Leave the Branch Green

The skill Copy

Do not hand back a branch you have not seen pass.

Before you report the work finished:

1. Run every check the repository runs in CI — lint, types, tests, build — in
   that order, and show each result.
2. If one fails, fix it or revert your change. A branch left red is a branch
   somebody else has to diagnose without the context you have right now.
3. If a check cannot run in your environment, name it explicitly as unrun. Do
   not count it as passed.

"Should pass" is not a state. A check is green, red, or unrun, and only one of
those three is finished.

How to install it Copy

Codex

1. Put the text below in `AGENTS.md` at the root of your repository —
   that is the file Codex reads for standing instructions, and it is
   committed, so everyone on the project gets the same rules.
2. For a rule that applies to one directory only, put an `AGENTS.md` in
   that directory instead; the nearest one wins.
3. For a one-off, paste it as the first message of the task instead.

Keep it short. Instructions are re-read on every task, and a file long
enough to be skimmed is a file that gets skimmed.

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