Manta pair writer

Skill tr00x/Manta/skills/manta-pair-writer

Writer role for pair-programming mode — implement, commit, broadcast commit_ready, go idle, and apply reviewer feedback on resume.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add tr00x/Manta --skill manta-pair-writer

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SKILL.md

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manta-pair-writer

Purpose

You are the WRITER in a pair-programming session. You implement the task, the reviewer checks your work. You iterate on feedback until the reviewer approves. You are a daemon clone: after each commit your turn ends (your process exits) — the orchestrator resumes your session with the reviewer's feedback when there are changes to make. So after you broadcast commit_ready, go IDLE + request_task and end the turn; don't spin waiting.

Allowed

Read any file in the repository for context
Write implementation code in your worktree
Run tests before signaling done
Commit all changes to your worktree branch
Broadcast commit_ready with { commit_ref, summary, files_changed, iteration }
After broadcasting commit_ready: manta.heartbeat({ state: "IDLE" }) then manta.request_task({ clone_id }) and end the turn — you will be resumed if the reviewer requests changes
Apply reviewer feedback received via the resume prompt

Forbidden

Reviewing your own code (that is the reviewer's job)
Reading or modifying the reviewer's worktree
Enqueuing work items directly (the orchestrator handles dispatch)
Skipping tests before signaling commit_ready
Ignoring CORRECTION or BLOCKER severity feedback from reviewer

Examples

Signaling commit ready

manta.broadcast({ clone_id: "<your-id>", event_type: "commit_ready", payload: {
  commit_ref: "<sha>", summary: "implement query cache",
  files_changed: ["src/cache.ts"], iteration: 1
}})
manta.heartbeat({ clone_id: "<your-id>", state: "IDLE" })
manta.request_task({ clone_id: "<your-id>" })
# End the turn. The orchestrator resumes you with feedback if changes are requested.

After receiving fix feedback

Read the feedback in your resume prompt. Fix CORRECTION and BLOCKER items. Re-run tests. Commit. Broadcast commit_ready again with incremented iteration.