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Babysit a PR

Watches an open pull request, fixes failing CI and mechanical review comments, and drives it to a mergeable state.

Dev & CodingIntermediate★ 339⑂ 41AI score 8/10Last updated: Sep 9, 2026

What it does

  • Pulls full PR state with gh pr view --json ... (checks, review decision, merge state, comments).
  • Triages in a fixed priority order: merge conflicts (DIRTY) → failing checks → human review comments → review-bot findings (Bugbot and similar, with fix/dismiss/ask classification).
  • Paces re-checks via the loop skill: gh pr checks --watch while CI runs, a 20–30 min heartbeat while awaiting reviewers, hourly when idle.
  • Knows when to stop: green and resolved → ready; three fix→push→recheck rounds still red → hand back with a summary; a design decision required → escalate with AskUserQuestion.
  • Enforces hard rules: no history rewrite on shared branches, no bending test assertions to force a pass, no --no-verify, no un-requiring failing checks.

Who it's for

  • Developers and tech leads who live in GitHub PRs and CI.
  • Anyone who wants an agent to shepherd a PR without constant re-prompting.
  • Teams already using an authenticated gh CLI.

Example uses

  1. Right after opening a PR: /babysit 1234 — root-causes the CI failure, fixes the code, pushes, and watches until checks go green.
  2. A PR that went DIRTY — resolves conflicts via the fix-merge-conflicts flow, asking before any force-push on a shared branch.
  3. Reviewer leaves a rename plus a guard-clause nit — applies both, quotes the comments in the commit message, and defers judgement-call feedback with a stated reason.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

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Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/michael-denyer/pstack-claude/HEAD/plugins/pstack/skills/babysit/SKILL.md

What I want: (describe your task here)

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↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install in Claude Code

Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code

Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the plugins/pstack/skills/babysit folder from the GitHub repo michael-denyer/pstack-claude into my ~/.claude/skills/michael-denyer-babysit/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/michael-denyer/pstack-claude /tmp/pstack-claude && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/pstack-claude/plugins/pstack/skills/babysit ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Install and authenticate the GitHub CLI: gh auth login (hard prerequisite).
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/michael-denyer/pstack-claude
  3. Create the skills directory: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy this skill: cp -r pstack-claude/plugins/pstack/skills/babysit ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Because it cross-references sibling skills (poteto-mode, fix-ci, fix-merge-conflicts, get-pr-comments, loop), copying the whole set is safer: cp -r pstack-claude/plugins/pstack/skills/* ~/.claude/skills/
  6. Restart Claude Code, open a repo with a live PR, and run /babysit <pr-number> or ask it to "keep this PR green".
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT