Gh Pr Checks Plan Fix

Overview

Use gh to locate failing PR checks, fetch GitHub Actions logs for actionable failures, summarize the failure snippet, then propose a fix plan and implement after explicit approval.

• Depends on the plan skill for drafting and approving the fix plan.

Prereq: ensure gh is authenticated (for example, run gh auth login once), then run gh auth status with escalated permissions (include workflow/repo scopes) so gh commands succeed. If sandboxing blocks gh auth status, rerun it with sandbox_permissions=require_escalated.

Inputs

• repo: path inside the repo (default .)
• pr: PR number or URL (optional; defaults to current branch PR)
• gh authentication for the repo host

Quick start

• python "<path-to-skill>/scripts/inspect_pr_checks.py" --repo "." --pr "<number-or-url>"
• Add --json if you want machine-friendly output for summarization.

Workflow

• Verify gh authentication.

- Run gh auth status in the repo with escalated scopes (workflow/repo) after running gh auth login.

- If sandboxed auth status fails, rerun the command with sandbox_permissions=require_escalated to allow network/keyring access.

- If unauthenticated, ask the user to log in before proceeding.

• Resolve the PR.

- Prefer the current branch PR: gh pr view --json number,url.

- If the user provides a PR number or URL, use that directly.

• Inspect failing checks (GitHub Actions only).

- Preferred: run the bundled script (handles gh field drift and job-log fallbacks):

- python "<path-to-skill>/scripts/inspect_pr_checks.py" --repo "." --pr "<number-or-url>"

- Add --json for machine-friendly output.

- Manual fallback:

- gh pr checks <pr> --json name,state,bucket,link,startedAt,completedAt,workflow

- If a field is rejected, rerun with the available fields reported by gh.

- For each failing check, extract the run id from detailsUrl and run:

- gh run view <run_id> --json name,workflowName,conclusion,status,url,event,headBranch,headSha

- gh run view <run_id> --log

- If the run log says it is still in progress, fetch job logs directly:

- gh api "/repos/<owner>/<repo>/actions/jobs/<job_id>/logs" > "<path>"

• Scope non-GitHub Actions checks.

- If detailsUrl is not a GitHub Actions run, label it as external and only report the URL.

- Do not attempt Buildkite or other providers; keep the workflow lean.

• Summarize failures for the user.

- Provide the failing check name, run URL (if any), and a concise log snippet.

- Call out missing logs explicitly.

• Create a plan.

- Use the plan skill to draft a concise plan and request approval.

• Implement after approval.

- Apply the approved plan, summarize diffs/tests, and ask about opening a PR.

• Recheck status.

- After changes, suggest re-running the relevant tests and gh pr checks to confirm.

Bundled Resources

scripts/inspect_pr_checks.py

Fetch failing PR checks, pull GitHub Actions logs, and extract a failure snippet. Exits non-zero when failures remain so it can be used in automation.

Usage examples:

• python "<path-to-skill>/scripts/inspect_pr_checks.py" --repo "." --pr "123"
• python "<path-to-skill>/scripts/inspect_pr_checks.py" --repo "." --pr "https://github.com/org/repo/pull/123" --json
• python "<path-to-skill>/scripts/inspect_pr_checks.py" --repo "." --max-lines 200 --context 40