What problem does it solve? Scanning open GitHub issues one-by-one wastes API calls because every issue gets fully hydrated even when most are already owned, blocked, or low-signal. This Skill cuts GitHub API calls from N+1 to roughly 7 per round (~72% reduction) by separating lightweight list scanning from full hydration. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Lightweight Pass 1 Scan: Runs gh issue list --json number,title,labels,assignees --limit 100 to fetch only cheap metadata for all open issues. - Rule-Based Skip Filters: Skips hydration for issues that are already assigned, labeled status:blocked, status:waiting-external, status:done, status:postponed, or match noisy title patterns like [chore] and [auto]. - Selective Pass 2 Hydration: Runs gh issue view only on surviving issues, targeting hydration of 30% or fewer of the scanned list. - Use Case: An autonomous triage agent polling a busy repository every round can apply this pattern to avoid rate-limit exhaustion while still triaging every actionable issue. ## Quick Start Scan the open issues in this repository using the two-pass pattern and only hydrate issues that pass the skip filters.
