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Claude Code wired into your GitHub and Jira. The AI teammate ships the PR; humans review and merge.
JIRAENG-247ai-ready
Add CSV export to invoices page
11:47 PM
$ claude-code work ENG-247
→ reading codebase…
→ drafting implementation…
→ running tests… ✓ 47/47 passing
→ opening PR…
11:51 PM
OpenPR #124711:54 PM
Add CSV export to invoices page
+142 −3 · 4 files · CI passed
4848x-bot11:55 PM
Hey @sarah — PR #1247 is ready for review. Tests pass. Diff linked.
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+142 -3 · 4 files
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+142 -3 · 4 files
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+142 -3 · 4 files
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+142 -3 · 4 files
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OpenPR #1247feature/eng-247-csv-export
Add CSV export to invoices page
Generated from ENG-247. Includes type-safe export utility, tests for empty, large, and special-character cases, and download trigger.
48
48x-bot opened 11:47 PMapp/components/ExportButton.tsx+14/-5
12-import { Invoice } from "@/types"
12+import { Invoice, ExportFormat } from "@/types"
13+import { exportToCSV } from "@/lib/export"
14
15-export function ExportButton() {
16+export function ExportButton({ invoices }: { invoices: Invoice[] }) {
17+ const handleExport = () => {
18+ const csv = exportToCSV(invoices, { format: "csv" });
19+ downloadFile(csv, `invoices-${Date.now()}.csv`);
20+ };
21- return <Button>Export</Button>
22+ return <Button onClick={handleExport}>Export CSV</Button>
23 }
TypeScript passedTests passed (47/47)Build OKLint cleanReviewer: @sarah · ETA 5 min
“It's like having a senior engineer pre-load every PR with the right context. Reviews take five minutes instead of three hours.”
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