poll-for-work

name	poll-for-work
description	Poll for assigned experiment PRs for a student. Use this skill to: check for assignments, poll for work, see if there's a PR assigned to me. Triggers for: "any work for me?", "check for assignments", "poll for PRs".
argument-hint	<student-name>
context	fork
model	claude-sonnet-4-6
effort	high

poll-for-work

Check whether the advisor has assigned you an experiment PR to work on. This is a one-shot check: return the result to the parent agent immediately.

Assignments are Github labels, not GitHub assignees:

• The current advisor branch is also a routing label. A PR is assigned to you only when it has the following labels: $ADVISOR_BRANCH (current advisor branch), your name label like so: student:$0, and this status label: status:wip.
• Never use gh pr list --assignee ..., --author, or a hand-written replacement query for assignment polling.
• Do not use the Claude Code Monitor tool for assignment polling. The pod entrypoint owns waiting and re-entry.

Arguments

• $0 — Your student name (e.g. fern)

Steps

1. Source the library and query for assigned experiment PRs:

source "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/senpai-gh.sh"
student_poll_for_work "$0"

2. If PRs are returned, for each one:

   • Note the PR number, title, and branch name
   • Check for advisor comments (this might be a revision, not a fresh assignment):

     pr_all_comments <number>
     

3. Return a summary:

If work is available:

WORK_AVAILABLE: PR <pr-number> "<pr-title>" on branch <branch-name>

If the PR has revision comments from the advisor, include that:

WORK_AVAILABLE (REVISION): PR <pr-number> "<pr-title>" on branch <branch-name> — advisor requests: "<advisor-comment>"

If nothing:

NO_WORK

Keep the response short — the parent agent just needs to know whether to start working or keep waiting.