standup

name	standup
description	Create or update today's work standup file. Pulls PR activity from a GitHub Enterprise host (via context-a8c MCP) and github.com (via gh CLI), deduplicates across sources and sections, preserves existing content. Use when the user says "update my standup", "today standup", "fill my standup", or invokes /standup.
user-invocable	true

Work Standup Tracker

Maintains a daily standup markdown file. Designed for users who work across a GitHub Enterprise host (e.g. Automattic's github.a8c.com) and github.com, but works with either source alone.

Configuration (env vars)

Set these once (e.g. in your shell rc):

Env var	Purpose	Example
STANDUP_PATH	Directory where daily files live	~/Documents/notes/work/standup/
STANDUP_GH_USER	Your github.com login	your-handle
STANDUP_GH_USER_ENTERPRISE	Your Enterprise host login (optional)	your-handle-a8c
STANDUP_ENTERPRISE_OWNER	Enterprise org/owner (optional)	Automattic
STANDUP_ENTERPRISE_REPOS	Comma-separated repo list to scan (optional)	wpcom,studio,jetpack

The file is written to ${STANDUP_PATH}/YYYY-MM-DD.md using today's local date.

Output format (match exactly)

#yolo-standup 
Today:

- Created PRs:
    - [<auto-title>](<pr-url>)
- Merged:
    - [<auto-title>](<pr-url>)
- Reviewed:
    - [<auto-title>](<pr-url>)

<free-form bullets / notes at top level, no header>

Next:
- <bullet>

Auto-title pattern: <PR title> by <author> · Pull Request #<number> · <owner>/<repo> — matches GitHub's own <title> element.

Style rules:

• Section headers are top-level - bullets ending in : (e.g. - Created PRs:).
• PR links nest one level deeper as - bullets, indented with 4 spaces (or one tab).
• No inline state annotations (— open, — merged, timestamps). Section placement carries that info.
• No "Other:" header — free-form lines live at top level between Reviewed and Next.
• Sections are omitted when empty; never leave empty headers.
• Trailing space after #yolo-standup is intentional (file convention).

Section rules

Section	Inclusion rule
Created PRs	PRs authored by the user whose created_at is today (local tz). Includes PRs created today that were also merged today.
Merged	PRs authored by the user with merged_at today AND created_at < today.
Reviewed	PRs NOT authored by the user that have a review by the user with submitted_at today. Exclude PRs already in Created or Merged.
Free-form	Manual notes (meetings, blockers, learnings). Preserved verbatim.
Next:	Manual TODO bullets for tomorrow. Preserved verbatim.

Dedupe rules

• Cross-section: a PR URL appears in at most one section, priority: Created > Merged > Reviewed.
• Cross-source: the same PR URL must not appear twice even if it surfaces from both gh and the Enterprise MCP. Normalize URLs (strip trailing slash, query string) before comparing.
• Append-aware: if the file already lists a PR URL anywhere, do not add it again. Manually-written free-form lines stay untouched.

Workflow

Step 1 — Gather data, in parallel

1a. GitHub Enterprise via context-a8c MCP (optional)

If STANDUP_GH_USER_ENTERPRISE is set, load the provider once per session:

mcp__context-a8c__context-a8c-load-provider  provider: "github-a8c"

For each repo in STANDUP_ENTERPRISE_REPOS:

mcp__context-a8c__context-a8c-execute-tool
  provider: "github-a8c"
  tool: "search-pull-requests"
  params: { query: "author:${STANDUP_GH_USER_ENTERPRISE} updated:YYYY-MM-DD", owner: "${STANDUP_ENTERPRISE_OWNER}", repo: "<repo>", perPage: 50 }

Then the same with reviewed-by:${STANDUP_GH_USER_ENTERPRISE}.

Note: global queries return 0 results on this host; always scope by owner + repo.

If output exceeds the response limit, the MCP server saves JSON to a file path — use jq to extract {number, title, state, created_at, updated_at, closed_at, merged_at, html_url, user.login, pull_request.merged_at}.

1b. github.com via gh CLI

gh pr list --author=@me --state=all \
  --json url,title,number,createdAt,mergedAt,state,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner \
  --search "created:$(date +%Y-%m-%d) OR updated:$(date +%Y-%m-%d)"

Reviews via GraphQL:

TODAY=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
FROM="${TODAY}T00:00:00Z"
gh api graphql -f query='
query($from: DateTime!) {
  viewer {
    contributionsCollection(from: $from) {
      pullRequestReviewContributions(first: 50) {
        nodes { pullRequest { url title number author { login } merged createdAt } }
      }
      pullRequestContributions(first: 50) {
        nodes { pullRequest { url title number merged mergedAt createdAt state } }
      }
    }
  }
}' -f from="$FROM"

Step 2 — Classify each PR

For PRs authored by the user (login = $STANDUP_GH_USER or $STANDUP_GH_USER_ENTERPRISE):

• created_at == today → Created PRs.
• created_at < today AND merged_at == today → Merged.
• Otherwise (still open from before today, or closed-not-merged) → ignore unless explicitly mentioned in free-form.

For PRs not authored by the user with a review submitted today → Reviewed, only if the URL isn't already in Created or Merged.

Step 3 — Resolve auto-title

Build the link using the auto-title pattern. Pull title, user.login, number, owner/repo (from html_url or repository_url).

Example:

[Some PR title by your-handle · Pull Request #12345 · owner/repo](https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/12345)

Step 4 — Read existing file

Path: ${STANDUP_PATH}/YYYY-MM-DD.md. Quote the path in bash (folders may contain spaces or emoji).

If the file doesn't exist, scaffold:

#yolo-standup 
Today:

Next:

If the file exists, parse section-by-section. Collect every PR URL already present into a known-set for dedup.

Step 5 — Merge

• For each new PR URL not in the known-set, append it to its target section in classification order (Created → Merged → Reviewed).
• Preserve every existing PR line, free-form line, and Next: bullet exactly as-is. The skill is additive — never rewrites or reorders existing content.
• If the file is missing one of the headers and there's content for it, insert the header in canonical order.
• Never insert an empty header.

Step 6 — Write

Write the merged file. Confirm with the user:

1. New PRs added per section.
2. Duplicates skipped (per source).
3. Hosts that errored (note github-a8c 422 errors for repos that don't exist or are inaccessible).

Pitfalls

• Timezone: GitHub returns UTC. Convert to the user's local date before comparing to "today". A PR at 2026-05-14T23:30:00Z is 2026-05-15 for UTC+1.
• Search index lag: Enterprise search can lag by minutes for very fresh PRs. Retry once after a short pause; fall back to fetching by number with the pull-request tool if still missing.
• Multiple repos: when a repo returns nothing and the user expected activity, ask which repo to query rather than guessing.
• Path quoting: STANDUP_PATH may contain spaces or emoji (e.g. 💼 work/standup). Quote everywhere in bash.
• No revert of user edits: if the user previously trimmed annotations, do not re-add them on the next run.

Done criteria

• File at ${STANDUP_PATH}/YYYY-MM-DD.md exists with today's PR activity split into Created / Merged / Reviewed.
• No URL appears in more than one section.
• No URL appears twice within a section.
• All pre-existing free-form bullets and Next: entries are untouched.
• Short summary printed listing what was added and what was deduped.