feat(implement-spec): add skill to implement spec tickets via subagent task graph

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name: implement-spec
description: "Implement the result of /to-spec and /to-tickets in code."
disable-model-invocation: true
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You have been provided a spec. This spec should have tickets associated with it, describing how to implement the spec.
The issue tracker should have been provided to you. If not, tell the user to run `/setup-matt-pocock-skills`.
The goal is the entire spec implemented on a single **integration branch**, with every ticket resolved the way the issue tracker closes work.
The tickets are not a list of steps. They are a **task graph** with blocking relationships between them. This means there is always a **frontier** of tickets which are ready to be grabbed.
Communication to and from subagents should be sparse. Communicate primarily through **context pointers**: to the spec, tickets, research notes, and previous commits. Don't duplicate information already available via pointers.
**Implementer subagents** should be run in the background where possible for maximum concurrency.
## Steps
1. Read the spec and tickets to understand the task graph.
2. (optional) Use an **exploration subagent** to conduct any exploration required by the tickets - relevant codebase files or external documentation. Ensure the exploration subagent can save files - it should save its markdown notes in a directory outside the repo, accessible by all future subagents. This lets **implementer subagents** focus on implementation rather than exploration.
3. Create the integration branch. If the issue tracker closes work through PRs, or the user asks for one, open a draft PR after the first merge in step 5 (a branch with no commits ahead of main can't open one), marked as closing the spec and tickets.
4. Use **implementer subagents** to implement each ticket, each in its own worktree on its own branch. Each implementer subagent:
- confirms its worktree is based on the integration branch before starting, and resets onto it if not;
- calls the Skill tool with `tdd` to build the ticket;
- merges the integration branch tip into its own branch before reporting done
5. Once an **implementer subagent** completes, merge its work to the integration branch with a **merger subagent**.
6. If this changes the **frontier** of available tickets, kick off more **implementer subagents** to work on the new tickets. This allows for maximum concurrency.
7. Once all tickets are complete, call the Skill tool with `code-review` on the integration branch. Fix all issues raised by the code review in a single **implementer subagent**.
8. If a draft PR exists, mark it ready for review. Otherwise, resolve each ticket the way the issue tracker closes work, and report the integration branch.
9. Clean up all **implementer subagent** worktrees.
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interface:
display_name: "Implement Spec"
short_description: "Implement the result of /to-spec and /to-tickets in code."
policy:
allow_implicit_invocation: false