# resolve-scrap-issues

This skill walks the newest GitHub issues labeled maintainer-scrap, validates each one, then either closes it or opens a single pull request that fixes the rest.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1552
- 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/resolve-scrap-issues/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/resolve-scrap-issues

## What it does

The skill pulls the three most recent open issues carrying the `maintainer-scrap` label with `gh issue list`, reads the body and the discussion for each, and sorts them into two buckets: no action needed and action needed. The first group gets closed with a comment that states the reason and links the evidence. The second goes into one branch and one pull request.

Validation runs on three fronts: web research for external claims like a file format or config schema, inspection of the codebase, and the issue thread itself. A maintainer decision recorded in the comments wins. The skill defaults to action and leaves an issue open only in narrow cases: the fact behind the fix cannot be confirmed from a primary source, or the change would do real harm — touching `.github/**`, the release pipeline, or deleting user files outside what rulesync manages.

Before committing it runs `pnpm cicheck`, and generated config files have to be regenerated by hand. The skill extends `understand-scrap-issues`: steps 1–3 are the same intake flow, and validation plus edits come after. It needs a repository that actually uses the `maintainer-scrap` label and an authenticated `gh`, because every listing and closing call goes through the GitHub CLI.

## Requirements
- Works with: GitHub

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill resolve-scrap-issues -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill resolve-scrap-issues -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill resolve-scrap-issues -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install dyoshikawa/rulesync resolve-scrap-issues
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill resolve-scrap-issues -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/dyoshikawa/rulesync --path .rulesync/skills/resolve-scrap-issues
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill resolve-scrap-issues -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/resolve-scrap-issues/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- triage the newest issues labeled `maintainer-scrap`
- filter out obsolete and duplicate issues without reading each by hand
- confirm an external claim from an issue against a primary source
- bundle fixes for several issues into one pull request
- close an issue with a comment that cites the evidence

## Example prompts
- run the resolve-scrap-issues skill and work through the latest scrap issues
- check the open maintainer-scrap issues and close the ones that need nothing
- open one PR covering every actionable scrap issue

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: resolve-scrap-issues
description: >-
  Fetch recent maintainer-scrap issues, validate each with web research, then
  either close the ones that need no action or open a single consolidated pull
  request that resolves the ones that do
targets:
  - "*"
---

Fetch the newest scrap issues (GitHub issues labeled `maintainer-scrap`), understand each one, validate whether it is still a real and actionable problem using web research and codebase inspection, and then drive each issue to closure: close the issues that need no action, and resolve the actionable ones — bundling them into a single pull request when there is more than one.

This skill extends `understand-scrap-issues`: Steps 1–3 are the same intake flow, and Steps 4 onward add validation and resolution.

## Step 1: Fetch the Latest Scrap Issues

List the most recent open issues that carry the `maintainer-scrap` label. `gh issue list` returns issues in creation order (newest first), so limiting to 3 yields the 3 newest:

```bash
gh issue list --label maintainer-scrap --state open --limit 3 --json number,title,url,createdAt
```

If the result is empty, report that there are no open scrap issues and stop.

## Step 2: Gather Each Issue's Content

For each scrap issue returned, read both the body and the discussion. Run these in parallel across the issues where practical:

```bash
gh issue view <issue_number>
gh issue view <issue_number> --comments
```

If an issue references related pull requests, commits, or files that are needed to understand it, gather that context as well.

## Step 3: Understand and Summarize

For each scrap issue, explain the following based on its content:

1. **Topic:** A one-line summary of what the scrap note is about.
2. **Background:** The context, motivation, or problem the note captures and why it matters.
3. **Details / Findings:** The specific observations, problems, or content recorded in the note.
4. **Proposed Solution / Next Steps:** Any solution or actionable next step mentioned. If none is recorded, state explicitly that it is still undecided.

Keep each summary concise and focused. Present the issues in the order returned (newest first), with the issue number, title, and URL as a heading for each.

## Step 4: Validate Each Issue
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