What problem does it solve? Small fixes like typos, config nudges, and one-line bug fixes often land as careless commits with no review, no regression test, and no audit trail. This Skill enforces a disciplined patch workflow so every minor change gets a dedicated branch, independent review, a CHANGELOG entry, and explicit human approval before commit, merge, and push. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Gated mutation workflow: Three explicit human approval gates (commit, wrap, push) plus a conditional correction gate ensure no commit, merge, promote, push, or branch deletion happens unprompted. - Independent review enforcement: Dispatches a fresh-context reviewer over the staged diff with a fingerprint check (git diff --cached) before and after dispatch, so subagent mutations cannot silently corrupt the commit. - Defect pinning and changelog discipline: Every defect fix lands with a regression test or gate rule, and every patch adds a CHANGELOG.md entry under ## [Unreleased], with named escapes stated at the commit gate. - Use Case: A user asks to fix a one-line bug tracked as gap G-0042. The Skill creates a patch/G-0042-fix-slug worktree branch, implements the fix with a regression test, runs the full local CI gate, obtains independent review, and walks through commit, merge, tracker closure (aiwf promote), cleanup, and push — each behind explicit approval. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to run the wf-patch ritual to fix a specific small bug or typo on its own patch branch with review and approval gates.