Monitor PR Checks Skill

Monitor PR Checks

Monitor GitHub PR checks until they complete. Works with any CI system that reports status to GitHub.

Arguments

PR URL (e.g., https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/123)
PR number (e.g., 123) - uses current repo
Branch name (e.g., my-feature-branch) - finds PR for that branch
No argument - uses current branch

Instructions

1. Determine the PR to Monitor

# If PR URL provided, extract owner/repo and PR number
# If PR number provided, use current repo
# If branch name provided, find PR for that branch
# If no argument, get current branch and find its PR

# Get current branch if needed
git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD

# Find PR for current branch
gh pr view --json number,url,headRefName,title,state

# Get repo info
gh repo view --json nameWithOwner --jq '.nameWithOwner'

2. Get Initial Check Status

# Get all checks for the PR
gh pr checks <PR_NUMBER> --json name,state,conclusion,startedAt,completedAt

Check states:

PENDING / QUEUED / IN_PROGRESS - still running
COMPLETED - finished (check conclusion for pass/fail)

Conclusions:

SUCCESS - passed
FAILURE - failed
CANCELLED - was cancelled
SKIPPED - was skipped (counts as passed)
NEUTRAL - neutral result (counts as passed)

3. Launch Background Monitor

Launch a background agent to poll for completion:

Task tool:
  subagent_type: general-purpose
  run_in_background: true
  prompt: |
    Monitor GitHub PR checks for PR #<NUMBER> in <OWNER>/<REPO>.

    Poll every 45 seconds using:
    gh pr checks <NUMBER> --repo <OWNER>/<REPO> --json name,state,conclusion

    Continue polling until ALL checks have completed (no PENDING/QUEUED/IN_PROGRESS states).

    When all checks complete:
    1. Count passed (conclusion: SUCCESS/SKIPPED/NEUTRAL)
    2. Count failed (conclusion: FAILURE)
    3. Count cancelled (conclusion: CANCELLED)
    4. Report summary with list of any failed checks

    If any check fails, include the check name so user knows what to investigate.

    PR URL: <URL>

4. Report Initial Status

Tell the user:

Which PR is being monitored (number, title, URL)
Current check status (X running, Y completed)
That they'll be notified when complete

Example Output

Starting:

Monitoring PR #123: "Add new feature"
https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/123

Current status: 5 checks running, 2 passed
- ✅ lint
- ✅ type-check
- 🔄 test (in progress)
- 🔄 build (in progress)
- 🔄 security-scan (in progress)
- ⏳ coverage (queued)
- ⏳ deploy-preview (queued)

I'll notify you when all checks complete.

Completed (success):

✅ PR #123 - All 7 checks passed!

- ✅ lint
- ✅ type-check
- ✅ test
- ✅ build
- ✅ security-scan
- ✅ coverage
- ✅ deploy-preview

Completed (failure):

❌ PR #123 - 2 of 7 checks failed

Failed:
- ❌ test
- ❌ coverage

Passed:
- ✅ lint
- ✅ type-check
- ✅ build
- ✅ security-scan
- ✅ deploy-preview

Check the PR page or run `gh pr checks 123` for details.

Notes

Works with any CI that reports to GitHub (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Travis, Buildkite, etc.)
Uses background agents so you can continue working while waiting
For interactive terminal monitoring, use gh pr checks --watch directly

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