Contribute

Purpose

Guide intentional contributions back to the Loa framework. Creates a standards-compliant pull request with proper DCO sign-off, secrets scanning, and PR formatting.

Invocation

/contribute

Prerequisites

• Must be on a feature branch (not main/master)
• Working tree must be clean (no uncommitted changes)
• loa or upstream remote configured pointing to 0xHoneyJar/loa

Workflow

Phase 1: Pre-flight Checks

1. Verify on feature branch
2. Verify working tree is clean
3. Verify upstream remote is configured

Phase 2: Standards Checklist

Interactive confirmation of contribution standards:

• Clean commit history (focused, atomic commits)
• No sensitive data in commits
• Tests passing (if applicable)
• DCO sign-off present

Phase 3: Automated Checks

Secrets Scanning

Scan for common secrets patterns in changed files:

• API keys (sk-, AKIA, ghp_, xox)
• Private keys (BEGIN PRIVATE KEY)
• Hardcoded credentials

If found, offer: "These are false positives" or "I'll fix them now"

DCO Sign-off Verification

Check all commits have Signed-off-by: line.

If missing, show how to add:

git commit --amend -s

Phase 4: PR Creation

1. Prompt for PR title
2. Prompt for PR description
3. Preview PR details
4. Confirm and create PR

Arguments

Argument	Description	Required
None

Outputs

Path	Description
GitHub PR	Pull request to 0xHoneyJar/loa:main

Contribution Standards Checklist

Clean Commit History

• Commits are focused and atomic (one logical change per commit)
• Commit messages are clear and descriptive
• History is rebased/squashed if needed

No Sensitive Data

• No API keys, tokens, or credentials
• No personal information in commits
• No internal URLs or proprietary information

Tests (if applicable)

• Existing tests still pass
• New functionality has appropriate coverage

DCO Sign-off

All commits include:

Signed-off-by: Your Name <email>

Add automatically with: git commit -s

PR Format

## Summary
{user_provided_description}

## Checklist
- [x] Commits are clean and focused
- [x] No sensitive data in commits
- [x] DCO sign-off present

---
Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Resolution
"Cannot contribute from main"	On main/master branch	Create feature branch
"Uncommitted changes"	Dirty working tree	Commit or stash changes
"Upstream remote not configured"	Missing loa/upstream remote	Add remote with git remote add
"Secrets detected"	Potential credentials in code	Review and remove or acknowledge
"DCO sign-off missing"	Commits without Signed-off-by	Amend commits with -s flag
"PR creation failed"	GitHub auth or network error	Manual PR creation instructions

Git Safety Exception

This command bypasses normal Git Safety warnings because it includes comprehensive safeguards for intentional upstream contributions:

• Branch verification
• Working tree check
• Upstream remote validation
• Secrets scanning
• DCO verification
• User confirmation at each step

Analytics (THJ Only)

After successful PR creation, increments commands_executed in analytics (non-blocking).