What problem does it solve? New issues filed in the last couple of days often duplicate work already tracked in the backlog, and catching them late means wasted ranking, promotion, and assignment effort. This Skill runs a daily pass that compares each new issue against the open pool and proposes merges before duplicates decay. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Windowed duplicate detection: Reads every issue filed in a configurable day window (default 2 days, e.g. /merge-recent-issues 5) and compares each against Backlog, unassigned Ready, and icebox items via gh CLI. - Doctrine-driven verdicts: Delegates merge verdicts (duplicate, absorb, batch, lane split) to the /merge-issues skill and applies them verbatim, never inventing its own rules. - Evidence-based proposals: Opens the files both issues name, verifies fix sites, blocker state, and eval-run cost before proposing, then applies only lead-approved merges by folding content, retitling, moving assignees/labels, and closing with reasoning. - Use Case: After /triage-standup files the day's inflow, run this Skill to catch a Friday-afternoon issue that duplicates an existing backlog card before it gets ranked and assigned. ## Quick Start Run /merge-recent-issues to check the last two days of new issues against the open backlog and propose any merges for approval.
