babysit-pr

User request: $ARGUMENTS

Goal

Thin orchestration wrapper: start a recurring pr-merge-prep loop, monitor the PR until it reaches merge-ready state, stop the loop, and ask the user whether to merge. Never merge without explicit user confirmation.

Flow

1. Detect PR

If PR number/URL is in $ARGUMENTS, use it. Otherwise detect from the current branch via gh pr view --json number,url,title,isDraft.

If no PR found, report and stop. If PR is draft, report "PR is draft — nothing to babysit" and stop.

2. Start the Loop

Invoke the loop skill with: "10m /pr-merge-prep $PR_IDENTIFIER"

This starts pr-merge-prep running every 10 minutes in the background.

3. Monitor for Merge Readiness

After starting the loop, immediately run a readiness check (don't wait 10 minutes for the first one). Then continue checking after each loop iteration.

Readiness check — run gh pr view $PR_NUMBER --json mergeable,reviewDecision,statusCheckRollup,reviewRequests,comments and evaluate:

Condition	Ready?
All CI/status checks pass (no pending, no failing)	Required
No unresolved review threads	Required
No merge conflicts (mergeable != CONFLICTING)	Required
Review decision is APPROVED or no reviewers assigned	Required

If all conditions met: PR is merge-ready. Proceed to step 4. If not ready: Log what's still blocking and let the loop continue. The next pr-merge-prep iteration will work on remaining blockers.

4. Stop the Loop

When the PR is merge-ready, stop the cron schedule that was created in step 2. Use CronDelete to remove it.

5. Ask User to Merge

CRITICAL: Never merge automatically. Always ask.

Report the PR status summary to the user:

• PR title and URL
• All checks passing
• Review status
• Any remaining open (uncertain) comment threads that pr-merge-prep left for human review

Then ask the user: "PR is ready to merge. Would you like me to merge it?"

• If user says yes: merge via gh pr merge $PR_NUMBER --merge (or --squash/--rebase if user specifies)
• If user says no or not yet: acknowledge and stop. Do not merge.
• If user doesn't respond: do nothing. The PR stays open.