# dx-devops-work-item-manage

Runs the DevOps Center work item lifecycle from the terminal: list, create, commit to the branch, move status, open a pull request.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3000 installs · ★ 1112
- Author: forcedotcom
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/dx-devops-work-item-manage/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/dx-devops-work-item-manage

## What it does

The skill covers the whole path of a work item in DevOps Center: list them, create one, update subject, description or status, commit changes to the item branch, walk it through New → In Progress → Ready to Promote, and open a pull request for review. Everything goes through `sf devops work-item` with `--json` output, which makes it usable in headless release workflows.

Commits take one of two paths. Give the skill a dev org alias and changes already deployed there, and it tries the DevOps Center commit API first: it preflights `GET /connect/devops/doceConnectionType` on the dev org, and falls back to git if that call fails or `isCore` is not `true`. Otherwise it uses git, retrieving changes from the dev org with `sf project retrieve start` when needed. The API path needs aliases for both the dev org and the hub org.

Before any operation the skill checks authentication with `sf org display --json`. With no default org set, you run `sf org login web --set-default --alias <alias>` yourself. It expects `sf` 2.0.0 or newer, `git` 2.0.0 or newer and `jq` 1.6 or newer, with API version 58.0 as the floor. Promotion, deployment and conflict detection are out of scope — those live in `dx-devops-promote`.

## Requirements
- Works with: Salesforce

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill dx-devops-work-item-manage -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/dx-devops-work-item-manage/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/dx-devops-work-item-manage/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill dx-devops-work-item-manage -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/dx-devops-work-item-manage/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill dx-devops-work-item-manage -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/dx-devops-work-item-manage/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install forcedotcom/sf-skills dx-devops-work-item-manage
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/dx-devops-work-item-manage/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill dx-devops-work-item-manage -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills --path skills/dx-devops-work-item-manage
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/dx-devops-work-item-manage/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill dx-devops-work-item-manage -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/dx-devops-work-item-manage/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- list every work item in a project and filter by status
- create a work item with a subject and description from chat
- commit changes to a work item branch via the commit API or git
- advance a work item from New to In Progress and onward
- open a pull request on a work item branch for review

## Example prompts
- list work items for Project Alpha
- create a work item to fix the login bug
- move WI-12345 to In Progress

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: dx-devops-work-item-manage
description: "Use this skill to manage the full lifecycle of DevOps Center work items — list, create, update, commit changes, perform status transitions, and create pull requests. Update fields like subject, description, and status. Commit changes to work item branches, through the DevOps Center commit API or git. Create pull requests for work item branches via DevOps Center API. Invoke when the user wants to track, find, create, or update a work item, commit changes to a work item branch, advance a work item's status through the pipeline, or create a pull request for code review. Consolidates sf devops work-item and review operations. DO NOT TRIGGER for promotion or deployment operations, or conflict detection."
metadata:
  relatedSkills:
    - "dx-devops-promote"
  version: "1.1"
  domains: ["Developer Experience"]
  minApiVersion: "58.0"
  cliTools:
    - tool: ["sf"]
      semver: ">=2.0.0"
    - tool: ["git"]
      semver: ">=2.0.0"
    - tool: ["jq"]
      semver: ">=1.6"
---

# DevOps Center Work Item Management

Manages the complete work item lifecycle in DevOps Center — from creation through status transitions to promotion readiness. Provides headless CLI-driven operations for autonomous release workflows.

## Scope

- **In scope**: List work items, create new work items, commit changes to work item branches, update work item fields (subject, description, status), transition work item status (New → In Progress → Ready to Promote), create pull requests for work item branches
- **Out of scope**: Promotion/deployment, conflict detection, pipeline or project management (separate skills)

---

## Required Inputs

Gather or infer before proceeding:

- **Operation type**: list, create, update, commit, or create-review
- **For list**: project ID (required) — obtain via `sf devops project list --json` if not provided
- **For create**: project ID (required), subject (required), description (optional)
- **For commit**: work item name or ID (required), commit message, and either the files to commit (git path) or the components to commit (API path). Optional: **dev org alias** — the org that holds the changes. When provided, try the DevOps Center commit API first (see step 5); otherwise use git
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