# batch-review-prs-awaiting-maintainer

Triages pending pull requests in one batch: posts review notes on blocking flaws and merges clean code while logging minor issues.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1557
- Author: dyoshikawa
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/dyoshikawa/rulesync/tree/HEAD/.rulesync/skills/batch-review-prs-awaiting-maintainer/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/batch-review-prs-awaiting-maintainer

## What it does

This skill processes pull requests waiting on maintainer action. It collects candidates through `prs-awaiting-maintainer`, then evaluates each PR using `review-pr` to assign severity scores from `low` to `critical` alongside CI status checks.

Workflow steps depend on severity. Critical or high-priority findings trigger `post-review-comments`, returning the branch to the author without merging. If only low or mid findings appear, the skill files them as follow-up tickets via `create-scrap-issue` and executes `merge-pr`.

This workflow requires the companion skills from the `rulesync` repository. Any PR altering GitHub Actions workflows, release configurations, or package manifests pauses for direct user confirmation before merging.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill batch-review-prs-awaiting-maintainer -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill batch-review-prs-awaiting-maintainer -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill batch-review-prs-awaiting-maintainer -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install dyoshikawa/rulesync batch-review-prs-awaiting-maintainer
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/batch-review-prs-awaiting-maintainer/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill batch-review-prs-awaiting-maintainer -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/dyoshikawa/rulesync --path .rulesync/skills/batch-review-prs-awaiting-maintainer
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill batch-review-prs-awaiting-maintainer -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/dyoshikawa/rulesync/tree/HEAD/.rulesync/skills/batch-review-prs-awaiting-maintainer/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- triage open pull requests in a single pass
- catch critical bugs and failing CI checks before merging
- convert minor suggestions into follow-up tracking issues
- merge approved pull requests without manual context switching

## Example prompts
- Review all pull requests waiting on maintainer action and merge the clean ones
- Run batch-review-prs-awaiting-maintainer on open PRs
- Triage our pending PR queue and file scrap issues for minor refactors

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: batch-review-prs-awaiting-maintainer
description: >-
  Batch-triage open pull requests: list PRs with prs-awaiting-maintainer, review
  each with review-pr, then post-review-comments when there are merge-blocker
  findings, or create-scrap-issue for non-blocking findings and merge-pr when
  there are none. Use when the user wants to review and resolve a batch of PRs
  in one pass.
targets:
  - "*"
---

# Batch Review PRs Awaiting Maintainer

This skill triages a batch of open pull requests end to end. It lists the
candidate PRs, reviews each one, and then takes one of two actions per PR
depending on whether the review surfaced any **merge-blocker-level** findings.

A finding is **merge-blocker level** when it is severe enough that the PR must
not be merged as-is — typically severity `high` or `critical` (for example,
correctness bugs, security vulnerabilities, data loss, or broken/failing CI).
Findings of severity `mid` or `low` (style nits, minor refactors, non-urgent
improvements) are **not** merge blockers.

## Step 1: List Target PRs

Use the `prs-awaiting-maintainer` skill to list the open pull requests where
the ball is in the maintainer's court — CI is green and the PR is ready to
review, re-review, or merge. Collect their PR numbers as the work list for the
following steps.

If the list is empty, report that there is nothing to triage and stop.

## Step 2: Review and Resolve Each PR

Process the PRs one at a time. For each PR number `target_pr`:

### 2-1. Review

Use the `review-pr` skill with `target_pr`. It assigns each finding a
severity (`low` / `mid` / `high` / `critical`) and also reports the GitHub
Actions workflow status.

### 2-2. Classify

Decide whether the review produced any **merge-blocker-level** finding (severity
`high` or `critical`, or failing/blocked CI), using the definition above.

### 2-3a. Has Merge-Blocker Findings → Post Comments

If there is at least one merge-blocker-level finding:

- Use the `post-review-comments` skill with `target_pr`, using the review
  results from Step 2-1 to leave line-level and overall review comments.
- Do **not** merge this PR. The ball goes back to the author.

### 2-3b. No Merge-Blocker Findings → Issue-ify and Merge

If there are no merge-blocker-level findings (only `mid`/`low` findings, or none
at all):

1. If any non-blocking findings remain, capture them for later by invoking the
   `create-scrap-issue` skill with the findings (background context plus the
   suggested follow-ups), so they are tracked as a `maintainer-scrap` issue
   instead of blocking the merge. If there are no findings at all, skip this.
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