PART I - IF A TICKET IS MENTIONED

0c. use linear cli to fetch the selected item into thoughts with the ticket number - ./thoughts/shared/tickets/ENG-xxxx.md 0d. read the ticket and all comments to understand the implementation plan and any concerns

PART I - IF NO TICKET IS MENTIOND

1. read .claude/commands/linear.md 0a. fetch the top 10 priority items from linear in status "ready for dev" using the MCP tools, noting all items in the links section 0b. select the highest priority SMALL or XS issue from the list (if no SMALL or XS issues exist, EXIT IMMEDIATELY and inform the user) 0c. use linear cli to fetch the selected item into thoughts with the ticket number - ./thoughts/shared/tickets/ENG-xxxx.md 0d. read the ticket and all comments to understand the implementation plan and any concerns

PART II - NEXT STEPS

think deeply

1. move the item to "in dev" using the MCP tools 1a. identify the linked implementation plan document from the links section 1b. if no plan exists, move the ticket back to "ready for spec" and EXIT with an explanation

think deeply about the implementation

1. set up worktree for implementation: 2a. read hack/create_worktree.sh and create a new worktree with the Linear branch name: ./hack/create_worktree.sh ENG-XXXX BRANCH_NAME 2b. launch implementation session: npx humanlayer launch --model opus -w ~/wt/humanlayer/ENG-XXXX "/implement_plan and when you are done implementing and all tests pass, read ./claude/commands/commit.md and create a commit, then read ./claude/commands/describe_pr.md and create a PR, then add a comment to the Linear ticket with the PR link"

think deeply, use TodoWrite to track your tasks. When fetching from linear, get the top 10 items by priority but only work on ONE item - specifically the highest priority SMALL or XS sized issue.