php-core-developer

Plugin php-core-developer from marketplace php-core-developer in pronskiy/php-src-developer. Commands read from the repo's manifest — 1 month ago.

Skills (9)

• bug-context

  Entry point for a php-src bug fix. Fetches a GitHub issue (and its linked PRs/commits) via the gh CLI, writes the Context phase of SPEC.md in the current directory, and stubs out the remaining phases. Use when the user says "fix GH-12345", "let's work on this php-src bug", "/bug-context", "start a b

• bug-fix

  Locate the root cause in php-src C code and implement the fix so the failing .phpt now passes. Use when the user says "fix the bug", "implement the fix for GH-12345", "/bug-fix", "now write the patch", "find and fix the root cause", or otherwise wants to advance a bug-fix SPEC.md past Reproduction i

• bug-reproduce-test

  Reproduce a php-src bug captured in SPEC.md and convert it into a failing .phpt test. Use when the user says "reproduce the bug", "write a failing test for this issue", "/bug-reproduce-test", "make a phpt that captures GH-12345", "let's prove the bug exists", or otherwise wants to lock down a reprod

• bug-verify

  Final step of the php-src bug-fix flow. Runs the related test suite, checks for new compiler warnings, optionally runs the full test suite or AddressSanitizer/Valgrind, and flips SPEC.md status to done. Use when the user says "verify the fix", "/bug-verify", "did I break anything", "run the regressi

• idea-prototype

  Turn a one-line hypothesis about php-src into a measurable prototype that proves or disproves the idea. Use when the user says "I have an idea for php-src", "prototype this idea", "/idea-prototype", "let's see if X would speed up Y", "what if PHP supported …", "explore whether …", or otherwise wants

• research

  Search for prior discussion of a php-src bug or idea across four sources: the php.internals mailing list (via externals.io Algolia), GitHub issues and PRs on php/php-src, and the php-src git log. Use when the user says "/research", "look up prior discussion", "search internals for this", "has this b

• review-local

  Review a local php-src diff (your current branch vs origin/master, or a base ref you provide) against PHP coding standards and produce REVIEW.md. Use when the user says "review my changes", "review this branch", "/review-local", "review the diff before I push", "check my fix", "what would internals

• review-pr

  Review a php/php-src (or any GitHub) pull request and produce REVIEW.md. After writing the review, ask the user whether to post findings as inline PR comments via gh; never auto-posts. Use when the user says "review PR 12345", "/review-pr 12345", "review this pr", "code review for php-src PR N", "lo

• upmerge

  Propagate a php-src bug fix from its lowest fix branch up through every higher maintained branch, applying the per-branch NEWS edit and producing one merge commit per hop. Use when the user says "upmerge", "merge up", "propagate fix to higher branches", "forward-port the fix", "/upmerge", or otherwi

Subagents (1)

• php-core-dev

  PHP core (php-src) developer. Knows C internals patterns, .phpt tests, autotools build, run-tests.php, PHP CODING_STANDARDS, and the gh CLI for issues/PRs. Use for any work inside the php-src checkout — bug fixes, idea prototypes, code reviews — and as the dispatcher for the bug-context / bug-reprod