Story-first commits

Build a reviewable sequence of atomic commits. Each commit should record one product or architectural outcome and enough reasoning for a future reader to understand it.

Workflow

1. Inventory the worktree

Inspect, at minimum:

git status --short
git diff
git diff --cached

Check recent commit subjects when repository conventions may be stricter than this skill. Identify generated files, unrelated edits, and changes that should remain uncommitted.

Complete when: every changed path belongs to a proposed commit or is explicitly excluded.