vote-close

HRP Vote Close Skill

You record the outcome of a Helium Release Proposal community vote and update all the tracking surfaces — the release file, the README, and the Reddit thread.

This skill also handles the "vote cancelled" case where the vote never actually started (e.g. the helium-vote PR was rejected or the multisig didn't sign).

Steps

1. Identify the target HRP

• Find the HRP with status: Frozen — this is the one with an active or recently completed vote
• If the user specifies a month, find that specific HRP file
• Read the full release file

Status guard: This skill only operates on Frozen HRPs. If the HRP has a different status:

• Proposed → "This HRP hasn't been frozen for voting yet. Run /hrp:vote-open first."
• Approved → "This HRP's vote result has already been recorded."
• Released → "This HRP has already been released."

2. Determine the outcome

Ask the user which scenario applies:

• Vote passed — community voted yes (meets the approval threshold)
• Vote failed — community voted no (below the approval threshold)
• Vote cancelled — the vote never went live (helium-vote PR rejected, multisig didn't sign, or decision to pull back)

3a. If vote passed

Gather from the user (or extract from context):

• Vote URL — the heliumvote.com link (e.g. https://www.heliumvote.com/hnt/proposals/3hSC...)
• Percentage — the approval percentage (e.g. 98.87%)
• Date — the date the vote concluded (default: today)

Update frontmatter:

• status: Approved
• vote-url: {heliumvote.com URL}

Update README — insert a new line into the vote history list. The list lives between the intro paragraph and the "How to Contribute" section. Insert at the top of the list (newest first), matching the existing format exactly:

- HRP {YYYY-MM} passed with [{X}% of the vote]({vote-url}) on {Month Dth Year}

Post Reddit comment (if reddit-post-id exists):

**HRP {Month Year} passed!**

The community approved this release with {X}% of the vote. Deployment is expected within the next few days.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the vote!

[Vote results]({vote-url})

3b. If vote failed

Gather the same details as 3a (URL, percentage, date).

Update frontmatter:

• status: Proposed (reverts to allow further changes)
• vote-url: {heliumvote.com URL} (kept for historical record)
• Remove vote-summary-url and vote-pr fields

Update README — same insertion point as 3a:

- HRP {YYYY-MM} failed with [{X}% of the vote]({vote-url}) on {Month Dth Year}

Post Reddit comment (if reddit-post-id exists):

**HRP {Month Year} did not pass**

The community vote concluded with {X}% approval. The proposal has been reverted to Proposed status for further discussion and revision.

[Vote results]({vote-url})

3c. If vote cancelled

No vote URL, percentage, or date needed.

Update frontmatter:

• status: Proposed (reverts to allow further changes)
• Remove vote-summary-url and vote-pr fields

Do not update the README — nothing to record if no vote happened.

No Reddit comment — unless the user specifically asks for one.

4. Commit and report

Commit directly to main (the release file should already be on main by this point). Include both the release file and README (if changed) in a single commit:

• Passed: Record HRP {Month Year} vote result: approved with {X}%
• Failed: Record HRP {Month Year} vote result: failed with {X}%
• Cancelled: Revert HRP {Month Year} to Proposed (vote cancelled)

Tell the user:

• What was updated
• Reddit comment posted (or skipped)
• Next step:
  • Passed: "Deploy the release, then run /hrp:release to record the deployment date."
  • Failed: "The HRP is back in Proposed status. You can revise it and run /hrp:vote-open again when ready."
  • Cancelled: "The HRP is back in Proposed status. The vote artifacts (gist, helium-vote PR) may need manual cleanup."