# morning-triage

This skill reviews CI failures, new issues, and merged commits, then records selected work in state/triage.md. Use it to plan a session or start an SDLC loop.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 21
- Author: dshakes
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/dshakes/compass/tree/HEAD/claude/skills/morning-triage/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/morning-triage

## What it does

The skill checks what changed since its previous run: failed CI jobs through `gh`, new issues and commits through `git`, and earlier entries in `state/triage.md`. It filters out noise and duplicates, assigns priority, and stores work worth pursuing. For each confident finding, it prepares a handoff line with a separate worktree and a stop-condition.

It does not edit code, open pull requests, or merge changes. Uncertain findings stay in `inbox`; a human retains control of merging and deployment. A task only counts as `done` after its stop-condition has been checked. In the `morning-triage` cloud routine, state is reconciled into a pinned tracking issue.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dshakes/compass --skill morning-triage -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dshakes/compass --skill morning-triage -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dshakes/compass --skill morning-triage -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install dshakes/compass morning-triage
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dshakes/compass --skill morning-triage -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/dshakes/compass --path claude/skills/morning-triage
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dshakes/compass --skill morning-triage -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/dshakes/compass/tree/HEAD/claude/skills/morning-triage/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- spot CI failures since the previous run
- sort new issues by whether they need action
- avoid duplicating work already tracked
- prepare loop handoffs with a stop-condition

## Example prompts
- Review changes since the last run and save findings in `state/triage.md`.
- Check recent CI failures and issues, then prepare handoffs for the SDLC loop.
- Read `state/triage.md` and leave uncertain findings in `inbox`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: morning-triage
description: Discovery for an autonomous loop — find this turn's work instead of being handed it. Reads what changed since the last run (failed CI, new issues, merged commits), judges what's actually worth acting on, writes findings to a durable state file, and hands each off to the SDLC loop with a stop-condition. Use as the first move of a scheduled loop, or by hand to plan a session. Read-only on code; never edits, opens PRs, or merges.
allowed-tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash
---

# Morning triage — the loop's discovery move

A loop has five moves: **discovery → handoff → verification → persistence → scheduling**
(see [docs/20-loops.md](../../docs/20-loops.md)). This skill is **discovery** — the move that
finds the work. Skip it and you have the "blind loop": automated *doing* but a human still
spends every morning deciding *what* to do. Discovery sets the ceiling on the whole loop —
surface work of no value and the other four moves serve nothing.

The point is to let the loop find its own work, then stop exactly where a human should decide.

## Read — the discovery inputs

Look at what changed since the last run (use `gh` and `git`; read-only):

- **Failed CI** since yesterday — `gh run list --status failure --limit 30`, read the failing step.
- **Issues opened in the last 24h** — `gh issue list --search "created:>=<date>" --state open`.
- **Commits merged since the last run** — `git log --since=<last-run> --oneline`.
- **The previous state file** — `state/triage.md` (so you don't re-discover handled work).

## Judge — the part that sets the ceiling

For each candidate, decide — this is where judgment lives, don't skip it:

- Is it **actionable now**, or noise? (a timeout flake is noise; a real regression is work)
- Does it **block a release**? → priority.
- Is it **already tracked** in `state/triage.md` or an open issue/PR? → skip, don't duplicate.
- Is it **deterministic** (a script could decide it) rather than something needing a model? →
  prefer the deterministic path; keep the model for genuine judgment ([the deterministic-gate
  principle](../../docs/20-loops.md)).

Keep only what is worth a worktree today. A short, true list beats a long, padded one.

## Write — the persistence output

Append each kept finding to `state/triage.md` (create it if absent) — one row, so tomorrow's
run reads it back. **The agent forgets; the repo does not.**

```markdown
| finding | source | priority | status |
|---|---|---|---|
| auth test flaky | CI #4821 | low | inbox |
| null deref on empty cart | issue #92 | high | handoff |
| stale dep: lodash | commit a3f1 | med | inbox |
```

`status`: `handoff` (sent to the loop) · `inbox` (waiting for a human) · `done`.

Where the state lives: locally, `state/triage.md` on disk. In the `morning-triage` cloud
routine it's reconciled into **one pinned tracking issue** (no commits to your code — least
privilege), the same self-contained pattern `mission-digest` uses. Either way it survives the
conversation, which is what makes this a loop and not a one-off.

## Hand off — prepare the handoff move
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