---
name: factory-ship
description: "Complete authorized delivery work under explicit publish, merge, deployment, closure, and notification gates."
license: MIT
compatibility: "Works in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Agent Skills-compatible harnesses when the required host tools are available."
metadata:
  author: Builder.io
  source: BuilderIO/skills
  source-commit: fd8f20a879b507cf09feba08663a1edf7a949353
  owner: software-factory
  risk: high
  capabilities: builderio,factory-delivery
  installer-group: factory
---

# Factory Ship

> Start with the [Factory guide](../factory/references/factory-guide.md) for workflow
> setup and configuration.

Read `.agent-factory/config.yaml`, the optional
`skill_prompts.factory-ship` entry, and the repository's instructions before
publishing. See the [Factory configuration reference](../factory/references/factory-configuration.md). The prompt adds project guidance; editing code does not by itself authorize a PR update, approval, merge, or deployment.

## Delivery steps

1. **Confirm ownership.** Identify the target repository, task-owned worktree,
   branch, and complete task-related change set. Preserve unrelated changes.
   Use a clean automation-owned worktree when the scheduler provides one; never
   take over a peer's checkout.
2. **Verify changes.** Run the configured formatter, tests, and release checks.
   Report checks that were skipped or unavailable.
3. **Publish when enabled.** Open or update a PR only when authorized. Apply
   configured title, body, draft status, labels, and communication rules. Do
   not tag or message people unless enabled.
4. **Resolve feedback.** Compare comments with the code and current human
   direction. Make one coherent update, then rerun affected checks.
5. **Apply merge gates.** Merge only under its own enabled policy and while all
   criteria hold on the unchanged live head. Use a head-match guard when the
   host supports it. A head change invalidates tied evidence and resets the
   soak.
6. **Verify and close out.** Confirm the merge in the current base branch.
   Verify deployment only when configured; a merge is not live proof. Close
   issues, rotate worktrees, and notify only at their configured proof points.

## Stop conditions

Hold the work when ownership, authorization, a required check, or live host
state is missing or unclear. State the exact next step; do not turn an
inconclusive result into success.