---
name: nemoclaw-maintainer-morning
description: "Prepare the NemoClaw morning maintainer plan: triage the backlog, select a target version, and identify release candidates and stragglers."
user_invocable: true
---

# NemoClaw Maintainer Morning

Start the day: triage, pick a version target, label items, share the plan.

See [PR-REVIEW-PRIORITIES.md](../nemoclaw-maintainer-day/PR-REVIEW-PRIORITIES.md) for the daily cadence and review priorities.

## Step 1: Determine Target Version and Stragglers

```bash
node --no-warnings .agents/skills/nemoclaw-maintainer-day/scripts/version-target.ts
```

This fetches tags, computes the next patch version, and finds open items still carrying older version labels. Surface stragglers first — they indicate post-tag housekeeping was interrupted or an item slipped across multiple cycles. Decide whether to relabel them to today's target or defer them out of the daily release flow.

## Step 2: Triage

Run the triage script to rank the full backlog:

```bash
node --no-warnings .agents/skills/nemoclaw-maintainer-day/scripts/triage.ts --approved-only
```

If too few results, run without `--approved-only`. The script fetches open PRs through `gh`, reads Project 199 Priority, enriches candidates with review, CI, file, and risky-area data, and applies the scoring model documented in [PR-REVIEW-PRIORITIES.md](../nemoclaw-maintainer-day/PR-REVIEW-PRIORITIES.md).

Also use `find-review-pr` to surface `security` PRs whose Project Priority is `Urgent` or `High`. Merge these into the candidate pool.

## Step 3: Label Version Targets

Present the ranked queue to the user. After they confirm which items to target, label them:

```bash
gh label create "<version>" --repo NVIDIA/NemoClaw --description "Release target" --color "1d76db" 2>/dev/null || true
gh pr edit <number> --repo NVIDIA/NemoClaw --add-label "<version>"
gh issue edit <number> --repo NVIDIA/NemoClaw --add-label "<version>"
```

## Step 4: Save State and Output the Plan

Pipe triage output into state:

```bash
node --no-warnings .agents/skills/nemoclaw-maintainer-day/scripts/triage.ts \
  | node --no-warnings .agents/skills/nemoclaw-maintainer-day/scripts/state.ts set-queue
```

Output the daily plan:

| Target | Item | Type | Owner | Next action |
|--------|------|------|-------|-------------|
| v0.0.8 | [#1234](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/pull/1234) | PR | @author | Run merge gate |
| v0.0.8 | [#1235](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/issues/1235) | Issue | unassigned | Needs PR |

Include: total items targeted, how many are PRs vs issues, how many are already merge-ready.

## Notes

- This skill runs once at the start of the day. Use `/nemoclaw-maintainer-day` during the day to execute.
- On a PR, the target version label activates daily release work; actual release inclusion requires that PR to be merged with the label at cutoff.
- On an issue, the target version label is tracking or "needs PR" coordination only.
- Stragglers from previous versions should be addressed first — they already slipped once.