feat: PR lifecycle skill + readiness check expansion (9 → 11 checks) by diberry · Pull Request #870 · github/squad

diberry · 2026-04-05T19:55:28Z

Summary

Adds a comprehensive PR lifecycle skill and expands the readiness check system from 9 to 11 checks.

New skill: .copilot/skills/pr-lifecycle/SKILL.md

Canonical Copilot-agent lifecycle covering 6 phases:

Issue pickup (branch naming, capability check)
Implementation (build/test/lint, staging safety, single commit)
PR creation (target dev, title format, labels)
PR readiness (all 11 checks documented with fix-it instructions)
Post-creation maintenance (review feedback, rebasing, CI)
Merge & cleanup (preconditions, branch deletion, issue close)

Includes gap analysis with 3 recommendations (2 implemented, 1 deferred).

New readiness checks in \scripts/pr-readiness.mjs\

Check	Type	Purpose
\checkIssueLinkage()\	Hard gate	Requires \Closes #N\ (or equivalent) in PR body or commit message
\checkProtectedFiles()\	Informational	Warns when zero-dependency bootstrap files are modified

Both use data already fetched by the orchestrator — zero new API calls.

Tests

90 tests passing (up from 88 before adjusting for new checks). New test coverage:

\checkIssueLinkage: 8 test cases
\checkProtectedFiles: 5 test cases
Run orchestrator tests updated from 9 → 11 check expectations

Deferred

\checkRequiredChecksPresent()\ — would verify expected CI check names ran. Needs team agreement on required check list. Documented in skill's gap analysis section.

Co-authored-by: Copilot 223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com

github-actions · 2026-04-05T19:55:39Z

🟡 Impact Analysis — PR #870

Risk tier: 🟡 MEDIUM

📊 Summary

Metric	Count
Files changed	6
Files added	2
Files modified	4
Files deleted	0
Modules touched	4

🎯 Risk Factors

6 files changed (6-20 → MEDIUM)
4 modules touched (2-4 → MEDIUM)

📦 Modules Affected

copilot-config (1 file)

.copilot/skills/pr-lifecycle/SKILL.md

scripts (2 files)

scripts/pr-readiness.mjs
scripts/security-review.mjs

squad-state (2 files)

.squad/agents/procedures/history.md
.squad/decisions/inbox/procedures-pr-lifecycle-skill.md

tests (1 file)

test/pr-readiness.test.ts

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github-actions · 2026-04-05T19:55:40Z

🛫 PR Readiness Check

ℹ️ This comment updates on each push. Last checked: commit 3eddbbe

PR Scope: 🔧 Infrastructure

⚠️ 3 item(s) to address before review

Status	Check	Details
✅	Single commit	1 commit — clean history
✅	Not in draft	Ready for review
✅	Branch up to date	Up to date with dev
❌	Copilot review	No Copilot review yet — it may still be processing
✅	Changeset present	No source files changed — changeset not required
✅	Scope clean	⚠️ PR includes 2 .squad/ file(s) — ensure these are intentional
✅	No merge conflicts	No merge conflicts
❌	Copilot threads resolved	1 unresolved Copilot thread(s) — fix and resolve before merging
❌	CI passing	16 check(s) still running

Files Changed (6 files, +756 −5)

File	+/−
`.copilot/skills/pr-lifecycle/SKILL.md`	+537 −0
`.squad/agents/procedures/history.md`	+14 −0
`.squad/decisions/inbox/procedures-pr-lifecycle-skill.md`	+37 −0
`scripts/pr-readiness.mjs`	+57 −0
`scripts/security-review.mjs`	+2 −0
`test/pr-readiness.test.ts`	+109 −5

Total: +756 −5

This check runs automatically on every push. Fix any ❌ items and push again.
See CONTRIBUTING.md and PR Requirements for details.

github-actions · 2026-04-05T19:55:41Z

⚠️ Squad File Leakage Detected

The following .squad/ files were modified in this PR:

.squad/agents/procedures/history.md
.squad/decisions/inbox/procedures-pr-lifecycle-skill.md

These files affect team routing, agent charters, and decisions.
If intentional, ensure approval from the team lead.

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Pull request overview

Adds a new Copilot skill documenting the end-to-end PR lifecycle and extends the PR readiness orchestrator from 9 → 11 checks by introducing issue-linkage enforcement and a protected-bootstrap-files warning.

Changes:

Added checkIssueLinkage() (hard gate) and checkProtectedFiles() (informational) to scripts/pr-readiness.mjs, plus exported PROTECTED_FILES.
Updated run() orchestration and unit tests to expect and validate 11 readiness checks.
Introduced a new .copilot/skills/pr-lifecycle/SKILL.md skill and recorded the decision/history entries for the change.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 5 out of 5 changed files in this pull request and generated 4 comments.

