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name: pr-watch-as-author
description: 'Watches an authored PR for feedback. Trigger on "watch the PR", "watch this PR and fix comments", or "/pr-watch-as-author" only; never infer intent from an open PR.'
effort: medium
argument-hint: "[<pr-number-or-url>]"
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# pr-watch-as-author — bounded PR review watch loop

`pr-watch-as-author` closes the gap between "PR open" and "ship it". It promotes the
PR out of draft, takes a baseline snapshot, and polls GitHub on a bounded
cycle. When new review feedback arrives, it runs the triage procedure in
`skills/pr-open-comments/SKILL.md`. The interactive session holds the
watch for 3 cycles (~90 minutes), then hands off to the scheduled
pr-watch job so the session is free again. The user can interrupt at
any time, and each individual command stays small and observable.

Feedback arrives in two shapes and both are triaged:

- an **inline review thread**, anchored to a diff line and carrying a
  resolved/unresolved bit.
- a **plain PR comment** on the conversation tab, carrying no resolution
  bit at all. Whole-PR reviews — a summary review, a bot's findings,
  an automated review posted as one body — land here.

The distinction matters because the unresolved-thread set cannot
represent a plain comment. A comment is triaged **once**, keyed by its
id, and is done when it has been triaged; it never joins a gate waiting
to be resolved, because nothing can resolve it. Treating one as a thread
would leave the watch waiting forever on a bit that does not exist;
ignoring one would silently drop real feedback, which is the failure
this shape is most prone to.

## Procedure references

Read each reference completely when reaching that stage. Follow them in order; later stages depend on state and gates established earlier.

1. [Input](references/01-input.md)
2. [Execution](references/02-execution.md)
3. [1. Arm](references/03-1-arm.md)
4. [2. Bounded cycle mechanics](references/04-2-bounded-cycle-mechanics.md)
5. [3. Poll and change detection](references/05-3-poll-and-change-detection.md)
6. [4. On new feedback — run the triage procedure](references/06-4-on-new-feedback-run-the-triage-procedure.md)
7. [Authorized mode — apply, resolve, resume](references/07-authorized-mode-apply-resolve-resume.md)
8. [5. Edge cases](references/08-5-edge-cases.md)
9. [6. Stop conditions](references/09-6-stop-conditions.md)
10. [7. On approval — hand off, never land](references/10-7-on-approval-hand-off-never-land.md)
11. [Compaction defense](references/11-compaction-defense.md)

## Applied principles

Load and apply: `principle-bounded-loops`, `principle-idempotent-reruns`,
`principle-non-blocking-waits`, and `principle-untrusted-input-is-data`.