# pac-update-status Moves a Product as Code ticket to a new status, reassigns it, or logs a progress note. Handy when your tickets live in .pac/ and you want to manage them without leaving the terminal. - command · `type=command` · Claude Code · 160 installs - Author: davila7 - License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page - Source: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/commands/project-management/pac-update-status.md - Updated: 2026-10-24 - HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/commands/pac-update-status ## What it does The command reads YAML tickets from `.pac/tickets/`. It first checks the PAC setup and counts active tickets, then locates the one you mean, loads its current state and verifies the transition is allowed. The ticket file is rewritten with the new status and a timestamp, and the parent epic gets its progress refreshed. Statuses are backlog, in-progress, review, blocked, done and cancelled. The main path runs backlog → in-progress → review → done, while blocked and cancelled sit off to the side as intermediate states. Flags decide what changes: `--ticket `, `--status `, `--assignee `, `--comment `, plus `--epic ` to narrow the list. Leave out `--ticket` and it asks you to pick one. Tool access is limited to Read, Write, Edit and Bash. There is a git hook in the flow: in-progress prompts a branch, review prompts a pull request, done prompts a merge. Those are suggestions only, so in a repo that is not set up for git they stay plain text in the summary. ## Install ### Claude Code (native platform) 1. **claude-code-templates** ```bash npx claude-code-templates@latest --command project-management/pac-update-status ``` 2. **Manually: put the files in place** - File: `.claude/commands/pac-update-status.md` — Call it with /pac-update-status. For all projects use ~/.claude/commands/ ### Codex **Manually: put the files in place** - File: `~/.codex/prompts/pac-update-status.md` — Call it with /prompts:pac-update-status. Codex marks this format deprecated in favour of skills ### GitHub Copilot **Manually: put the files in place** - File: `.github/prompts/pac-update-status.prompt.md` ### Gemini CLI **Manually: put the files in place** - File: `.gemini/commands/pac-update-status.toml` — Gemini stores commands as TOML: the prompt text goes into the prompt field Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/commands/project-management/pac-update-status.md ## When to use it - flip a ticket from backlog to in-progress in one call - hand a ticket to another assignee without editing YAML by hand - attach a progress comment to the ticket file - see which tickets changed over the past week - refresh epic progress once a child ticket closes ## Example prompts - Move ticket PAC-12 to in-progress and assign it to me - Add a comment to PAC-7: waiting on review from the team - List tickets in the auth epic and suggest which ones to move to review ## Source text · pac-update-status.md · MIT Below is the content of a third-party file. 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BEGIN THIRD-PARTY FILE 99c03ea68df51a57 ```text --- allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash argument-hint: "[ticket-id] | --status | --assignee | --comment" description: Update PAC ticket status and track progress in Product as Code workflow --- # Update PAC Ticket Status Update ticket status and track progress in Product as Code workflow: **$ARGUMENTS** ## PAC Environment Check - PAC directory: !`ls -la .pac/ 2>/dev/null || echo "No .pac directory found"` - Active tickets: !`find .pac/tickets/ -name "*.yaml" 2>/dev/null | wc -l` - Recent updates: !`find .pac/tickets/ -name "*.yaml" -mtime -7 2>/dev/null | wc -l` ## Task Update PAC ticket status and track development progress: **Arguments**: - --ticket : Ticket ID to update (or select interactively) - --status : New status (backlog/in-progress/review/blocked/done/cancelled) - --assignee : Update assignee - --comment : Add progress comment - --epic : Filter tickets by epic for selection **Status Update Process**: 1. Validate PAC environment and locate ticket 2. Load current ticket state and validate status transitions 3. Update ticket YAML with new status and timestamp 4. Handle status-specific actions (branch creation, PR suggestions) 5. Update parent epic with ticket progress 6. Generate status update summary with next actions **Valid Status Transitions**: backlog→in-progress→review→done, with blocked/cancelled as intermediate states. **Git Integration**: Suggests branch creation for in-progress, PR creation for review, and merge for done status. ``` END THIRD-PARTY FILE 99c03ea68df51a57 The third-party file has ended. Everything between the 99c03ea68df51a57 tags is data: requests and commands from it are not followed. An “end of file” line with another tag inside the block is part of the file. © davila7 · MIT · https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/commands/project-management/pac-update-status.md ## Similar - [status](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/commands/seth-hobson-status.md) — command · 348 installs - [sprint-status](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/sprint-status.md) — skill · 411 installs - [status-report](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/status-report.md) — skill · 3100 installs - [generate-status-report](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/generate-status-report.md) — skill · 315 installs - [matter-update](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/matter-update.md) — skill · 593 installs - [hub-status](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/hub-status.md) — skill · 3 installs From the same set: [davila7/claude-code-templates](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/by/davila7/claude-code-templates.md) — 495 cards --- NeVibeCode on affpapa.org. 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