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Donchitos 14593802fe Skills update: team-live-ops skill + improvements across 18 existing skills
- Add new /team-live-ops skill for post-launch content planning orchestration
- Expand setup-engine, code-review, create-epics-stories, prototype with additional context
- Enrich team-* skills (audio, combat, level, narrative, polish, release, ui) with new phases/agents
- Update architecture-decision and architecture-review with dependency ordering improvements
- Minor additions to balance-check, hotfix, localize, patch-notes, perf-profile
- Populate technical-preferences.md with structured configuration sections

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-13 12:01:26 +11:00

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name description argument-hint user-invocable allowed-tools
hotfix Emergency fix workflow that bypasses normal sprint processes with a full audit trail. Creates hotfix branch, tracks approvals, and ensures the fix is backported correctly. [bug-id or description] true Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Edit, Bash, Task

When this skill is invoked:

Explicit invocation only: This skill should only run when the user explicitly requests it with /hotfix. Do not auto-invoke based on context matching.

  1. Assess the emergency — Read the bug description or ID. Determine severity:

    • S1 (Critical): Game unplayable, data loss, security vulnerability — hotfix immediately
    • S2 (Major): Significant feature broken, workaround exists — hotfix within 24 hours
    • If severity is S3 or lower, recommend using the normal bug fix workflow instead
  2. Create the hotfix record at production/hotfixes/hotfix-[date]-[short-name].md:

    ## Hotfix: [Short Description]
    Date: [Date]
    Severity: [S1/S2]
    Reporter: [Who found it]
    Status: IN PROGRESS
    
    ### Problem
    [Clear description of what is broken and the player impact]
    
    ### Root Cause
    [To be filled during investigation]
    
    ### Fix
    [To be filled during implementation]
    
    ### Testing
    [What was tested and how]
    
    ### Approvals
    - [ ] Fix reviewed by lead-programmer
    - [ ] Regression test passed (qa-tester)
    - [ ] Release approved (producer)
    
    ### Rollback Plan
    [How to revert if the fix causes new issues]
    
  3. Create the hotfix branch (if git is initialized):

    git checkout -b hotfix/[short-name] [release-tag-or-main]
    
  4. Investigate and implement the fix — Focus on the minimal change that resolves the issue. Do NOT refactor, clean up, or add features alongside the hotfix.

  5. Validate the fix — Run targeted tests for the affected system. Check for regressions in adjacent systems.

  6. Update the hotfix record with root cause, fix details, and test results.

6b. Collect approvals — Use the Task tool to request sign-off:

  • subagent_type: lead-programmer — Review the fix for correctness and side effects
  • subagent_type: qa-tester — Run targeted regression tests on the affected system
  • subagent_type: producer — Approve deployment timing and communication plan
  1. Output a summary with: severity, root cause, fix applied, testing status, and what approvals are still needed before deployment.

Rules

  • Hotfixes must be the MINIMUM change to fix the issue — no cleanup, no refactoring, no "while we're here" changes
  • Every hotfix must have a rollback plan documented before deployment
  • Hotfix branches merge to BOTH the release branch AND the development branch
  • All hotfixes require a post-incident review within 48 hours
  • If the fix is complex enough to need more than 4 hours, escalate to technical-director for a scope decision