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Drain the labeled issue queue to merged PRs

Software Engineering#automation#tdd#github#autonomous development#issue triage#ci monitoring#pull request merge
Authoreumemic
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

This Skill turns a human-maintained GitHub shovel-ready issue label queue into a reliable, end-to-end autonomous flow that drives issues through TDD, /ship, /retro, and merge completion while optionally auditing and refilling the queue when it’s empty.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Label-gated queue execution: Processes only issues that have the shovel-ready label, preserving a deliberate readiness gate and preventing speculative work.
  • TDD-first implementation per issue: For each selected issue, writes failing tests first, confirms the expected failure, implements the minimal fix/feature, and ships via the shared pipeline.
  • Empty-queue audit + refill: When no labeled issues exist, audits open work to find closure candidates and unlabeled near-ready issues, then asks for confirmation before labeling or closing.
  • Wait-mode long-cadence monitoring: Re-enters on a schedule when the queue remains empty, with idle streak escalation and optional autonomous merge.

Quick Start

Ask your AI agent to run: /shovel-ready and automatically work the shovel-ready issue queue until the next merge-ready outcome is reached.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

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Name: shovel-ready
Download link: https://github.com/eumemic/dev-skills/archive/main.zip#shovel-ready

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