FrancyJGLisboa

pr-blocker-summarizer

Summarizes open pull requests into a blockers-first standup digest. Activates when the user asks to summarize open PRs, find blocked pull requests, generate a PR standup, or triage review backlog from a PR export.

FrancyJGLisboa 2,344 256 Updated 3w ago

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Install

npx skillscat add francyjglisboa/agent-skill-creator/pr-blocker-summarizer

Install via the SkillsCat registry.

SKILL.md

PR Blocker Summarizer

Turn a JSON export of open pull requests into a blockers-first digest: which PRs
are blocked (failing checks, requested changes, or stale), which are ready to
merge, and a one-line count an agent can post to standup.

A bundled example skill — small but real, used to demonstrate the creator's
validation, pipeline, and eval-rollout machinery.

Activation

Activates on "summarize open PRs", "what's blocking my PRs", "PR standup",
"review backlog". Do not activate on general git/GitHub questions unrelated to
triaging a set of PRs.

Input

A JSON array of PRs, each with title, state (open), checks
(passing/failing), review (approved/changes_requested/pending), and
age_days. Missing fields are treated conservatively (counted as not-blocked only
when clearly ready).

Run

python3 scripts/run_pipeline.py --input prs.json --output digest.json

Output JSON shape:

{
  "total": 7,
  "blocked": [{"title": "...", "reasons": ["failing checks"]}],
  "ready": ["..."],
  "summary": "7 open · 3 blocked · 2 ready to merge"
}

Gotchas

  • blocked + ready does not equal total. A PR is ready only when
    checks is explicitly passing and review is explicitly approved. A PR
    with no blockers but a missing checks field lands in neither list and vanishes
    from both counts. Never narrate the summary line as if the two numbers account
    for every PR — say "N blocked, M ready" and leave the remainder unclaimed.
  • state is read from the input but never filtered on. A closed or merged PR
    left in the export is counted in total and classified like any open one. Filter
    the export before running if it may contain non-open PRs.
  • review: pending counts as blocked ("awaiting review"). A PR opened five
    minutes ago is reported as a blocker. This is intentional for standup triage, but
    it inflates the blocked count on teams that open PRs early.
  • A non-numeric age_days silently skips the stale check rather than erroring.
    An export with "age_days": "unknown" will never flag anything stale, and the
    digest gives no sign that the check did not run.

Anti-goals

  • Does not call the GitHub API; it works on an exported PR list.
  • Does not merge or comment on PRs; it only summarizes.