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File	Description
`scripts/pr-readiness.mjs`	Adds 2 new check functions and wires them into the readiness run (11 total checks).
`test/pr-readiness.test.ts`	Adds/updates tests for the 2 new checks and updates run expectations from 9 → 11.
`.copilot/skills/pr-lifecycle/SKILL.md`	New “PR lifecycle” skill/runbook intended to be canonical for agents.
`.squad/decisions/inbox/procedures-pr-lifecycle-skill.md`	New decision record capturing the skill + readiness expansion.
`.squad/agents/procedures/history.md`	Adds an agent history entry describing the work and rationale.

Copilot · 2026-04-05T19:58:53Z

+### Phase 4 — PR Readiness
+
+An automated readiness check runs on every push and posts a checklist comment on the PR. All 9 checks must pass before review.
+
+#### Check 1: Single Commit


Phase 4 still says “All 9 checks must pass” and the checklist only documents checks 1–9. Since pr-readiness.mjs now emits 11 checks, add documentation for the new checks (Issue linked + Protected files) and update the wording/count throughout this section.

@copilot apply changes based on this feedback

This was already addressed in commit de965d0. Phase 4 now says "All 11 checks must pass before review" and includes full documentation tables for Check 10 (Issue Linked) and Check 11 (Protected Files informational).

…s expansion, spam protection (PRD #872) Implements PRD #872 — CI/GitHub Actions Performance Optimization. Phase 0+1: Consolidation - Repo Health: 5 jobs → 1 job with sequential steps + GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY - Policy Gates: 4 jobs → 1 consolidated job (publish-policy kept separate) - PR Readiness: Remove synchronize/reopened from pull_request_target (fix double-trigger) - Concurrency groups added to 10 workflows (true for validation, false for publish) Phase 2: Path Filters - Added code path filter with fail-open semantics to squad-ci.yml - Docs-only PRs skip test, policy-gates, exports-map, samples-build, export-smoke Phase 4: Publish Pipeline - Removed redundant build job from insider-publish (test already builds) PR Readiness Expansion (from #870): - Added checkIssueLinkage() and checkProtectedFiles() checks (9 → 11) - Added PR lifecycle skill (.copilot/skills/pr-lifecycle/SKILL.md) - 13 new tests for readiness checks Comment Spam Protection (from #800): - Added scripts/lock-stale.mjs and scripts/moderate-spam.mjs - Added squad-comment-moderation.yml workflow - Added lock-stale and moderate-spam test suites All safety gates preserved. No product template files modified. Target: ~19 runners per PR push → ~11. Closes #872 Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

… 0-2, 4-5) Phase 0+1: Consolidation - Repo Health: 5 jobs to 1 job with sequential steps + GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY - Policy Gates: 4 jobs to 1 consolidated job (publish-policy kept separate) - PR Readiness: Remove synchronize/reopened from pull_request_target (fix double-trigger) - Concurrency groups added to 10 workflows (true for validation, false for publish) Phase 2: Path Filters - Added code path filter with fail-open semantics to squad-ci.yml - Docs-only PRs skip test, policy-gates, exports-map, samples-build, export-smoke Phase 4: Publish Pipeline - Removed redundant build job from insider-publish (test already builds) PR Readiness Expansion (from #870): - Added checkIssueLinkage() and checkProtectedFiles() checks (9 to 11) - Added PR lifecycle skill (.copilot/skills/pr-lifecycle/SKILL.md) - 13 new tests for readiness checks Security fixes: - Fix script injection in repo-health comment steps (env: block instead of inline interpolation) - Gate policy-gates job to pull_request events only (prevents undefined PR context on push) All safety gates preserved. No product template files modified. Closes #872 Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Create comprehensive .copilot/skills/pr-lifecycle/SKILL.md covering the full issue-to-merge lifecycle with all readiness checks documented. Add two new checks to scripts/pr-readiness.mjs: - checkIssueLinkage(): hard gate requiring issue reference in PR body/commits - checkProtectedFiles(): informational warning for zero-dependency bootstrap files Tests updated: 90 passing. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

diberry · 2026-04-06T13:06:45Z

Closing — content (readiness checks + PR lifecycle skill) already absorbed into #873. The security-review.mjs skip for SKILL.md is also in #873. Follow-up issue will track adopting waza's ComplianceChecker for proper markdown-aware skill scanning.

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ci: consolidate workflows, path filters, concurrency (PRD #872 Phases 0-2, 4-5) #873

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feat: Adopt waza ComplianceChecker for skill security scanning #879

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New skill: .copilot/skills/pr-lifecycle/SKILL.md

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