{"slug":"babysit","title":"babysit","summary":"Watch an open PR — fix failing CI, handle the straightforward review comments, and drive it to a mergeable state. Claude Code analog of Cursor's built-in /babysit. Use after opening a PR when the user wants the agent to shepherd it without re-prompting.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-29T15:22:18.572115Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/michael-denyer/pstack-claude","stars":677,"forks":83,"license":"MIT","updatedAt":"2026-09-29T12:06:50Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: babysit\ndescription: Watch an open PR — fix failing CI, handle the straightforward review comments, and drive it to a mergeable state. Claude Code analog of Cursor's built-in /babysit. Use after opening a PR when the user wants the agent to shepherd it without re-prompting.</h2>\n<h1>Babysit a PR</h1>\n<p>On Codex, read the <a href=\"../poteto-mode/references/codex-tools.md\">platform mapping</a>, including its per-skill notes, before following this skill.</p>\n<p>Claude Code analog of Cursor's built-in <code>/babysit</code>. The implementation is a loop over <code>gh</code> CLI plus the Claude Code <code>loop</code> skill for pacing.</p>\n<p>Inside poteto-mode, the <strong>Babysit</strong> playbook (<a href=\"../poteto-mode/playbooks/babysit.md\"><code>../poteto-mode/playbooks/babysit.md</code></a>) supersedes this skill: it owns mode declaration, the merge frontier, stack safety, and the <code>watch-pr</code> watcher. This skill stays the standalone <code>/babysit</code> entry point for a single PR outside a poteto-mode run.</p>\n<h2>When to use</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>There's an open PR and the user explicitly wants it kept green, and you are not already inside a poteto-mode run (the playbook owns that case).</li>\n<li>The user invokes <code>/babysit</code> directly.</li>\n<li>A subagent that opens a PR does NOT babysit — return to the parent and let the parent decide.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Steps</h2>\n<ol>\n<li><p><strong>Fetch PR state.</strong></p>\n<pre><code>gh pr view &lt;number&gt; --json number,title,state,mergeable,reviewDecision,statusCheckRollup,mergeStateStatus,comments,reviews\n</code></pre>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>Triage in priority order.</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Merge conflicts (<code>mergeStateStatus == DIRTY</code>): run the <strong>fix-merge-conflicts</strong> skill. Force-push only if the branch is yours and not shared.</li>\n<li>Failing checks (<code>statusCheckRollup</code> entries with <code>conclusion: FAILURE</code>): run the <strong>fix-ci</strong> skill. Root-cause the failure; fix the underlying code or test; commit; push.</li>\n<li>Review comments: run the <strong>get-pr-comments</strong> skill for the summary, then act only on feedback you actually agree with. When a comment has a single mechanical answer — a rename, a guard clause, a formatting nit — make the edit and quote the comment in the commit message. When it hinges on a judgement call, or you can't tell what's being asked, don't guess: leave it and reply with what you would have done.</li>\n<li>Review-bot comments (Bugbot and similar automation): classify fix/dismiss/ask before acting, per <a href=\"../poteto-mode/references/bugbot-triage.md\"><code>bugbot-triage.md</code></a>. Ask by default on security, data, and high-severity findings.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>Loop.</strong> Use the Claude Code <code>loop</code> skill to pace re-checks. Pick the interval from what you're watching:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Active CI run: poll <code>gh pr checks --watch</code> (it blocks until checks finish, so no separate loop interval needed).</li>\n<li>Awaiting reviewer: 20–30 min heartbeat.</li>\n<li>Idle but want to catch new comments: hourly.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>When to stop.</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Build is green, every comment resolved, branch merges cleanly → call it ready.</li>\n<li>You've run three rounds of fix → push → recheck and it still isn't fully green → stop, summarise what's still broken, and hand control back.</li>\n<li>The next fix would force a design choice → pause and put it to the user with <code>AskUserQuestion</code>.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>Report.</strong> Summarize fixes applied, comments addressed, comments deferred (with reason), current PR status. Cite each commit by SHA.</p>\n</li>\n</ol>\n<h2>Hard rules</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Don't rewrite history on a branch others may have pulled. If a rebase or force-push looks necessary, clear it with the user first.</li>\n<li>Don't tweak a test's expected values just to get a pass. Only change an assertion when the behaviour genuinely changed and the assertion was pinned to the old behaviour.</li>\n<li>Never skip hooks (<code>--no-verify</code>).</li>\n<li>Never bypass a failing check by marking it as not required.</li>\n<li><code>gh pr ready</code> only when all checks are green and no unresolved review comments remain.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Cross-refs</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Opening a PR does not start a babysit; inside poteto-mode the Babysit playbook owns the request and starts only when asked.</li>\n<li>Use <code>interrogate</code> before opening if the diff is contested; once open, babysit takes over.</li>\n<li>Use <code>unslop</code> on any prose you write here (PR comments, commit messages, status reports).</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Provenance</h2>\n<p>This is a Claude Code analog of Cursor's <code>/babysit</code>, not a port — Cursor's implementation is closed source. The skill is independently authored, with its own prose and structure; the workflow is informed by Cursor's public <code>/babysit</code> behavior. The only overlap with other PR tools is the <code>gh</code> CLI commands it runs, which are functional invocations rather than copied text.</p>\n","files":[{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":4458,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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