check-status_skill

Overview

This skill provides a fast, multi-source project status report to refresh context, start sessions, and surface blockers. It gathers VCS state, code review data, issues, and CI results, aggregates them by time and stack, and presents a scannable summary with actionable items and links. Use it to get an immediate, cross-system sitrep before planning or troubleshooting.

How this skill works

It parses natural-language time constraints (defaulting to 7 days) and runs parallel queries against available sources: VCS, code review platforms, issue trackers, and CI systems. Results are aggregated with stack-aware grouping, cross-referenced (PR→branch, issue→PR, CI→PR), and filtered by recency and status. The output is formatted for quick scanning with visual indicators, relative timestamps, and a highlighted attention-needed section linking to deep dives.

When to use it

• Starting a work session to refresh context
• Asking “what's changed”, “sitrep”, or “status report”
• Before planning or prioritization to surface blockers
• Reviewing recent team activity across PRs, issues, and CI
• Checking relationships between PRs and branch stacks

Best practices

• Specify time constraints naturally (e.g., “last 24 hours”, “this week”)—defaults to 7 days if omitted
• Run queries in parallel and apply timeouts; skip unavailable sources gracefully
• Group PRs by stack or branch hierarchy to show parent/child relationships
• Highlight actionable items first: failed CI, blocking reviews, high-priority issues
• Include relative timestamps and direct links for rapid deep-dive

Example use cases

• Generate a session starter report to prioritize the day’s work
• Quickly find failing pipelines and the PRs they affect before a deploy
• Aggregate recent commits, open PRs, and issues for a pre-planning snapshot
• Identify which PR in a stack is blocking downstream changes
• Produce a brief standup-ready summary with attention items and links