What problem does it solve?
This skill owns the upstream-specific middle of the loom bead lifecycle, bridging loom's local work with upstream contribution activities by handling clone, test, draft artifacts, and watch-bead orchestration. It defers to the bead-lifecycle-shell for core lifecycle actions (claim/isolate/verify/close/capture) and provides two lanes (--issue-only and --issue+pr) to handle filing upstream issues or PRs.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Owns the upstream-specific middle of the bead lifecycle and coordinates the transition between loom-side work and upstream contribution workflows.
- Supports two lanes: --issue-only (upstream issue filing) and --issue+pr (upstream clone + RED/GREEN + PR draft), with privacy redaction gates at M6.
- Integrates with the bead-lifecycle-shell for the shared steps and emits stage markers (designing, cloning, red, green, draft, review, file) to the workflow-state for cold-start recovery.
Quick Start
Start an upstream bead workflow for a specific bead by saying 'let's work upstream-a-bead <bead-id>' and then proceed with the guidance.