ci-babysit

CI Babysit

Watch CI after a push until every job reaches a terminal state. Keep watch-only work read-only. Repair mechanical failures only when the current request or an approved plan gives explicit authority for local repair.

When to use

• Right after git push, /ship, or /commit-push-pr on a branch whose CI result gates the next step, such as merge, release, or a review request.
• When the user asks to watch or monitor CI.
• When the user explicitly asks to make CI green or approves a plan that includes local repair.

Do NOT use for: local test runs (just run them), or repos without CI configured.

Authority modes

Watch-only

A request to watch, monitor, or report CI is watch-only unless the same request or an approved plan explicitly authorizes changes. A watch-only request must not rerun jobs, install dependencies, format files, regenerate files, commit, or push. Read check state and logs, then report terminal failures without changing local or remote state.

Make-green

A make-green request must explicitly authorize state-changing reruns or local repair in the current request or an approved plan. Authority to rerun does not authorize local repair. Authority to repair does not authorize a commit or push. Require separate explicit authority for each commit and each push.

Workflow

1. Identify what to watch

branch_name=$(git branch --show-current)
head_sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
if ! pr_json=$(gh pr list --head "$branch_name" --state open --limit 2 --json number); then
  echo "Active pull-request lookup failed." >&2
  exit 1
fi
if ! jq -e 'type == "array" and all(.[]; type == "object" and (.number | type == "number"))' <<<"$pr_json" >/dev/null; then
  echo "Active pull-request lookup returned malformed JSON." >&2
  exit 1
fi
if [ "$(jq 'length' <<<"$pr_json")" -gt 1 ]; then
  echo "Active pull-request lookup returned more than one pull request." >&2
  exit 1
fi
pr_number=$(jq -r '.[0].number // empty' <<<"$pr_json")
if [ -n "$pr_number" ]; then
  gh pr checks "$pr_number"
else
  gh run list --branch "$branch_name" --commit "$head_sha" --limit 100
fi