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Create a private GitHub repo for each new dev loop skill #4

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Autonomous iterative development loop for {{PROJECT_NAME}}.

**Working directory:** {{REPO_ROOT}}
**GitHub repo:** {{GITHUB_OWNER}}/{{GITHUB_REPO}}
**Project repo:** {{GITHUB_OWNER}}/{{GITHUB_REPO}}
**Skill repo:** dmccoystephenson/<slug>-dev-loop (issues for self-audit findings go here)
{{#if CLAUDE_MD}}**Project guidance:** read `CLAUDE.md` at the start of each cycle if context is cold.{{/if}}

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- Project conventions discovered during implementation that the skill should encode
- Phases that required significantly more or fewer steps than expected

Note any gaps explicitly. If the skill has a home repo, file issues there for human review — do not self-merge changes to the skill.
Note any gaps explicitly. File issues in the skill repo (`dmccoystephenson/<slug>-dev-loop`) for human review — do not self-merge changes to the skill.

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### 6 — Record the skill in my-claude-skills

Open `~/my-claude-skills/README.md` and append a new row to the skills table:
### 6 — Create a private GitHub repo for the skill

```bash
gh repo create <slug>-dev-loop --private --description "Autonomous dev loop skill for {{PROJECT_NAME}}"
```
| <slug>-dev-loop | `/<slug>-dev-loop` | [{{GITHUB_OWNER}}/{{GITHUB_REPO}}](https://github.com/{{GITHUB_OWNER}}/{{GITHUB_REPO}}) | Autonomous dev loop for {{PROJECT_NAME}} |

Initialize the local skill directory as a git repo, commit the skill file, and push:

```bash
cd ~/local-skills/<slug>-dev-loop
git init
git branch -m main
git remote add origin https://github.com/$(gh api user -q .login)/<slug>-dev-loop.git
git add <slug>-dev-loop.md
git commit -m "Initial commit: <slug>-dev-loop skill"
git push -u origin main
```

Use the actual `GITHUB_OWNER`, `GITHUB_REPO`, and `PROJECT_NAME` values resolved in Step 4. If the skill has no GitHub repo (local-only), put `~/local-skills/<slug>-dev-loop/` in the Source column instead of a link.
The GitHub repo serves as the issue tracker for self-audit findings. When the generated skill's Phase 9 says "file issues there for human review", issues go here.

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### 7 — Record the skill in my-claude-skills

Open `~/my-claude-skills/README.md` and append a new row to the skills table using the GitHub repo created in Step 6:

```
| <slug>-dev-loop | `/<slug>-dev-loop` | [dmccoystephenson/<slug>-dev-loop](https://github.com/dmccoystephenson/<slug>-dev-loop) | Autonomous dev loop for {{PROJECT_NAME}} |
```

Then commit and push:

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