# prs-awaiting-maintainer

Finds open pull requests with passing checks that are waiting on a maintainer. Use it to list PRs ready for review, another review, or a merge decision.

- 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/prs-awaiting-maintainer/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/prs-awaiting-maintainer

## What it does

The skill filters for open, non-draft PRs whose CI checks have all passed and whose next step belongs to a maintainer. It considers requests for an initial review, author commits pushed after a changes-requested review, and author replies to review comments. The latest meaningful activity must come from the author or CI, rather than an unanswered maintainer question.

It gathers details with `gh pr list`, `gh pr checks`, and `gh pr view`; when needed, it uses `gh api` to inspect comments and review threads. Each result includes the PR number and title, author, age, reason it is waiting, and URL. PRs with failing checks or unresolved author-side work are left out. Every CI check must pass; pending checks do not qualify.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- find open PRs waiting for an initial review
- spot PRs that need another review after author commits
- identify PRs where the author has addressed review comments
- filter out PRs whose next step belongs to the author

## Example prompts
- List open PRs waiting for a maintainer's first review.
- Find PRs where the author pushed fixes after a changes-requested review and a re-review is now due.
- Show PRs where the author replied to review comments and the maintainer needs to decide what happens next.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: prs-awaiting-maintainer
description: >-
  List open pull requests where the ball is in the maintainer's court: CI is
  green and the PR is ready for a maintainer to review, re-review, or merge. Use
  when the user wants to see PRs awaiting maintainer action.
targets:
  - "*"
---

# List PRs Awaiting Maintainer Action

Identify open pull requests where the ball is in the **maintainer's** court — the PR is ready and the next action belongs to a maintainer (review, re-review, or merge), not the author.

## Signals That the Ball Is on the Maintainer's Side

- CI is fully green: every check is passing, with none failing or pending.
- The PR is not a draft.
- And at least one of:
  - The PR was newly opened and has not been reviewed yet (awaiting first review).
  - The author pushed new commits after a `CHANGES_REQUESTED` review (re-review needed).
  - The author has replied to or resolved the review comments and is now waiting on the maintainer.
  - A maintainer review was requested and has not yet been provided.
- The most recent meaningful activity is from the author (or CI) — not an unanswered maintainer question.

Exclude a PR when the next action clearly belongs to the author (see the complementary `prs-awaiting-author` skill): CI failing, unaddressed review comments, changes requested without follow-up commits, or an open maintainer question awaiting the author's reply.

## Step 1: List Open Non-Draft PRs

```bash
gh pr list --state open --limit 100 --json number,title,author,isDraft,createdAt,updatedAt,url,reviewDecision,reviewRequests
```

Skip any PR where `isDraft` is `true`.

## Step 2: Gather Per-PR Signals

For each candidate PR, gather details (run in parallel across PRs where practical):

- **CI status**: `gh pr checks <number>` — treat as green only if every check is passing and none are pending or failing.
- **Reviews and decision**: `gh pr view <number> --json reviewDecision,reviews,latestReviews,reviewRequests`.
- **Discussion and who spoke last**: `gh pr view <number> --comments`, and if needed `gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/<number>/comments` for inline review threads.
- **Commit timeline vs. last review time**: to determine whether the author pushed commits after a `CHANGES_REQUESTED` review.

The maintainers for this repository are `dyoshikawa` and `cm-dyoshikawa`; use this login list as the primary way to tell the maintainer side from the author side. Note that `gh pr view --json` does not expose `author_association` — that field is only available per comment or review through `gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/<number>/comments` and the reviews endpoint, where an `author_association` of `OWNER`, `MEMBER`, or `COLLABORATOR` indicates the maintainer side.
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