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Show current development status from GitHub Project

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Show Typhon Development Status

Display the current state of work from the GitHub Project, including active items, upcoming work, and items needing attention.

Help

If $ARGUMENTS contains --help or -h, display the following and stop — do not execute the workflow.

/dev-status

  Show current development status from the GitHub Project board.

Arguments:
  --help, -h      Show this help

What it does:
  1. Shows In Progress items
  2. Lists Todo items (next to pick up)
  3. Flags items needing attention (stale, critical)
  4. Provides mountain view summary (totals by status)

Examples:
  /dev-status

What to Display

1. Active Milestone / Epic

The legacy Phase field was retired in the org-board migration. Group active work by Milestone (release maturity carried on Features) or by parent Epic instead — read these per issue via mcp__GitHub__get_issue (milestone, parent_issue_url).

2. In Progress Items

Query items where Status = "In Progress". Always pipe gh project item-list directly to Python (see .claude/skills/_helpers.md Section 2):

gh project item-list 1 --owner Log2n-io --limit 200 --format json 2>&1 | python3 -c "
import json, sys
items = json.load(sys.stdin)['items']
for item in items:
    s = item.get('status', '')
    if s == 'In Progress':
        n = item.get('content', {}).get('number', '?')
        t = item.get('title', 'untitled')
        p = item.get('priority', '?')
        a = item.get('area', '?')
        e = item.get('estimate', '?')
        print(f'#{n} | {s} | {p} | {a} | {e} | {t}')
"

Parse the output to filter and format. For each In Progress item, show:

  • Issue number and title
  • Area (issue-level; may be blank on the board)
  • Branch (if mentioned in issue body)
  • Design Doc (if field is set)

3. Todo Items

Query items where Status = "Todo" - these are ready to be picked up next.

4. Items Needing Attention

Flag issues that:

  • Have Status = "In Progress" but no recent activity (check issue last updated date)
  • Have Status = "Todo" for more than 14 days
  • Are P0-Critical and not In Progress

To check issue activity, use mcp__GitHub__get_issue with:

  • owner: "log2n-io"
  • repo: "Typhon"
  • issue_number: <number>

The returned object includes updated_at which can be used to determine staleness.

5. Mountain View Summary

Calculate totals:

  • Count of items by Status (Todo / In Progress / Done)
  • Breakdown by Area (issue-level field; read per issue when needed)

Output Format

Typhon Development Status

Active Milestone: [name]  (or Epic #XX -- N/M sub-issues done)

In Progress (N):
   #XX Title [Area]
       Branch: feature/XX-name (if known)
       Design: path/to/design.md (if set)

Todo (N):
   #XX Title [Area] -- has design / needs design

Needs Attention:
   #XX reason (e.g., "no activity for N days", "P0 not started")

Mountain View:
   Todo: N | In Progress: N | Done: N
   By Area: <area> N, ...

Suggested: [Pick up #XX or continue #YY]

Implementation

Use gh project item-list 1 --owner Log2n-io --limit 200 --format json piped to Python to get all project items, then filter and format the output.

For activity checks on individual issues, use mcp__GitHub__get_issue to get the updated_at field.