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Agent skill

Babysit

by chmonitor in chmonitor/chmonitor

Watch an open PR — fix failing CI, handle the straightforward review comments, and drive it to a mergeable state.

GPL-3.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Babysit

skills CLI
$ npx skills add chmonitor/chmonitor --skill babysit -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install chmonitor/chmonitor babysit --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/chmonitor/chmonitor.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/pstack/upstream/skills/babysit .claude/skills/babysit && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
babysit
GitHub stars
298
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
591 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
53
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
GPL-3.0

At a glance

Watch an open PR — fix failing CI, handle the straightforward review comments, and drive it to a mergeable state.

  • Works in 5 steps: Fetch PR state. → Triage in priority order. → Loop. Use the Claude Code loop skill to… → …
  • Wants the agent to shepherd it without re-prompting
  • SKILL.md covers When to use, Steps, Hard rules and Cross-refs, plus 1 more section
  • Calls gh

What it does

Babysit is an agent skill from chmonitor/chmonitor. Watch an open PR — fix failing CI, handle the straightforward review comments, and drive it to a mergeable state. Claude Code analog of Cursor's built-in /babysit. Use after opening a PR when the user wants the agent to shepherd it without re-prompting.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development. The repository describes itself as: Open-source operational advisor for ClickHouse — real-time monitoring plus AI-driven index/partition/materialized-view recommendations. The licence is GPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Wants the agent to shepherd it without re-prompting

Example prompts

  • “/babysit”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Fetch PR state.
  2. Triage in priority order.
  3. Loop. Use the Claude Code loop skill to pace re-checks. Pick the interval from what you're watching
  4. When to stop.
  5. Report. Summarize fixes applied, comments addressed, comments deferred (with reason), current PR status. Cite each commit by SHA.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit fc39ef0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • gh

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Babysit loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 65 tokens; SKILL.md has 591 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~65
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from chmonitor/chmonitor at commit fc39ef0, republished under its GPL-3.0 licence (© chmonitor). 591 words, ~1,109 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/babysit/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
babysit
description
Watch an open PR — fix failing CI, handle the straightforward review comments, and drive it to a mergeable state. Claude Code analog of Cursor's built-in /babysit. Use after opening a PR when the user wants the agent to shepherd it without re-prompting.

Babysit a PR

On Codex, read the platform mapping, including its per-skill notes, before following this skill.

Claude Code analog of Cursor's built-in /babysit. The implementation is a loop over gh CLI plus the Claude Code loop skill for pacing.

Inside poteto-mode, the Babysit playbook (../poteto-mode/playbooks/babysit.md) supersedes this skill: it owns mode declaration, the merge frontier, stack safety, and the watch-pr watcher. This skill stays the standalone /babysit entry point for a single PR outside a poteto-mode run.

When to use

  • There's an open PR and the user explicitly wants it kept green, and you are not already inside a poteto-mode run (the playbook owns that case).
  • The user invokes /babysit directly.
  • A subagent that opens a PR does NOT babysit — return to the parent and let the parent decide.

Steps

  1. Fetch PR state.

    bash
    gh pr view <number> --json number,title,state,mergeable,reviewDecision,statusCheckRollup,mergeStateStatus,comments,reviews

  2. Triage in priority order.

    • Merge conflicts (mergeStateStatus == DIRTY): run the fix-merge-conflicts skill. Force-push only if the branch is yours and not shared.
    • Failing checks (statusCheckRollup entries with conclusion: FAILURE): run the fix-ci skill. Root-cause the failure; fix the underlying code or test; commit; push.
    • Review comments: run the get-pr-comments skill for the summary, then act only on feedback you actually agree with. When a comment has a single mechanical answer — a rename, a guard clause, a formatting nit — make the edit and quote the comment in the commit message. When it hinges on a judgement call, or you can't tell what's being asked, don't guess: leave it and reply with what you would have done.
    • Review-bot comments (Bugbot and similar automation): classify fix/dismiss/ask before acting, per bugbot-triage.md. Ask by default on security, data, and high-severity findings.

  3. Loop. Use the Claude Code loop skill to pace re-checks. Pick the interval from what you're watching:

    • Active CI run: poll gh pr checks --watch (it blocks until checks finish, so no separate loop interval needed).
    • Awaiting reviewer: 20–30 min heartbeat.
    • Idle but want to catch new comments: hourly.

  4. When to stop.

    • Build is green, every comment resolved, branch merges cleanly → call it ready.
    • You've run three rounds of fix → push → recheck and it still isn't fully green → stop, summarise what's still broken, and hand control back.
    • The next fix would force a design choice → pause and put it to the user with AskUserQuestion.

  5. Report. Summarize fixes applied, comments addressed, comments deferred (with reason), current PR status. Cite each commit by SHA.

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Hard rules

  • Don't rewrite history on a branch others may have pulled. If a rebase or force-push looks necessary, clear it with the user first.
  • Don't tweak a test's expected values just to get a pass. Only change an assertion when the behaviour genuinely changed and the assertion was pinned to the old behaviour.
  • Never skip hooks (--no-verify).
  • Never bypass a failing check by marking it as not required.
  • gh pr ready only when all checks are green and no unresolved review comments remain.

Cross-refs

  • Opening a PR does not start a babysit; inside poteto-mode the Babysit playbook owns the request and starts only when asked.
  • Use interrogate before opening if the diff is contested; once open, babysit takes over.
  • Use unslop on any prose you write here (PR comments, commit messages, status reports).

Provenance

This is a Claude Code analog of Cursor's /babysit, not a port — Cursor's implementation is closed source. The skill is independently authored, with its own prose and structure; the workflow is informed by Cursor's public /babysit behavior. The only overlap with other PR tools is the gh CLI commands it runs, which are functional invocations rather than copied text.

© chmonitor, GPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/pstack/upstream/skills/babysit of chmonitor/chmonitor.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit fc39ef0

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in chmonitor/chmonitor, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Categories

Questions about Babysit

What does Babysit do?

Watch an open PR — fix failing CI, handle the straightforward review comments, and drive it to a mergeable state. Babysit is an agent skill from chmonitor/chmonitor. Watch an open PR — fix failing CI, handle the straightforward review comments, and drive it to a mergeable state.

When should I use Babysit?

Babysit fits situations like: wants the agent to shepherd it without re-prompting.

How do I install Babysit in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add chmonitor/chmonitor --skill babysit -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/pstack/upstream/skills/babysit in chmonitor/chmonitor) into .claude/skills/babysit in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Babysit in Codex?

Run `npx skills add chmonitor/chmonitor --skill babysit -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/pstack/upstream/skills/babysit in chmonitor/chmonitor) into .agents/skills/babysit in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Babysit in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add chmonitor/chmonitor --skill babysit -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/babysit, .gemini/skills/babysit, .github/skills/babysit and .opencode/skills/babysit in your project.

What does Babysit need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Babysit needs the command-line tools its instructions call (gh).

Does Babysit access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Babysit safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Babysit use?

Babysit is published under the GPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Babysit use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Babysit?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Babysit: Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 296k stars), Typescript Advanced Types (rolling-scopes/rsschool-app, 10k stars), PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars) and Code Review Checklist (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Babysit?

chmonitor (a GitHub organization) maintains it in chmonitor/chmonitor, which has 298 GitHub stars. The repository holds 53 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: chmonitor/chmonitor on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.