# babysit

A skill that stays on a pull request: CI checks, comments and review threads, until every actionable issue is resolved. Useful when you would rather not re-check the PR by hand.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4900 installs · ★ 103212
- Author: thedotmack
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem/tree/HEAD/plugin/skills/babysit/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/babysit

## What it does

The skill lays out a loop: identify the PR number, branch and base branch, confirm it is not a draft, then inspect mergeability, checks, review decision, comments and review threads. It waits for pending checks, polling at a practical interval, usually 30-60 seconds unless you ask for a different cadence.

New comments and unresolved threads get read, and bot findings are verified against the code. Real issues are fixed in focused commits, relevant tests and builds are run, changes are pushed, and the loop starts over. A stale thread is resolved only once the code or generated artifact actually addresses the comment.

You need `gh` and `jq`: coarse status comes from `gh pr view`, unresolved review threads from GraphQL with pagination. It stops only when checks pass or are intentionally skipped, the review decision is acceptable, and no actionable comments or unresolved threads remain.

## Requirements
- Works with: GitHub

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add thedotmack/claude-mem --skill babysit -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add thedotmack/claude-mem --skill babysit -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install thedotmack/claude-mem babysit
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add thedotmack/claude-mem --skill babysit -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem --path plugin/skills/babysit
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add thedotmack/claude-mem --skill babysit -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/thedotmack/claude-mem/tree/HEAD/plugin/skills/babysit/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- wait out CI checks without missing a failure
- work through review comments and fix only the real ones
- tell a stale thread from a live problem in the latest code
- confirm a generated file matches its source before resolving a thread
- gather evidence before reporting: commit SHA, check names, thread count

## Example prompts
- Babysit PR #412 until the checks pass and the threads are resolved
- Check the unresolved review threads on this PR and fix the real findings
- Wait for CI on the current branch and tell me what is left before merge

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: babysit
description: Watch a pull request or review cycle until it is ready to merge. Use when asked to babysit, monitor, or keep checking PR comments, reviews, and CI until all actionable issues are resolved.
---

# Babysit PR

Stay with the PR until it is actually clean. Do not stop after one check pass if comments or review threads are still unresolved.

## Workflow

1. Identify the PR number, branch, and base branch.
2. Confirm the PR is not draft and inspect mergeability, checks, review decision, comments, and review threads.
3. Watch pending checks until they finish. Poll at a practical interval, usually 30-60 seconds unless the user asks for a different cadence.
4. Read new comments and unresolved review threads. Treat bot summaries as useful, but verify actionable findings against the code.
5. Fix real issues in focused commits, run relevant tests/builds, push, and return to step 2.
6. Resolve stale review threads only after verifying the code or generated artifact now addresses the comment.
7. Stop only when checks are passing or intentionally skipped, review decision is acceptable, no actionable comments remain, and no unresolved review threads remain.

## GitHub CLI Checks

Use `gh pr view` for the coarse status:

```bash
gh pr view <number> --json \
  number,state,isDraft,mergeable,mergeStateStatus,reviewDecision,headRefOid,statusCheckRollup,url
```

Resolve the repository owner/name before using GraphQL:

```bash
repo_json=$(gh repo view --json owner,name)
owner=$(jq -r '.owner.login // .owner.name' <<<"$repo_json")
repo=$(jq -r '.name' <<<"$repo_json")
```

Use GraphQL for unresolved review threads. Include `pageInfo`; omit `cursor` on the first page, then pass the previous `endCursor` with `-f cursor="$cursor"` while `hasNextPage` is `true`.

```bash
gh api graphql \
  -f query='query($owner:String!,$repo:String!,$number:Int!,$cursor:String){repository(owner:$owner,name:$repo){pullRequest(number:$number){reviewThreads(first:100,after:$cursor){pageInfo{hasNextPage endCursor}nodes{id,isResolved,isOutdated,path,line,comments(last:1){nodes{author{login},body,createdAt,url}}}}}}}' \
  -f owner="$owner" -f repo="$repo" -F number=<number>
```

Use this loop when a PR may have many review threads:

```bash
thread_query='query($owner:String!,$repo:String!,$number:Int!,$cursor:String){repository(owner:$owner,name:$repo){pullRequest(number:$number){reviewThreads(first:100,after:$cursor){pageInfo{hasNextPage endCursor}nodes{id,isResolved,isOutdated,path,line,comments(last:1){nodes{author{login},body,createdAt,url}}}}}}}'
cursor_args=()

while :; do
  page=$(gh api graphql -f query="$thread_query" -f owner="$owner" -f repo="$repo" -F number=<number> "${cursor_args[@]}")
  printf '%s\n' "$page" | jq -r '.data.repository.pullRequest.reviewThreads.nodes[]
````
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