rai-story-start

Creating a feature branch with verified epic context involves checking epic alignment and locking boundaries with an initial scope commit before development begins, ensuring traceability and preventing scope creep throughout the feature lifecycle.

A scope commit is an initial commit that locks feature boundaries at the outset of a new branch. You need one when starting feature work that spans epics or standalone initiatives, providing explicit lifecycle guidance and traceability from the very first commit.

Setting up telemetry for feature lifecycle observability requires emitting a start telemetry event during story initialization, establishing a baseline for tracking progress and enabling future analytics across the dedicated feature branch.

Yes, this story initialization workflow applies to both feature work spanning epics and standalone initiatives. It verifies context, creates a dedicated branch, and commits the initial scope regardless of whether the work is tied to a specific epic.

Establishing traceability between a feature ID and its development branch requires creating a dedicated feature branch under the epic scope and making an initial scope commit that explicitly records the feature boundaries and context at the starting point.

Yes, an existing epic scope or feature ID is needed as an input to verify context before branch creation. The workflow checks epic alignment and branch discipline to ensure the feature is properly scoped before any development work begins.