Finish Change Set

Required Skills (Must Load)

• spec-driven-development (state management, completion workflow)

Finish Change Set

Close the change set and sync specs to canonical.

Inputs

[!IMPORTANT] Resolve the change set by running ls changes/ | grep -v archive/. If exactly one directory exists, use it. Only prompt the user when multiple change sets are present.

Instructions

1. Verify prerequisites: Load spec-driven-development skill and read state. Confirm phase is reconcile and status is complete per skill guidelines.

2. Sync specs: Use the CLI merge command:

   • Inspect canonical spec inventory first with ae sdd spec list (no flag by default)
   • Run a dry run preview first: ae sdd spec merge --dry-run [<change-name>] [--specs-dir <dir>]
   • Present dry run results (created/​modified/​skipped) and any blockers
   • Wait for user approval
   • Apply merge: ae sdd spec merge [<change-name>] [--specs-dir <dir>]

3. Update state: Mark phase and status as complete per skill guidelines.

4. Cleanup (separate approval):

   • Keep artifacts intact
   • Archive to changes/​archive/<name>/
   • Delete changes/<name>/ (specs synced)

   Ask user to choose.

5. Report: Summarize merge results (created/​modified/​skipped counts), state update, and cleanup action.

Example

Verified phase=reconcile, status=complete
Dry run: merge 3 new, 2 modified specs
User approved merge
Applied: docs/​specs/​a.md, docs/​specs/​b.md, docs/​specs/​c.md created; docs/​specs/​d.md modified
State updated to complete
Archived to changes/​archive/​feature-x/

Success: change set closed, specs synced, state updated, cleanup completed per preference.