What problem does it solve?
Kickoff turns a vague request like starting work or fixing a ticket into a structured, quality-gated development pipeline that keeps you aligned with requirements and design before code changes happen.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Work classification: Determines the work type (bug, feature, improvement, task/chore) to choose the right pipeline depth.
- Ticket + branch discovery: Ensures a ticket exists, fetches/creates it, and sets up a branch using the repo’s configured branching format.
- Stage-gated execution: Runs the Discover → (Requirements) → Brainstorm → Plan → Execute → Review → Ship flow with explicit gate checks at each transition, optionally looping when the plan/design is wrong.
Quick Start
Invoke kickoff when you’re starting development by saying: run the kickoff pipeline for Jira ticket ABC-123 and follow the spec-first workflow until the PR is merged.