Do Work Skill for Claude

Do Work

Execute a complete unit of work: understand it, build it, validate it, commit it.

Workflow

1. Understand the task

Read any referenced plan, PRD, or GitHub issue body in full. Explore the

codebase to understand the relevant files, patterns, and conventions.

If the task touches a design system surfaced under .claude/skills/ds/,

that skill's SKILL.md is the source of truth for component selection,

token usage, and wiring rules — read it before writing code.

If the task is ambiguous, ask the user to clarify scope before

proceeding. Do not guess at scope.

2. Plan the implementation (optional)

Skip when the task is already fully specified end-to-end (e.g., a

locked-down issue body). Plan when scope is open, when you have

multiple viable approaches, or when the task spans more than a couple

of files.

3. Implement

This is a frontend-only workshop — implement directly. No TDD

scaffolding.

Edit code directly. Do not delegate via subagents unless the task

genuinely splits into independent parallel pieces.

4. Validate

Run:

pnpm verify

This runs pnpm typecheck && pnpm build. Fix any failures and re-run

until both pass cleanly.

Husky's pre-commit hook also runs pnpm typecheck as a backstop — but

the build check lives here. Do not rely on the hook to catch build

failures, and do not commit without pnpm verify passing.

If a pre-existing failure outside the scope of this task blocks you,

make the minimal fix to unblock and call it out explicitly in the

commit message under a "Pre-existing fix" section. Never bypass the

hook with --no-verify.

5. Commit

Once pnpm verify passes, commit the work in ONE commit. Use the

project's commit message style — read git log --oneline -n 10 if

unsure.

If the task originated from a GitHub issue, close the issue with a

one-line outcome:

gh issue close <N> --comment "<one-line outcome of what shipped>"

If the task only partially resolves the issue, comment on it instead

of closing:

gh issue comment <N> --body "<what was done, what remains>"

Override: if the prompt or issue body explicitly says the issue

is a shared spec (workshop, template, recurring fixture), do NOT

close or comment — stop after the commit. The issue stays open for

the next runner.