You are shipping a finished backlog item.

Step 1: Find the plan to ship

Check for uncommitted changes:

bash

git status --porcelain

If the working tree is dirty, stop: "Uncommitted changes found. Run /esper:finish first to commit and archive the plan."

Run esperkit plan list --dir done --format json to get all done plans. Filter for plans that have no pr field (or pr is empty or blank). If found, use that plan — it was finalized with /esper:finish but not yet pushed or PR'd.

If no unshipped plan is found, tell the user "No finished plan to ship. Run /esper:finish first." and stop.

If multiple unshipped plans are found, use AskUserQuestion to ask which one to ship.

Read the plan's full content and frontmatter (id, title, type, branch, phase, gh_issue if present).

Step 2: Run full verification

Run esperkit config get commands to get the commands object. For each of test, lint, and typecheck:

•Skip it entirely if the value is an empty string or the key is missing
•Run it if non-empty and capture the exit code

If all three commands are empty or missing, print: "No verification commands configured — skipping." Then continue.

If any non-empty command fails, stop and report the failures clearly. Do NOT proceed.

Step 3: Push the branch

bash

git push -u origin <branch from plan frontmatter>

If the push fails (e.g. no remote, auth issue), report the error and stop.

Step 4: Open a PR

Read type from the plan frontmatter.

If type: "feature": Skip PR creation. Print: "Feature plan: PR will be opened when the full phase is complete." Then continue to Step 5.

If type: "fix": Create the PR using the gh CLI:

bash

gh pr create \
  --title "<plan title>" \
  --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
## What
<plan title and goal, 1-2 sentences>

## Approach
<plan Approach section, summarized>

## Verification
<plan Verification section>

Plan <plan id>
<if gh_issue is set in plan frontmatter: Closes #<gh_issue>>
EOF
)"

Print the PR URL returned by gh pr create.

Update the plan's pr: field: run esperkit plan set <filename> pr <PR URL>.

Note: The fix's GitHub issue is already closed by lifecycle sync in finish() — no explicit close-issue call is needed here.

Commit and push the pr: field update:

bash

git add .esper/plans/done/<filename>
git commit -m "chore: record PR link for plan <id>"
git push

Step 5: Phase check

Run esperkit config get current_phase to get the current phase. Then run esperkit plan list --dir pending --phase <phase> --format json, esperkit plan list --dir active --phase <phase> --format json, and esperkit plan list --dir done --phase <phase> --format json to check plan status.

If plans remain in pending/ or active/: print how many items remain and suggest /esper:apply to continue.

If all plans for the current phase are in done/:

•
Print: "Phase <N> complete. All backlog items shipped."
•
Read .esper/phases/<current_phase>.md and display the acceptance criteria checklist
•
Archive the phase plans: Run esperkit plan archive <current_phase> to move all done plans for the phase to archived/<current_phase>/.

•

Commit the archive (stages both the new files in archived/ and the deletions in done/):

bash

git add .esper/plans/archived/<current_phase>/
git add .esper/plans/done/
git commit -m "chore: archive <current_phase> plans to archived/<current_phase>/"

•
Print: "Phase plans archived to .esper/plans/archived/<current_phase>/"

•

Open ONE PR summarizing the entire phase (targeting main):

Collect all plans where type: "feature" for the phase PR body. type: "fix" plans already have their own PRs and are excluded.

bash

gh pr create \
  --title "Phase <N>: <phase title from phase file>" \
  --base main \
  --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
## Phase <N> — <phase title>

<phase goal, 1-2 sentences>

## Shipped plans
- Plan <id> <if plan has gh_issue: (#<gh_issue>)> — <title>: <one-line approach summary>
...

## Acceptance criteria
<paste acceptance criteria checklist from phase file>

<if backlog_mode is "github" and the phase file has gh_issue set:>
Closes #<phase_gh_issue>
EOF
)"

Print the PR URL. After the PR is opened, update each feature plan in archived/<current_phase>/ by running esperkit plan set <filename> pr <PR URL> for each. Then commit:

bash

git add .esper/plans/archived/<current_phase>/
git commit -m "chore: record PR link for <current_phase> feature plans"

Update the phase file to mark it complete:

•Read .esper/phases/<current_phase>.md
•In the frontmatter, change status: active to status: completed
•In the body, change each - [ ] acceptance criterion to - [x]
•Write the updated content back to the file

Commit and push the phase file update:

bash

git add .esper/phases/<current_phase>.md .esper/plans/archived/<current_phase>/
git commit -m "chore: mark <current_phase> completed — all criteria checked, PR linked"
git push

Print: "Ready to plan the next phase? Run /esper:phase to define Phase <N+1>."