Orbits Stage — Testing skill for Claude Code
Enter the ORBITS flow at a named stage — overview, resolve, breakdown, implement, test or ship — for work already in progress.
How to install Orbits Stage
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/ahmedessameldeen-orbits-orbits-stage/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/ahmedessameldeen-orbits-orbits-stage && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ahmedessameldeen/orbits/HEAD/commands/orbits-stage.md -o ~/.claude/skills/ahmedessameldeen-orbits-orbits-stage/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Orbits Stage does
name: orbits-stage description: Enter the ORBITS flow at a named stage — overview, resolve, breakdown, implement, test or ship — for work already in progress. argument-hint: "overview | resolve | breakdown | implement | test | ship"
/orbits-stage
Enter the flow at: $ARGUMENTS
If no stage was named, say which stage the work appears to be at, and why, then ask the person to confirm before proceeding.
How to run it
- Load the
orbitsskill and read only that stage's section
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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