rai story
Composite story bookend commands — a CLI fallback for the MCP tools raise_story_open and raise_story_close. Use these when the MCP server is unavailable or when scripting story lifecycle from a shell.
Prefer the pipeline engine (
rai pipeline start story) over these commands when working interactively. These CLI commands are primarily a fallback mechanism for agents operating without an active MCP connection.
rai story open¶
Open a story — creates the story branch, writes the scope commit, and sets the story as active in session state.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
STORY_ID |
Backlog story ID (e.g., RAISE-1234) (required) |
| Flag | Short | Description |
|---|---|---|
--project |
-p |
Project path. Default: current directory |
--branch |
-b |
Branch name override (default: derived from story ID and title) |
rai story close¶
Close the active story — records completion, tags the scope commit, and transitions the story in the backlog.
| Flag | Short | Description |
|---|---|---|
--summary |
-s |
Completion summary |
--project |
-p |
Project path. Default: current directory |
See also: rai pipeline, rai session, rai backlog