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name: verify-pr
description: Comprehensive PR readiness check before merge. Run quality checks, tests, CI, documentation, AWS resource cleanup, and code review.
argument-hint: "[PR-number]"
---
# PR Readiness Verification
Heavy pre-merge check. Run before creating or merging a pull request — NOT
before every commit (per-commit verification is `/check`). No hook or marker
enforces this skill any more; the checklist below still applies IN FULL, and
running it is the recommended procedure before `gh pr create` / `gh pr merge`.
Steps 6, 8 and 10-12 live in `references/*.md`, read at the step that uses
them, so the always-loaded payload stays small — and having them caps THIS
file at 12,000 B rather than 23,000, so new material usually belongs in a
stage file. Each is bulky for a different reason:
step 6 is almost entirely conditional on what the diff touches, step 8 is long
because it RECURSES (every fix round is re-reviewed), and 10-12 run once at the
very end. Everything kept below is read on every invocation.
## Checklist
Run each check and report pass/fail:
0. **Worktree pre-flight**: `mise trust`, then
`[ -d node_modules ] || pnpm install`. `mise trust` is unconditional —
an untrusted `.mise.toml` makes every `mise exec` in this run die with a
config-parse error that names no cause (`/check` step 0 carries the full
account).
`git worktree add` does NOT copy `node_modules`, so a fresh worktree's
typecheck/lint/build/test all fail with `tsc: command not found` etc. — and
the failure is easy to miss when output is piped to `tail` (the exit code
reflects `tail`). If skipping via an existing `node_modules`, spot-check
`pnpm-lock.yaml` mtime ≤ `node_modules/.modules.yaml` mtime. Do not start
step 1 until this passes, or every check below silently no-ops.
1. **Code quality** — `/check` steps 1-3, which this skill supersedes.
- `vp run check` (CI's exact command: typecheck + lint + Prettier; `lint`
alone skips Prettier, PR #363), `vp run typecheck:test` (the ONLY gate
covering `tests/**` — `tsconfig.json` excludes `**/*.test.ts` and
`vp test run`'s `Type Errors` line covers only `*.test-d.ts`; issue
#1133, go-to-k/cdkd#2929), `vp run build` — all pass.
- When piping to `tail` / `head` / `grep`, **check the output content** for
`Error` / `Command failed` — `$?` after a pipeline reflects the LAST
stage, and a background-task notification's `exit code 0` is the chained
command's exit. When in doubt:
`vp run X > /tmp/out 2>&1; rc=$?; tail -3 /tmp/out; echo "[rc=$rc]"`.
2. **Tests**
- `vp test run` — all unit tests pass. Preferred over `vp run test`:
nothing sits between the caller and the verdict (`/check` step 4 has the
full rationale). Report test count.
- Every scope / diff check in this skill uses `origin/main...HEAD`, never
`main...HEAD` — the `integ-destroy` gate derives its scope from
`origin/main`, so an unfetched local `main` makes this skill and the
merge-blocking gate disagree about what the branch touched.
- **Test coverage check**: compare the diff's `src/` changes vs `tests/`
changes; new/modified logic with no corresponding test update = **fail**
— add the missing tests before proceeding.
3. **CI status**
- PR number: argument, else `gh pr view --json number -q .number`, else ask
via `AskUserQuestion`.
- **FIRST**: `gh pr view <PR> --json mergeStateStatus,mergeable -q
'"mergeable=\(.mergeable) state=\(.mergeStateStatus)"'` — at
`mergeable=CONFLICTING state=DIRTY` the CI workflow NEVER fires, however
long you wait (PR #404: ~70 min lost; close+reopen and force-pushing
unchanged content do not re-trigger). Resolution:
`git fetch origin main && git rebase origin/main`, resolve, force-push —
CI fires within ~30s.
- Only after the state is `CLEAN` / `UNSTABLE` / `BLOCKED` / `BEHIND`:
`gh pr checks <PR>` — all pass; if pending, wait and recheck.
4. **Working tree**: `git status` clean; branch up to date with remote.
5. **Documentation consistency**
- Invoke `/check-docs` logic: docs match code changes; no stale references.
- **Generated-artifact freshness**: CI carries a staleness guard per
generated artifact (nine of them; a hand-list here drifted four times —
PRs #548, #1104, #1231, #1416 — so do NOT re-list). Regenerate
everything, then check nothing is dirty:
```bash
# Regenerates every artifact CI guards (offline static analysis).
# `format` is in the chain, not a tidy-up: CI's guard formats before
# diffing, so skipping it renders a formatting-only diff as real drift.
vp run gen:all-matrices && vp run format
# Offline CRITIC (~0.5s), not part of the aggregate.
vp run audit:coverage:check
git status --short docs/ src/provisioning/property-coverage.generated.ts \
src/provisioning/unsupported-types.generated.ts
```
Anything dirty was stale before you ran the above: stage it into the PR
and re-run `/check-docs`. If `audit:coverage:check` fails, run
`vp run audit:coverage:regenerate` (heavy ~15 min, needs AWS creds with
`cloudformation:ListTypes` + `DescribeType`) and commit the cache —
`/verify-pr` does not auto-run `:regenerate`.
