GitHub Skill

GitHub notification triage and issue/PR queue classification.

Mode Selection

Request	Mode
Notifications, inbox, cleanup	Notification Triage
Issue or PR queue, review items	Queue Triage

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Notification Triage

Fetch, classify, and report GitHub notifications via the triage script.

Commands

# Report-only (default)
python3 scripts/github-notification-triage.py

# Mark informational notifications as read
python3 scripts/github-notification-triage.py --mark-read

# Save report to ~/.claude/reports/notifications/
python3 scripts/github-notification-triage.py --save

# Cron/scheduled: auto-clear noise and save
python3 scripts/github-notification-triage.py --mark-read --save

Steps

1. Run report-only: python3 scripts/github-notification-triage.py.
2. Display the output. The report classifies notifications as:
   • Action required -- PRs awaiting review, mentions, assigned issues.
   • Informational -- CI results, bot comments, automated updates.
3. If the user says "clean them up", "mark read", "clear the noise", or "yes" to clearing informational items, re-run with --mark-read. Confirm how many were marked read.

Scheduled (no interactive user): run with --mark-read --save.

Exit codes: 0 = success, 1 = error (auth, API, script not found).

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Queue Triage

When triaging a queue of issues or PRs (not just notifications), produce one card per item.

Card Format

Open each card with the item's full GitHub URL on its own line, then these fields in order:

Field	Content
What	One sentence: what the issue/PR asks or changes.
Why	Motivation or problem it addresses.
Author trust	Maintainer, known contributor, first-timer, or bot. Cite prior merged PRs.
Fit	Match to project scope and conventions.
Risk	Blast radius: files touched, API/behavior changes, security or data paths.
Proof state	CI status, tests added, repro steps, screenshots. "Unverified" when none.
Blocker	Single thing stopping progress, or "None".
Next action	One concrete step with named actor. Label Autonomous or Needs-owner.

Example:

https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/123
What: Adds retry with backoff to the webhook sender.
Why: Webhooks drop on transient 5xx from receivers.
Author trust: Known contributor, 4 merged PRs.
Fit: Matches existing client retry pattern in net/client.go.
Risk: Low — one module, behavior gated behind config flag.
Proof state: CI green; unit tests cover backoff schedule.
Blocker: None.
Next action: Autonomous — review and merge.

Autonomous vs Needs-owner

• Autonomous -- the agent can complete the action alone: reply with a question, label, close an obvious duplicate, merge a green PR within granted authority, rebase.
• Needs-owner -- requires owner judgment: scope decisions, breaking changes, security-sensitive merges, releases, money, or access.

When in doubt, label Needs-owner and state the decision the owner must make.

Clean-Checkout Gate

Before any local work on an item (checkout, tests, repro):

1. Run git status --short.
2. Proceed only when output is empty.
3. If dirty, mark the card Needs-owner with blocker "dirty working tree in <repo>" and continue triaging from API data only.