gentle-ai-branch-pr

1# Gentle AI — Branch & PR Skill
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3## When to Use
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5Load this repository-specific skill only for contributions whose PR base is [Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai](https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai), including contributions from forks:
6- Create a branch for a Gentle AI fix or feature
7- Open a pull request on Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai
8- Prepare Gentle AI changes for review
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10For other destinations, follow their own contribution policy; this repository's issue, label and naming gates do not apply.
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12## Critical Rules
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141. **Every PR MUST visibly link an approved base-repository issue** — `Closes/Fixes/Resolves #<N>` closes it on merge; `Refs #<N>` is non-closing. Every accepted reference MUST have `status:approved`; malformed, cross-repository, or mixed closing/non-closing references for the same issue are rejected by CI.
152. **Ordinary `type:*` categorization** — CI rejects zero or multiple type labels. Route it through the canonical issue-creation workflow contract: a current direct human instruction binds the exact target/action, target-host capability is verified, and it uses one bounded mutation and target-host readback; otherwise wait without mutation.
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