# Gh Close Issues

Close resolved Codewhale issues only after verifying the landed behavior: Refs #N per...

- Repository: https://github.com/codewhale-hq/Codewhale (41164 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add codewhale-hq/Codewhale --skill gh-close-issues -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add codewhale-hq/Codewhale --skill gh-close-issues -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add codewhale-hq/Codewhale --skill gh-close-issues -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add codewhale-hq/Codewhale --skill gh-close-issues -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Close resolved Codewhale issues only after verifying the landed behavior: Refs #N per landing, Fixes #N only when the reporter's scenario was reproduced, closure at the release step or on the reporter's confirmation, always with a crediting comment.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# gh-close-issues

Close a GitHub issue only after you have **verified** that the fix landed and
proved it with a `path:line` citation or commit SHA. Closing from a title, a
label or a hopeful PR is how reporters get burned. Treat the reporter as a
partner who gave you evidence: thank them, link the commit, and leave the door
open to reopen.

Repo: `codewhale-hq/CodeWhale`. CLI: `gh`.

## The closure rule

- **Per landing, commits say `Refs #N`.** A landing does not close the issue.
- **`Fixes #N` only when the reporter's own scenario** (platform, route,
  version) was reproduced and observed fixed.
- **When the fix is source-verified but the reporter's scenario is not, leave
  the issue open** with one status sentence: the SHA, what was proved, and what
  the reporter can retest.
- **Close at the release step** (`docs/RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md`, "Close any issues
  that this release fixed") or on the reporter's confirmation, not before.

## When to use

- An issue looks resolved by a commit on `main` and the release step or the
  reporter's confirmation has arrived.
- A contributor PR merged and you need to close the issue(s) it fixed.
- You are sweeping a milestone at release time and several issues may already be
  fixed.

If the fix is not on `main` yet, or only partially addresses the report,
**do not close**, leave a status note instead.

## Workflow

1. **Read the issue from the source, not the title.**
   ```bash
   gh issue view N --repo codewhale-hq/CodeWhale \
     --json number,title,state,author,labels,milestone,body,comments
   ```
   Note who reported it and who added repro steps, logs or a root cause; they
   all deserve credit.

The rest: https://github.com/codewhale-hq/Codewhale/blob/HEAD/docs/skills/gh-close-issues/SKILL.md