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iterate is agent-read markdown (skill) from openhands/extensions: Iterate on a GitHub pull request — drive it through CI, code review, and QA until it is merge-ready. Poll verification layers with `gh` CLI, diagnose and fix CI failures, address review feedback, retry flaky checks, push fixes, and repeat. The agent is the orchestration loop..

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What the file says

# /iterate — Drive a PR to Merge-Ready

Iterate on a pull request until it passes all verification layers.
You push, poll, fix, and push again — the loop only ends when the PR is green
or a blocker requires human help.

No scripts — you are the orchestration loop. Uses only standard `gh` CLI
commands that work on any GitHub repo.

Requires: `gh` CLI authenticated with repo access, a PR branch.
Windows PowerShell equivalents for Bash-only assignment, redirection, and quoting patterns in this skill are in `references/windows.md`.

## Discover what the repo has

Not every repo has all three verification layers. Before entering the loop,
check which ones exist. Only poll layers that are actually set up.

```bash
gh workflow list --json name --jq '.[].name'
```

- **CI checks** — almost every repo has these. If `gh pr checks` returns results, CI is present.
- **PR review bot** — look for a workflow named like "PR Review" or "pr-review" in the output above, or check for `.github/workflows/pr-review*.yml` in the repo. If it's not there, the repo doesn't have automated PR review. Skip step 3 entirely.
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How to install

Latest version
mdr add openhands/extensions/iterate@git:20260713.de28dbb
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mdr add openhands/extensions/iterate@sha256:58249391292da7a9

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git:20260713.de28dbb latest2026-07-13 de28dbb 15,153 BA view · diff
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git:20260417.fae914d2026-04-17 fae914d 12,131 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (15153 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

openhands/extensions · 150 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-24 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_tqnzrw62gcfqphoz
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=openhands/extensions/iterate
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/58249391292da7a903f0e91483d959b78d405b77956c13f020df5eab7789495a

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