pr-ci-watch

To monitor GitHub pull request CI status transitions automatically, use an event-driven tracking mechanism that observes CI check rollups and emits real-time updates when individual checks change status or reach a terminal state.

Yes, you need the GitHub CLI (gh) installed and authenticated to track CI check rollups, as it provides the API interaction required to query pull request statuses and persist state for detecting transitions.

Terminal state detection for pull request CI checks is the process of identifying when all builds have settled, automatically reporting the final outcome including total counts and specific failure statuses.

To automate a merge workflow to wait for CI completion, integrate a monitoring loop that tracks pull request status checks and only triggers the merge action when terminal state detection confirms all checks have settled green.

Yes, you can get granular failure analysis when a GitHub Actions build fails by tracking individual CI check conclusions, which provides specific lines reporting each status transition and the final failure outcome.

You should use an automated CI-watch loop instead of manually refreshing PR pages to gain an event-driven view of status checks, preventing inefficient manual monitoring and enabling precise progress reporting for build failures.