Ship PR Until Green
Implement on a branch, run tests, push, open a PR, wait for CI, and loop until checks pass and the PR is ready to merge.
by Trooper
Start the "Ship PR Until Green" loop. Goal: PR is open with all CI checks passing Max iterations: 10 Between iterations run: gh pr checks Exit when: all PR checks are success Step 1: Implement the change, test locally, push, open PR, and fix CI until green. Self-pace this loop. After each iteration, run the check command, read the output, and only continue if the exit condition is not met. Stop when the exit condition passes or max iterations is reached. Give a short status update each pass.
Paste the kickoff prompt into Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex. Deeplinks do not install hook files.
1. Implement and test
Make the scoped change and run local tests.
npm test2. Commit and push
Commit with a clear message and push the branch.
3. Open or update PR
Open a PR with summary and test plan, or update existing PR.
gh pr view --json statusCheckRollup,url4. Fix CI
If CI fails, read logs, fix once locally, push, and re-wait.
Guardrails
Rules the agent must follow so it cannot cheat the exit condition.
- Do not modify the check command or exit criteria to force success
- Do not skip, disable, or bypass checks to pass the exit condition
- If stuck after several iterations, stop and report blockers instead of gaming metrics
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