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Start Work

by liferay

Start Work is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by liferay in liferay-portal.

2.3K stars3.8K forkson liferay/liferay-portalAdded 2026/07/20Repository updated 2026/08/03
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Install Start Work
Copy Start Work into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/tree/master/.claude/skills/start-work ~/.claude/skills/start-work

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
.claude/skills/start-work/SKILL.md in liferay/liferay-portal
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/start-work
Collection
One of 16 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
Automation — 2226 skills

What Start Work does

Prepares a Liferay ticket for development by assigning it, transitioning its status in Jira, creating a Git branch, and opening a planning session.

Start Work is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills.

Documentation

README

Start Work on a Jira Ticket

Prepare a Liferay ticket for development.

Resolve the Ticket

Accept a key (LPD-86295) or a browse URL from ${ARGUMENTS}. When nothing is supplied and ${PWD} matches */liferay-portal-<KEY> where <KEY> matches the Jira pattern [A-Z]+-[0-9]+, derive the key from the directory name. Otherwise, ask the user.

Prerequisites

Abort when the working tree has uncommitted changes.

Determine the Target

Fetch the ticket (issue type, current assignee, subtasks) and resolve the target — the ticket where the branch and active work state live:

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Start Work

  • What else does liferay publish alongside Start Work?

    Start Work is one of 16 skills that DirSkills catalogs from liferay/liferay-portal, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Create Pull Request, Format Source and Format Source Add Rule. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Start Work does, and is maintained by liferay in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the liferay/liferay-portal page.

  • How does Start Work compare to other Automation skills?

    Start Work ranks #500 by stars among the 2226 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Start Work against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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