# Babysit PR

Monitor a pull request through review and CI.

- Repository: https://github.com/t3dotgg/tstack (2584 stars)
- Category: Git and review
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-28
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add t3dotgg/tstack --skill babysit-pr -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add t3dotgg/tstack --skill babysit-pr -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add t3dotgg/tstack --skill babysit-pr -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add t3dotgg/tstack --skill babysit-pr -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Monitor a pull request through review and CI. Use when the user asks to monitor, watch, or babysit a PR.

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

# Babysit PR

Many repos have AI review bots. They're helpful, even if they are not always
right.

## Waiting

Never write your own watcher, polling loop, or `sleep` loop. Use one watcher
per PR: `watch_pull_request` in T3 Code, `pr-wait` everywhere else. Never run
both on the same PR. Every watcher on a GitHub account shares one rate limit.

### In T3 Code: `watch_pull_request`

Handle the existing checks and comments first. Then call
`watch_pull_request` and end your turn. T3 Code wakes you with a message when
a check fails, the required checks pass, someone comments or reviews, or the
branch conflicts.

- **Only the thread that owns the PR watches it.** If you are a delegated
  child task (a reviewer, a Sol round, any `delegate_task` child), never call
  `watch_pull_request`. The parent owns the PR. Do not watch PRs you are not
  working on.
- **A wake is news, not a merge decision.** Check the merge gate yourself.
- **Unwatch when you hand off.** A watched thread stays in Working and out of
  the user's inbox. When you stop (ready, blocked, or asking the user a question),
  call `unwatch_pull_request` first. A merge or close ends the watch on its
  own.
- **"Stopped watching, could not read it"** usually means GitHub's rate limit
  is used up. Run `gh api rate_limit --jq .resources.graphql` before you
  watch again. If `remaining` is near 0, wait for `reset` with one background
  command, then watch again. Never watch again in a tight loop.

### Everywhere else: `pr-wait`

Wait with `scripts/pr-wait` from this skill's directory (use its absolute
path).

```bash
pr-wait <pr> [--repo owner/name] [--until ready|green|any-change]
```

It prints one line per real event. It exits 0 when the `--until` condition is
met or the PR merges, 1 when it needs you (a required check failed, conflicts,
unresolved threads, PR closed), and 2 on bad input.

The rest: https://github.com/t3dotgg/tstack/blob/HEAD/skills/babysit-pr/SKILL.md