one of:

Bug report — describes unexpected behavior, includes steps to reproduce or error output. Descriptions of changed behavior ("no longer works", "used to work") strongly signal a bug even with a terse body.
Feature request — asks for new functionality or behavior changes
Question — asks how to do something or how something works
Other — doesn't fit the above categories

Step 3: Check for duplicates

Skip for questions and other.

# Search open issues for similar problems
gh issue list --state open --json number,title,labels --limit 50

# Check for existing fix branches
git branch -r --list 'origin/fix/issue-*'
git branch -r --list 'origin/repro/issue-*'

# Check open PRs
gh pr list --state open --json number,title,headRefName --limit 50

If a duplicate or existing fix is found, note it for the comment in step 7. Don't create a duplicate fix.

Step 4: Investigate existing functionality

Feature requests only.

Search the codebase to check whether the requested feature already exists.

Extract the core ask — What specific behavior does the requester want?
Search for implementations — Grep for relevant function names, config keys, CLI flags, and domain terms in src/, src/cli/, docs/, and config.
Read key files — If searches find hits, read the relevant source to understand what already exists and how it works.
Check docs and help text — Look for user-facing documentation of the feature (--help, docs/content/, config reference).

Record what you found (or didn't find) for use in step 7.

Step 5: Reproduce the bug

Bug reports only.

Understand the report — What command was run? What was expected? What actually happened?
Find relevant code — Search the codebase for the functionality described
Write a failing test — Add a test to the appropriate existing test file that demonstrates the bug. Don't create new test files.

Run the test to confirm it fails:

cargo test --lib --bins -- test_name
# or for integration tests:
cargo test --test integration -- test_name

If the test passes (bug may already be fixed), note this for the comment.

If you cannot reproduce the bug (unclear steps, environment-specific, etc.), note what you tried and skip to step 7. Do NOT proceed to Step 6 without a failing test — a fix without reproduction evidence is not a conservative fix.

Step 6: Fix (conservative)

Bug reports only.

CRITICAL — gate check before proceeding:

You MUST have a failing test from Step 5 before writing any fix. If you skipped the test (couldn't write one, environment-specific bug, etc.), do NOT attempt a fix — go directly to Step 7 and use the "Reproduction test only" or "Could not reproduce" comment template. A fix without a reproduction test violates the AD FONTES principle established in Step 1.

Only attempt a fix if ALL of these conditions are met:

Bug is clearly reproducible (test written in Step 5 fails)
Root cause is understood
Fix is localized (1-3 files changed)
Confident the fix is correct

Skill text fixes

When the bug is about bot behavior (e.g., "bot didn't use links", "bot posted wrong format"), the root cause is often a skill/prompt compliance issue, not missing code. Before adding guidance to a skill:

Check ALL co-loaded skills — Skills loaded together in the same workflow share context. If the guidance already exists in a co-loaded skill (e.g., running-in-ci is loaded alongside review-pr and triage-issue), the issue is behavioral compliance, not missing instructions.
Don't duplicate guidance across skills — Adding the same rule to multiple co-loaded skills creates maintenance burden and doesn't fix compliance gaps.

If fixing

Fix the root cause (not just the symptom)
Confirm the test now passes
Run the full test suite and lints:
```
cargo run -- hook pre-merge --yes
```

Create branch, commit, push, and create PR:

git checkout -b fix/issue-$ARGUMENTS
git add -A
git commit -m "fix: <description>

Closes #$ARGUMENTS

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>"
git push -u origin fix/issue-$ARGUMENTS
gh pr create --title "fix: <description>" --label "automated-fix" --body "## Problem
[What the issue reported and the root cause]

## Solution
[What was fixed and why]

## Testing
[How the fix was verified — mention the reproduction test]

---
Closes #<issue-number> — automated triage"

Monitor CI using the poll approach from /running-in-ci:
```
gh pr checks <pr-number> --required
```
Poll with gh pr checks <pr-number> --required every 60 seconds until all required checks complete. Non-required checks (e.g., benchmarks) are ignored. If CI fails, diagnose with gh run view <run-id> --log-failed, fix, and repeat.

If reproduction test works but fix is not confident

Commit just the failing test on a reproduction branch and open a PR:

git checkout -b repro/issue-$ARGUMENTS
git add -A
git commit -m "test: add reproduction for #$ARGUMENTS

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>"
git push -u origin repro/issue-$ARGUMENTS
gh pr create --title "test: reproduction for #$ARGUMENTS" --label "automated-fix" --body "## Context
Adds a failing test that reproduces #$ARGUMENTS. The fix is not yet included — this PR captures the reproduction so a maintainer can investigate.

---
Automated triage for #<issue-number>"

Note the PR number for the comment.

Step 7: Comment on the issue

Always comment via gh issue comment. Keep it brief, polite, and specific. A maintainer will always review — never claim the issue is fully resolved by automation alone.

Stay within what you verified. State facts you found in the codebase — don't characterize something as "known" unless you find prior issues or documentation about it. Don't speculate beyond the code you read. Follow the templates below closely; they are deliberately scoped to leave authoritative analysis to maintainers.

Use the heredoc pattern from /running-in-ci for --body arguments to avoid shell quoting issues (e.g., ! getting escaped as \!).

Choose the appropriate template:

Fix PR created

Thanks for reporting this! I was able to reproduce the issue and identified the root cause: [one-sentence explanation].

I've opened #PR_NUMBER with a fix. A maintainer will review it shortly.

Reproduction test only (no fix attempted)

Thanks for reporting this! I was able to reproduce the issue — #PR_NUMBER adds a failing test that demonstrates the bug.

Root cause appears to be [brief explanation if known, or "still under investigation"]. A maintainer will take a closer look.

Could not reproduce

Thanks for reporting this! I tried to reproduce this but wasn't able to with the information provided.

Could you share [specific information needed — exact command, config file, git repo structure, OS, shell, etc.]? That would help narrow it down.

A maintainer will also take a look.

Bug already fixed

Thanks for reporting this! I looked into this and it appears the behavior described may already be fixed on main (the relevant test passes).

Could you confirm which version you're running (wt --version)? If you're on an older release, updating should resolve this. A maintainer will confirm.

Feature may already exist

Thanks for the suggestion! It's possible that [existing feature — specific behavior, config/flag] already does what you're looking for: [brief description of how it works].

If that's not quite what you had in mind, could you clarify what additional behavior you're looking for? A maintainer will take a look either way.

Feature does not exist

Thanks for the suggestion! I searched the codebase and didn't find an existing implementation of this. [Optionally: the closest related functionality is X, which does Y.]

I'll leave it for a maintainer to evaluate and prioritize.

Question

Thanks for reaching out! This looks like a usage question rather than a bug report.

[Brief answer if obvious from the codebase, or pointer to relevant docs/help text.]

A maintainer can provide more detail if needed.

Duplicate

Thanks for reporting this! This appears to be related to #EXISTING_ISSUE [and/or PR #EXISTING_PR]. I'll leave it to a maintainer to confirm and link them.

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