# babysit-pr

Works a pull or merge request through bot review rounds: checks each finding against the code, fixes blockers, replies and resolves. Handy when review bots bury the PR in comments.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 523 installs · ★ 158
- Author: amElnagdy
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/amElnagdy/review-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/babysit-pr/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/amelnagdy-babysit-pr

## What it does

The skill takes a GitHub pull request or a GitLab merge request from freshly opened to fully answered. Review bots anchor comments to the diff, so every push starts a new round, and one fix can wake up commentary nearby. Left alone, the request collects threads nobody closes.

A bundled script, `scripts/threads.sh`, harvests both surfaces in one call: inline review threads and top-level review bodies. It picks the forge from the git origin of the working directory, and both platforms answer in the same shape, with a `capabilities` block naming what the forge cannot report. You need `gh` or `glab` authenticated, plus `jq` and bash for the harvester.

Verify first, agree later. A bot's severity badge rests on nothing it ran, so read the code path before accepting or rejecting a finding. Bots are right often enough to justify the loop, and confidently wrong often enough to break your branch if you ship their advice unchecked. Post a confirmed reply only once the fix is on the remote branch. On GitLab other reviewers' notes carry no sha, so after a push their coverage stays unknown.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amElnagdy/review-skills --skill babysit-pr -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/babysit-pr/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/babysit-pr/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amElnagdy/review-skills --skill babysit-pr -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/babysit-pr/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amElnagdy/review-skills --skill babysit-pr -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/babysit-pr/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install amElnagdy/review-skills babysit-pr
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/babysit-pr/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amElnagdy/review-skills --skill babysit-pr -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/amElnagdy/review-skills --path skills/babysit-pr
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/babysit-pr/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amElnagdy/review-skills --skill babysit-pr -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/amElnagdy/review-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/babysit-pr/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- harvest inline threads and review bodies in one pass
- tell a fresh finding from one already fixed after a push
- close every finding with a written reply and a resolve
- find the real bug under nitpicks from earlier rounds
- check whether reviewers saw the current push

## Example prompts
- Harvest the review threads for PR 42 with `scripts/threads.sh` and show what's new since the last round
- Check the bot findings against the code and fix only the ones that actually break the build
- Reply in every thread on PR 17 and resolve the ones already fixed

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: babysit-pr
description: "Babysit a pull request through its bot review rounds: verify, fix, reply, resolve. Use for any babysit or watch-the-PR ask."
license: MIT
compatibility: Requires `gh` (GitHub) or `glab` (GitLab) authenticated, plus `jq` and bash for the thread harvester.
metadata:
  version: 0.1.0
---

# Babysit a PR

Goal: carry a pull request (GitHub) or merge request (GitLab) from "just opened" to "nothing left
unanswered," without the human having to sit and refresh the page. "PR" below means either.

Review bots are diff-anchored samplers. Every push mints a fresh round, and a fix in one place can
light up commentary somewhere adjacent. Left alone, a PR accumulates half-answered threads that
nobody resolves, and the real bug in round three gets buried under nitpicks from rounds one and two.
Your job is to be the person who reads every finding, decides what is actually true, fixes what
blocks, and closes every loop in writing.

You know how to drive `gh` (GitHub), `glab` (GitLab), and git. What follows is only the judgment this
loop needs and the few API calls that are easy to get wrong. The harvest script picks the forge from
the cwd's git origin; everything it returns has the same shape on both, with a `capabilities` block
naming what that forge cannot tell you.

## The three rules that matter most

Verify before you believe. A bot's severity badge is a guess made without running anything. Treat
every finding, including the P1s, as a claim to check against the code. Bots are frequently right
(that is why this loop is worth running), and they are also confidently wrong often enough that
shipping their suggestions unexamined will introduce bugs. Read the actual code path before you
agree or disagree.

Every thread gets an answer. A finding you fixed, rejected, or deferred is only closed once you have
said so in that thread and resolved it. Silence reads as "ignored" to the next human who opens the
PR, and it is how a real bug gets lost.

Publish before you answer. A "fixed" reply is only true once the remote branch carries the fix.
Never post a confirmed reply, or resolve its thread, while the fix exists only locally. Rejections
need no push. Reply with evidence and resolve immediately.

## Harvest the round

Findings arrive on two different surfaces, and a round that reads only one silently misses half of
them. This is the single most common way a babysit loop goes wrong:

- Inline review threads. This is where debate-review and Codex post their findings (Codex attaches
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