`tests/unit/scripts/matrix-regen-coverage.test.ts` pins
`gen:all-matrices` against `ci.yml`'s guards in both directions — keep
pointing at the aggregate. (A new `registry.register(...)` also needs an
integ fixture covering it; nothing blocks on that, so check it here.)
6. **Leftover resources + the integ runs** — read
[references/leftover-and-integ-gates.md](references/leftover-and-integ-gates.md).
Always do the baseline state-bucket check; the deletion / cross-cutting /
local-execution / schema-bump integ runs apply only when the diff touches
their scope, and that file carries the scope lists, the `integ-destroy`
exit-code remedies and the orphan spot-check.
7. **No stale references**: grep for removed imports / old module names;
`src/index.ts` exports consistent.
8. **Code review** — read [references/code-review.md](references/code-review.md).
`/review-pr <N>` picks the reviewers — one by default, `pr-security-reviewer`
additive whenever a security surface is touched, 3-axis for a state-schema
bump or a security fix — and every fix round gets re-reviewed; that file
carries the rules and the incidents behind them.
9. **Live-test changed behavior**
- Unit tests verify code correctness; this verifies *feature* correctness
against the runtime the user sees. `vp run build` first.
- For each user-visible change (CLI command, output format, flag, error
message), run the actual command path against a real or fixture input:
CLI change → `node dist/cli.js <subcommand> <args>` against
`tests/integration/<example>/cdk.out` or a real state bucket, each
output mode; state-touching change → a real / test bucket; library
change → a minimal repro importing the new path.
- "Tests passed" is not "feature works." If you cannot live-test, say so
explicitly rather than skip silently — report it as a FAILED row below so
a reviewer can decide, and do not open or merge the PR on it quietly.
10. **Retrospective, residual-nit sweep, PR title + body freshness (steps
10-12)** — read [references/wrap-up.md](references/wrap-up.md). All three
run once, at the end. The nit sweep is where a deferral gets CLASSIFIED:
do not report the PR ready with a reviewer-flagged item that is neither
fixed, filed, nor recorded as won't-do.
## Output
Present results as a table:
| Check | Result |
|-------|--------|
| check — typecheck + lint + format (`vp run check`) | pass/fail |
| test-project typecheck (`vp run typecheck:test`) | pass/fail |
| build | pass/fail |
| tests (N files, M tests) (`vp test run`) | pass/fail |
| test coverage for changes | pass/fail |
| CI | pass/fail |
| working tree | clean/dirty |
| docs consistency | pass/fail |
| leftover resources | none/found |
| integ-destroy marker (deletion-touching PRs only) | fresh/stale/n-a |
| broad / local / schema-migration integ run (when in scope) | run/n-a |
| code review (incl. shared-utility callers) | pass/issues found |
| live-test changed behavior | pass/skipped/issues found |
| retrospective + rule proposals | done/skipped |
| residual review-nit sweep (fixed / TODO-issue / won't-do) | N items / 0 unhandled |
| every TODO carries `Session-fit` / `Severity` / `Effort` / `Estimate` | N classified / 0 open `now` |
| auto-close audit (no `Closes (#N)` in body) | clean / N traps fixed |
| PR title + body freshness | up-to-date/stale (updated)/n-a (no PR yet) |
If all pass, confirm "PR is ready to merge." If any fail, list the issues.
**Read `.claude/rules/session-report.md` first** — its `paths:` glob matches
only `CLAUDE.md`, which the harness injects rather than reads, so it never
auto-loads in an ordinary session.
Then add the **State** line CLAUDE.md's wrap-report rule requires. That file
gives the field semantics and is not restated here; what is specific to THIS
skill is that "ready to merge" is rarely the end of the turn. A merely
*pending* check (CI, an integ, a reviewer not back) is **WAITING** and you
merge on green — never go quiet on it; a check that legitimately cannot pass
is not WAITING at all; and **STOPPED** is only for a PR already merged, or one
whose next step the user explicitly owns.
## Final Step
After all checks pass, land the work:
```bash
git add -A
git diff --cached --quiet || git commit -m "..."
git push # after a rebase: --force-with-lease
```
**No marker is recorded.** `check`, `docs` and `verify-pr` no longer exist in
`.markgate.yml`, so nothing mechanical consults this run — which makes the
report the only record that it happened. Say plainly which rows passed.
Two mechanical merge conditions remain, and this skill sets neither: CI
(`ci-green-gate`, a live query — wait for green with
`gh pr checks <N> --watch`) and, for a deletion-touching diff, the
`integ-destroy` gate that `/run-integ` sets after a clean real-AWS destroy.
Skip the commit/push if any check failed. If a check legitimately cannot pass
right now, say so in the report and do not open or merge the PR.