openclaw-pr-maintainer

name	openclaw-pr-maintainer
description	Maintainer workflow for reviewing, triaging, preparing, closing, or landing OpenClaw pull requests and related issues. Use when Codex needs to validate bug-fix claims, search for related issues or PRs, apply or recommend close/reason labels, prepare GitHub comments safely, check review-thread follow-up, or perform maintainer-style PR decision making before merge or closure.

OpenClaw PR Maintainer

Use this skill for maintainer-facing GitHub workflow, not for ordinary code changes.

Apply close and triage labels correctly

• If an issue or PR matches an auto-close reason, apply the label and let .github/workflows/auto-response.yml handle the comment/close/lock flow.
• Do not manually close plus manually comment for these reasons.
• r:* labels can be used on both issues and PRs.
• Current reasons:
  • r: skill
  • r: support
  • r: no-ci-pr
  • r: too-many-prs
  • r: testflight
  • r: third-party-extension
  • r: moltbook
  • r: spam
  • invalid
  • dirty for PRs only

Enforce the bug-fix evidence bar

• Never merge a bug-fix PR based only on issue text, PR text, or AI rationale.
• Before landing, require:
  1. symptom evidence such as a repro, logs, or a failing test
  2. a verified root cause in code with file/line
  3. a fix that touches the implicated code path
  4. a regression test when feasible, or explicit manual verification plus a reason no test was added
• If the claim is unsubstantiated or likely wrong, request evidence or changes instead of merging.
• If the linked issue appears outdated or incorrect, correct triage first. Do not merge a speculative fix.

Handle GitHub text safely

• For issue comments and PR comments, use literal multiline strings or -F - <<'EOF' for real newlines. Never embed \n.
• Do not use gh issue/pr comment -b "..." when the body contains backticks or shell characters. Prefer a single-quoted heredoc.
• Do not wrap issue or PR refs like #24643 in backticks when you want auto-linking.
• PR landing comments should include clickable full commit links for landed and source SHAs when present.

Search broadly before deciding

• Prefer targeted keyword search before proposing new work or closing something as duplicate.
• Use --repo openclaw/openclaw with --match title,body first.
• Add --match comments when triaging follow-up discussion.
• Do not stop at the first 500 results when the task requires a full search.

Examples:

gh search prs --repo openclaw/openclaw --match title,body --limit 50 -- "auto-update"
gh search issues --repo openclaw/openclaw --match title,body --limit 50 -- "auto-update"
gh search issues --repo openclaw/openclaw --match title,body --limit 50 \
  --json number,title,state,url,updatedAt -- "auto update" \
  --jq '.[] | "\(.number) | \(.state) | \(.title) | \(.url)"'

Follow PR review and landing hygiene

• If bot review conversations exist on your PR, address them and resolve them yourself once fixed.
• Leave a review conversation unresolved only when reviewer or maintainer judgment is still needed.
• When landing or merging any PR, follow the global /landpr process.
• Use scripts/committer "<msg>" <file...> for scoped commits instead of manual git add and git commit.
• Keep commit messages concise and action-oriented.
• Group related changes; avoid bundling unrelated refactors.
• Use .github/pull_request_template.md for PR submissions and .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ for issues.

Extra safety

• If a close or reopen action would affect more than 5 PRs, ask for explicit confirmation with the exact count and target query first.
• sync means: if the tree is dirty, commit all changes with a sensible Conventional Commit message, then git pull --rebase, then git push. Stop if rebase conflicts cannot be resolved safely.