Gh Pr Checks Plan Fix
Overview
Use gh to locate merge conflicts, detect base-branch updates that require "Update Branch", collect reviewer feedback, and find failing PR checks. Fetch GitHub Actions logs for actionable failures, summarize the failure snippet, then propose a fix plan and implement after explicit approval.
- •Depends on the
planskill for drafting and approving the fix plan.
Prereq: ensure gh is authenticated (for example, run gh auth login once), then run gh auth status with escalated permissions (include workflow/repo scopes) so gh commands succeed. If sandboxing blocks gh auth status, rerun it with sandbox_permissions=require_escalated.
Inputs
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repo: path inside the repo (default.) - •
pr: PR number or URL (optional; defaults to current branch PR) - •
ghauthentication for the repo host
Quick start
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python "<path-to-skill>/scripts/inspect_pr_checks.py" --repo "." --pr "<number-or-url>" - •Add
--jsonif you want machine-friendly output for summarization. - •Add
--max-review-comments 30to limit reviewer comment listings.
Workflow
- •Verify gh authentication.
- •Run
gh auth statusin the repo with escalated scopes (workflow/repo) after runninggh auth login. - •If sandboxed auth status fails, rerun the command with
sandbox_permissions=require_escalatedto allow network/keyring access. - •If unauthenticated, ask the user to log in before proceeding.
- •Run
- •Resolve the PR.
- •Prefer the current branch PR:
gh pr view --json number,url. - •If the user provides a PR number or URL, use that directly.
- •Prefer the current branch PR:
- •Check mergeability (conflicts) and update-branch requirement.
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gh pr view <pr> --json mergeable,mergeStateStatus,baseRefName,headRefName,url - •Treat
mergeable=CONFLICTINGormergeStateStatus=DIRTYas merge conflicts that must be resolved. - •Treat
mergeStateStatus=BEHINDas "Update Branch" required because the base branch advanced.
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- •Collect reviewer feedback.
- •Preferred: use the bundled script to list review summaries, inline review comments, and issue comments.
- •Decide if reviewer feedback requires action before touching CI fixes:
- •Treat
CHANGES_REQUESTEDas action required. - •Treat any reviewer comments (inline or issue) as action required.
- •Treat
- •Inspect failing checks (GitHub Actions only).
- •Preferred: run the bundled script (handles gh field drift and job-log fallbacks):
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python "<path-to-skill>/scripts/inspect_pr_checks.py" --repo "." --pr "<number-or-url>" - •Add
--jsonfor machine-friendly output.
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- •Manual fallback:
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gh pr checks <pr> --json name,state,bucket,link,startedAt,completedAt,workflow- •If a field is rejected, rerun with the available fields reported by
gh.
- •If a field is rejected, rerun with the available fields reported by
- •For each failing check, extract the run id from
detailsUrland run:- •
gh run view <run_id> --json name,workflowName,conclusion,status,url,event,headBranch,headSha - •
gh run view <run_id> --log
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- •If the run log says it is still in progress, fetch job logs directly:
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gh api "/repos/<owner>/<repo>/actions/jobs/<job_id>/logs" > "<path>"
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- •Preferred: run the bundled script (handles gh field drift and job-log fallbacks):
- •Scope non-GitHub Actions checks.
- •If
detailsUrlis not a GitHub Actions run, label it as external and only report the URL. - •Do not attempt Buildkite or other providers; keep the workflow lean.
- •If
- •Summarize failures for the user.
- •Provide the failing check name, run URL (if any), and a concise log snippet.
- •Call out missing logs explicitly.
- •Create a plan.
- •Use the
planskill to draft a concise plan and request approval.
- •Use the
- •Implement after approval.
- •Apply the approved plan, summarize diffs/tests, and ask about opening a PR.
- •Recheck status.
- •After changes, suggest re-running the relevant tests and
gh pr checksto confirm.
- •After changes, suggest re-running the relevant tests and
Bundled Resources
scripts/inspect_pr_checks.py
Fetch merge conflicts, detect when the PR branch is behind the base branch, collect reviewer feedback, and inspect failing PR checks. Pull GitHub Actions logs, and extract a failure snippet. Exits non-zero when conflicts, update-branch requirements, reviewer-action requirements, or failures remain so it can be used in automation.
Usage examples:
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python "<path-to-skill>/scripts/inspect_pr_checks.py" --repo "." --pr "123" - •
python "<path-to-skill>/scripts/inspect_pr_checks.py" --repo "." --pr "https://github.com/org/repo/pull/123" --json - •
python "<path-to-skill>/scripts/inspect_pr_checks.py" --repo "." --max-lines 200 --context 40