Execute enables AI assistant to manage sugar's autonomous development workflows. it allows AI assistant to create tasks, view the status of the system, review pending tasks, and start autonomous execution mode. use this skill when the user asks to create a new develo... Use when appropriate context detected. Trigger with relevant phrases based on skill purpose.
Manage Sugar's autonomous development workflows: create development tasks, check system status, review pending work, and start autonomous execution mode. Sugar orchestrates AI-driven development by queuing tasks with type, priority, and execution parameters, then processing them sequentially or in parallel.
Prerequisites
Sugar plugin installed and configured in the project
Sugar CLI available in the system PATH (sugar --version)
Project repository initialized with Sugar configuration file
Understanding of task types: feature, bugfix, refactor, test, chore
Write access to the project codebase for autonomous execution
Instructions
Check Sugar system status with /sugar-status to verify the daemon is running and view queue depth
Review pending tasks with /sugar-review to see queued work items, their priorities, and estimated complexity
Create new tasks with /sugar-task <description> --type <type> --priority <1-5> specifying the task description, type, and priority level
Validate Sugar configuration before starting autonomous mode: ensure test commands, lint rules, and commit settings are correct
Start autonomous execution in safe mode first: /sugar-run --dry-run --once to preview what Sugar would do without making changes
Monitor execution output for errors, test failures, or unexpected behavior during the dry run
Start full autonomous execution with /sugar-run when confident in the configuration
Review completed tasks and their outputs: check generated code, test results, and commit messages
Output
Task creation confirmations with task ID, type, priority, and queue position
System status reports showing queue depth, active tasks, and execution history
Task review summaries with descriptions, priorities, and estimated effort
Execution logs showing task processing, code changes, test results, and commits
Summary reports of completed autonomous development sessions
Error Handling
Error
Cause
Solution
Sugar daemon not running
Sugar service not started or crashed
Start with sugar start or check logs for crash reason
Task creation failed: invalid type
Unsupported task type specified
Use valid types: feature, bugfix, refactor, test, chore
Autonomous execution failed: tests failing
Generated code does not pass project tests
Review the failing test output; fix the test or adjust the task description for clarity
Configuration file not found
Sugar config missing from project root
Initialize with sugar init to create the configuration file
Priority out of range
Priority value not between 1 and 5
Use priority 1 (lowest) through 5 (highest/critical)
Examples
"Create a new Sugar task: 'Add input validation to the user registration endpoint' with type feature and priority 3."
"Check the current Sugar system status and list all pending tasks in the queue."
"Start Sugar autonomous mode in dry-run to preview what changes it would make for the next queued task."
