feat(me): add safe automation to launch skill

[baleen37]

Summary

• Add safe automation guidance to shipping-and-launch
• Separate actions the agent may perform automatically from actions requiring explicit approval
• Define execution workflow, decision categories, and /ship handoff for final GO/NO-GO review

Changes

• Adds Automation Policy with auto-allowed local/read-only work and approval-required shared/external actions
• Adds Execution Workflow for launch prep, blocker handling, approval gates, and /ship handoff
• Adds decision categories: AUTO-COMPLETED, NEEDS_APPROVAL, BLOCKED, READY_FOR_SHIP_REVIEW

Tests

• pre-commit run markdownlint --files plugins/me/skills/shipping-and-launch/SKILL.md docs/superpowers/plans/2026-05-13-shipping-launch-safe-automation.md
• bats tests/ (71 tests)

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Enhanced shipping and launch skill documentation with new sections detailing automation policies, execution workflows, decision categories, and /ship process integration guidelines.

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ℹ️ Recent review info

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Configuration used: defaults

Review profile: CHILL

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Run ID: 639a63a8-e446-4f7a-87f2-94e777b372b7

📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 9c0fc5a and d3b28ce.

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• docs/superpowers/plans/2026-05-13-shipping-launch-safe-automation.md
• plugins/me/skills/shipping-and-launch/SKILL.md

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This PR adds an implementation plan for safe automation in the shipping-and-launch skill and applies that plan to restructure the skill documentation. The plan document specifies three tasks: automation policy definition with decision labels, execution workflow and /ship relationship clarification, and verification steps. The shipping-and-launch SKILL.md is updated accordingly with new policy and workflow sections plus formatting consistency improvements.

Changes

Safe Shipping Automation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Implementation plan document docs/superpowers/plans/2026-05-13-shipping-launch-safe-automation.md	A new plan document describes three tasks: (1) add Automation Policy section with auto-allowed vs approval-required items and decision labels (AUTO-COMPLETED, NEEDS_APPROVAL, BLOCKED, READY_FOR_SHIP_REVIEW), (2) add Execution Workflow, Decision Categories, and /ship relationship sections with ordered approval gating and handoff to /ship for final GO/NO-GO, (3) verification steps (markdownlint, BATS, diff scope) and self-review checklist for coverage and consistency.
Skill content restructuring and formatting plugins/me/skills/shipping-and-launch/SKILL.md	Replaces the prior single-sentence intro with a detailed Overview section, adds Automation Policy, Execution Workflow, Decision Categories, and Relationship to /ship sections. Several subsections (Staged Rollout, When to Roll Back, What to Monitor, Post-Launch Verification) are updated with fenced ```text formatting blocks for rendering consistency. Minor spacing adjustment added before See Also.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~10 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• baleen37/bstack#649: Refines the /ship skill (persona fan-out and Phase B merge instructions) that the updated shipping-and-launch skill now explicitly hands off to for final decision synthesis.
• baleen37/bstack#642: Also modifies plugins/me/skills/shipping-and-launch/SKILL.md at the same file scope, restructuring the shipping-and-launch skill documentation.
• baleen37/bstack#650: Includes lifecycle BATS tests that validate expected /ship skill contract and frontmatter, which overlaps on the skill definition scope this PR updates.

Poem

🐰 Automation takes a ship across the sea,
With policy and workflow, clear as can be!
BLOCKED or APPROVED, the labels now shine,
Each decision labeled, each step in line.
To /ship we hand off, for final GO-NO—
Safe automation: a skipper's good show!

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch gentle-otter-turing

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