issue-claim-discipline

Issue Claim Discipline — Claim Before You PR

Prevents duplicate work on in-scope issues (issueClaim.inScopeRepos in t1k-config-core.json; default The1Studio/theonekit-* + t1k-*). Before opening a PR for an issue, acquire the claim via the SSOT script — never inline gh for claiming:

node .claude/scripts/t1k-issue-claim.cjs acquire <owner/repo#N>

Hard-block on state:"held" (live foreign claim): surface holder + prNumber, stop. Override only with --steal.
The claim is GitHub-native: acquire self-assigns the issue; the draft PR you then open (Fixes #N, t1k:claim label, t1k-claim: owner/repo#N marker) IS the durable claim. After opening it, run acquire <ref> --pr <N> (lowest-PR# tie-break; closes only your own losing PR).
Release = mark the PR ready (release <ref>); merge/close auto-releases via GitHub state.
No TTL — t1k-triage reports claims inactive > stalenessDays as stale (reporting only, never auto-closed).

All claim checks/mutations go through the script (SSOT, per ai-driven-design.md); the only sanctioned direct gh is t1k-babysit-pr’s gh pr merge. Config, residual-risk (no-CAS + tie-break backstop), and the worker upgrade path are documented in the script + issueClaim config block.