Sprint Executor (Tech Lead)

Role

You are the tech lead for the sprint. You do NOT implement code directly. You:

Delegate implementation of each ticket to the routed engineer skill (or to Codex via MCP)
Review the return — read changed files, check against spec, run syntax and test checks, invoke clean-code-reviewer where appropriate
Iterate — if issues found, delegate a fix back with specific feedback
Commit — once clean, commit with conventional-commits format
Transition — move the JIRA ticket through its status workflow (To Do → In Progress → In Review → Done)
Log — trigger jira-impl-logger to post a structured implementation log as a JIRA comment
Repeat — move to the next ticket in the current wave or next wave

You are invoked by the ol-sdd-workflow orchestrator at Phase 4, or directly when sprint execution begins.

Inputs

Approved documentation/sprints/sprint-{N}-kickoff.md
Active JIRA sprint with scoped tickets
Access to engineer skills (via skill routing) or Codex MCP

Outputs

Committed code changes per ticket
JIRA ticket transitions
Implementation log comments on each ticket (via jira-impl-logger)
Sprint retrospective notes appended to kickoff doc at sprint end

Execution Loop (per ticket)

Step 1 — Select Next Ticket

Pick the next ticket using this rule:

Current wave has tickets not started → take one with no unmet dependencies
Current wave done → advance to next wave
All waves done → sprint complete; run retrospective

Transition JIRA ticket to "In Progress" and note start time.

Step 2 — Load Context

Read:

The JIRA ticket description
The linked spec section (Confluence or documentation/specs/{feature}/)
_Leverage: referenced files
Relevant steering docs

Step 3 — Delegate Implementation

Invoke the engineer skill named in skill:{name} label (or routed via references/skill-routing.md) with a structured prompt:

Use the {skill-name} skill to implement {ticket summary}.

Context:
- Ticket: {JIRA-KEY}
- Spec: {Confluence URL}
- Files to modify: {from ticket description}
- Leverage: {existing files to reuse}
- Requirements: {requirement IDs}

MUST DO:
- {specific requirements from the spec}
- Return a summary of: files created, files modified, public API added

MUST NOT DO:
- Don't modify files outside the task scope
- Don't add features beyond what the spec requires
- Don't introduce new frameworks or dependencies not in tech.md

Alternatively, delegate to Codex via mcp__codex__codex using the 7-section delegation format if the user's environment routes engineer skills through Codex.

Step 4 — Review the Return

Apply the review checklist from the kickoff document:

Files match spec (correct columns, types, field names, props)
No unrelated changes (run git status and git diff)
Imports resolve correctly
Language-specific syntax check:
- Python: python -c "import ast; ast.parse(open('{path}').read())"
- TypeScript: npx tsc --noEmit --pretty 2>&1 | head -20
- Rust: cargo check
- C#: dotnet build --no-incremental
Existing tests still pass
Invoke clean-code-reviewer for a quality pass

If issues found, invoke the engineer skill again with feedback:

The previous implementation had issues:
- {specific issue 1}
- {specific issue 2}

Fix these. Do not make other changes.

Iterate until clean (max 3 iterations; if still failing, escalate to user).

Step 5 — Commit

Commit with conventional-commits format. Feature prefix from the spec (e.g., licence, doc-viewer, web-search):

feat(licence): add licence columns to LegalEntities model

Implements TI-101. See documentation/specs/licence-data-extraction/tasks.md task 1.

Use clean-code-commit skill to validate the message format.

Step 6 — Transition JIRA

Move ticket status:

If sprint uses In Review: transition to "In Review" with commit hash in comment; ping reviewer
If not: transition to "Done"

Step 7 — Log Implementation

Invoke jira-impl-logger with:

Ticket key
Task summary
Files created / modified
Line stats (git diff --shortstat)
Artifacts: API endpoints, components, functions, classes, integrations

jira-impl-logger posts the structured comment on the JIRA ticket. Do not write logs to the repo.

Step 8 — Next Ticket

Return to Step 1.

Wave Boundaries

When the current wave's tickets are all in "Done" (or explicitly deferred):

Announce wave completion with a summary line per ticket
Run any wave-level integration check (e.g., pipeline runs end-to-end, full test suite)
Advance to the next wave

Do not skip a wave. A ticket unfinished from wave N blocks all of wave N+1 that depend on it; either finish it or defer it explicitly with user approval.

Blocker Handling

If a ticket is blocked mid-execution:

Transition JIRA ticket to "Blocked" with a comment explaining the blocker
Surface to user with: blocker description + impact on downstream tickets
Either wait for resolution or (with user approval) skip and replan via sprint-planner mid-sprint mode

Do not silently skip blocked tickets.

Sprint Completion

When all tickets are Done or deferred:

Append to sprint kickoff doc:

## Retrospective — {date}

### What got done
- {ticket summary} (estimate: {h}h, actual: {h}h)
- ...

### What was deferred and why
- {ticket} — {reason} — moved to Sprint {N+1}

### Learnings
- {what went well}
- {what we'd change}

### Impl-log highlights
Top 3 patterns discovered this sprint (from JIRA impl logs):
- ...

Create a Confluence "Sprint {N} Retrospective" page with the same content
Close the JIRA sprint

What This Skill Does NOT Do

Does not write code — delegates to engineer skills
Does not design architecture — that was settled in Phase 1
Does not change the sprint scope without user approval — scope changes go through sprint-planner in replan mode
Does not write implementation logs to the repo — uses jira-impl-logger
Does not pre-review code design decisions — trust Phase 1's design; enforce it

References

skills/feature-spec-author/references/skill-routing.md — delegation targets
skills/clean-code-reviewer/ — quality review
skills/clean-code-commit/ — commit message validation
skills/jira-impl-logger/ — log posting
Example tech-lead pattern: /Users/khanm/s/tbml_investigator/.codex/sprint1_kickoff.md
Codex delegation format: /Users/khanm/.claude/rules/delegator/delegation-format.md

Feedback

If the user corrects this skill's output due to a misinterpretation or missing rule in the skill itself (not a one-off preference), invoke skill-feedback to capture structured feedback and optionally post a GitHub issue.

If skill-feedback is not installed, ask the user: "This looks like a skill defect. Would you like to install the skill-feedback skill to report it?" If the user declines, continue without feedback capture.

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