Ship: Dev (Implement)

What it does

Ship: Dev orchestrates the implementation stage of a development pipeline by converting a plan or set of stories into executable waves. It groups file-independent stories into parallel waves, dispatches subagents for parallel work, and enforces a peer review (Codex) gate before a wave advances. The skill provides setup checks (test command detection, code conduct extraction), pattern-references for consistent implementation, and strict quality gates for commits and tests.

When to use it

Use this skill when you have an existing plan or set of implementation stories and need an agent to implement them reliably: "implement this plan", "execute the stories", "code this up", or "build from the plan". If you don’t have a plan yet, run the repository's design flow first (/ship:design).

What's included

• Scripts: prompts and templates for implementer and reviewer flows (implementer-prompt.md, reviewer-prompt.md)
• References: guidance for building dev-context.md, test detection, and pattern reference collection
• Instructions: step-by-step phases (setup, per-wave implement→review→fix loop, cross-story regression) with clear rules for who fixes and how to run tests and record artifacts

Compatible agents

Designed for Claude Code as the host implementer and Codex as the peer reviewer; also mentions Cursor and generic Agent subagents for parallel execution. It fits agentic development stacks that support shell tools, read/write/edit, and agent dispatching.