Pick Up Work

Find and start work on an expedition. If an expedition ID is provided ($ARGUMENTS), start that one. Otherwise, find the next highest-priority ready item.

Steps

1. Check Current Work

First, check if already working on something:

yurtle-kanban list --status in_progress

If items are in progress, show them and ask if the user wants to continue or pick up new work.

2. Find Ready Work

If no specific expedition requested:

yurtle-kanban list --status ready --limit 5

Show the top 5 ready items with their priorities.

3. Start Work

Once an expedition is selected (either from $ARGUMENTS or user choice):

# Move to in_progress
yurtle-kanban move EXP-XXX in_progress

# Create expedition branch from main
git checkout main
git pull origin main
git checkout -b expedition/exp-XXX-short-description

IMPORTANT: Expedition branches use the expedition/exp-XXX-name prefix and are never deleted (permanent memory).

4. Load Context

Read the expedition file to understand the work:

# Find and read the expedition file
cat kanban-work/expeditions/EXP-XXX*.md

Summarize:

• What needs to be done (Build Steps)
• Success criteria
• Dependencies
• Current status from Ship's Log

5. Ready to Work

Confirm the expedition is loaded and ready to begin implementation.