What problem does it solve?
This Skill eliminates the tedious manual work of piecing together scattered repository state (git status, open PRs, CI runs, pending followups, upstream signal watchlists, and project journal staleness) at the start of a work session, ensuring you never miss urgent items or waste time reconstructing context after a gap.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Single-call state aggregation: The built-in catchup-state.js script pulls all relevant repo state in one read, replacing dozens of manual git, GitHub, and file checks.
- Deterministic banner alerts: Automatically surfaces urgent items like stale progress docs, failed CI runs, pending PR reviews, and outdated upstream signals without manual parsing.
- Use Case: A developer resuming work on the JellyRock Roku client after a 3-day break can run this skill to instantly see if their branch has failing CI, if any PRs need their review, and what the highest-priority next task is.
Quick Start
Invoke the catchup skill at the start of any new work session to get a full repo state briefing with urgent alerts and a recommended next action.