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+---
+name: gh-issues
+description: Walk over all open GitHub issues that are unassigned or assigned to the current user, and process each one via the /gh-issue skill, sequentially.
+user-invocable: true
+argument-hint: "[--limit N] [--label foo] [--dry-run]"
+disable-model-invocation: true
+allowed-tools: Read, Bash, Skill
+---
+
+# GitHub Issues Watcher
+
+## Purpose
+
+Process every open GitHub issue that is **unassigned** or **assigned to the current user (`@me`)**, one after another, by delegating each to the `/gh-issue` skill. Stop on first hard failure so it can be inspected.
+
+Driven from inside the Claude session rather than a polling shell script.
+
+## Args
+
+- `--limit N` — process at most N issues this run (default: all).
+- `--label foo` — only issues carrying label `foo`.
+- `--dry-run` — list issues that would be processed; do not invoke `/gh-issue`.
+
+Strip leading `#` if user passes `#123` style.
+
+## Phase 1: Discover
+
+Fetch open issues that are unassigned **or** assigned to `@me`, oldest first. GitHub search does not OR these cleanly, so run two queries and merge:
+
+```bash
+# Unassigned
+gh issue list \
+  --state open \
+  --search "no:assignee" \
+  --json number,title,labels,assignees,createdAt \
+  --limit 200
+
+# Assigned to me
+gh issue list \
+  --state open \
+  --assignee "@me" \
+  --json number,title,labels,assignees,createdAt \
+  --limit 200
+```
+
+Merge:
+- Deduplicate by `number`.
+- Keep only issues whose `assignees` array is empty **or** contains the current user (`gh api user -q .login`).
+- Drop issues assigned to anyone else (defensive).
+- **Skip tracker/epic issues** — those whose body is a checklist of other issues (e.g. `- [ ] #123 …`). Process the child issues directly, not the parent.
+- Apply `--label` filter if given.
+- Apply `--limit` if given.
+- Sort ascending by `createdAt` (FIFO).
+
+Print the queue: `#<num> <title> [assignee]` per line, where `[assignee]` is `unassigned` or `@me`. If empty, exit cleanly.
+
+## Phase 2: Worktree Sanity
+
+Before touching any issue:
+
+```bash
+git status --porcelain
+git fetch origin main
+git checkout main && git reset --hard origin/main
+```
+
+Abort if worktree dirty. Never auto-stash.
+
+## Phase 3: Process Loop
+
+For each issue in the queue:
+
+1. Re-check assignment state (someone else may have grabbed it):
+   ```bash
+   gh issue view <num> --json assignees -q '.assignees[].login'
+   me=$(gh api user -q .login)
+   ```
+   - Empty output → unassigned, proceed.
+   - Only `$me` listed → already mine, proceed (skip self-assign step).
+   - Any other login present → skip this issue.
+
+2. Invoke the `/gh-issue` skill with the issue number. That skill owns:
+   - self-assign via `gh issue edit <num> --add-assignee @me` (no-op if already assigned)
+   - branch from fresh `main` (prefix from labels: `fix/`, `feat/`, `docs/`)
+   - strict TDD: RED → GREEN → REFACTOR (no production code without a failing test first)
+   - full suite green locally (`./bashunit tests/` **and** `./bashunit --parallel tests/`)
+   - `CHANGELOG.md` entry under `## Unreleased` for user-facing changes
+   - commit with conventional message + `Closes #<num>` in the body
+   - PR opened via `/pr #<num>`
+
+3. **Before pushing**, run the exact command CI's strict job uses — plain
+   sequential runs miss simple-mode and strict-mode bugs that CI rejects:
+   ```bash
+   ./bashunit --parallel --simple --strict tests/
+   ```
+   In `--simple` mode `print_line` emits only a one-char marker, so assert on
+   pure helper functions, not on `print_line` stdout. Under `--strict`
+   (`set -euo pipefail`): no `[ cond ] && assignment` (use `if`), initialise
+   arrays with `=()` and read elements as `${arr[i]:-}`, and never enable
+   `shopt -s extdebug` in the parent shell (isolate it inside a `$()` subshell).
+
+4. After `/gh-issue` returns, wait for CI green on the PR:
+   ```bash
+   gh pr checks --watch
+   ```
+   Fix red checks on the branch before moving on. Bash 3.0 CI fails often —
+   check that job specifically. A red `docker`/registry step is usually a
+   transient Docker Hub timeout, not your code: `gh run rerun <id> --failed`.
+
+5. Merge when allowed:
+   ```bash
+   gh pr merge --auto --squash --admin
+   ```
+
+6. **Close the issue if the squash-merge did not.** GitHub builds the squash commit from the **PR body**, and `/pr` writes `Related #<num>` there (never `Closes`), so the `Closes #<num>` in the branch commit body is lost. After merge:
+   ```bash
+   gh issue view <num> --json state -q .state   # still OPEN?
+   gh issue close <num> --reason completed -c "Done in #<pr> (merged)."
+   ```
+   If the issue belongs to a tracker/epic, tick its checkbox in the parent
+   issue body. Use `sed` for the tick — bash `${body/- [ ] #N/...}` treats
+   `[ ]` as a glob (it matches a space, not literal brackets) and silently
+   does nothing:
+   ```bash
+   gh issue view <tracker> --json body -q .body \
+     | sed 's/- \[ \] #<num>/- [x] #<num>/' | gh issue edit <tracker> --body-file -
+   ```
+
+7. Sync `main` for next iteration:
+   ```bash
+   git checkout main && git fetch origin main && git reset --hard origin/main
+   ```
+
+8. Continue with next issue.
+
+## Stop Conditions
+
+Halt the loop and surface the failure when:
+
+- `/gh-issue` errors out or leaves the worktree dirty.
+- `./bashunit tests/` or `./bashunit --parallel tests/` fails after implementation (for the right reason — distinguish pre-existing failures; see Notes).
+- `make sa` (ShellCheck) or `make lint` (EditorConfig) fails.
+- CI stays red after one fix attempt.
+- Merge is blocked by branch protection beyond `--admin` bypass.
+- `--limit` reached.
+- Queue empty.
+
+Do **not** retry blindly. Report which issue failed and why.
+
+## Dry Run
+
+With `--dry-run`, only execute Phase 1 and print the queue. No assignment, no branching, no commits.
+
+## Preconditions
+
+- `gh` authenticated, can read issues, open and merge PRs.
+- Worktree clean.
+- `main` exists and tracks `origin/main`.
+- `/gh-issue` and `/pr` skills available in this session.
+
+## Notes
+
+- **Bash 3.0+ compatibility is mandatory.** No `declare -A`, `[[ ]]`, `${var,,}`, negative array indexing, or `&>>` in `src/`. See `.claude/rules/bash-style.md`.
+- **Quality gate is `make sa` + `make lint`, not bare `shfmt`.** `shfmt -w .` without project flags rewrites the whole tree (collapses line-continuations, flips binary-op style, tabs the `indent_size = unset` files). Match the surrounding 2-space style by hand and rely on `make lint` (EditorConfig) to verify. There is no `shfmt` make target.
+- **Know your baseline.** `tests/unit/coverage_subshell_test.sh` fails on some macOS setups regardless of the change — confirm a failure is new (`git stash` + re-run) before treating it as a regression.
+- Treat GitHub CI as the full quality gate; locally run focused tests during implementation, the full sequential + parallel suite once before commit.
+- Never split bundled changes into multiple PRs unless the issue explicitly demands it.
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