analyse

Analyze GitHub threads + repo vitality. Help maintainers triage, respond, decide fast. Output actionable + structured — not just summaries.

NOT for implementing PR action items (use oss:resolve). NOT for code-quality assessment on a PR — phrasing like "review PR #N" or "does this PR look good?" routes here via TRIGGER (PR number + "analyze/summarize" verbs) but yields thread analysis, not code review. When request is code quality, route to oss:review (requires oss plugin) instead. NOT for multi-agent code review (use oss:review). NOT for CI pipeline diagnosis (use oss:cicd-steward (requires oss plugin)).

• $ARGUMENTS: one of:
  • N (number, plain 123 or #123) — any GitHub thread: issue, PR, or discussion; auto-detects type
  • vitality [<owner>/<repo> | <github-url>] — repo vitality overview with 9-axis health scorecard, duplicate detection. Optional repo argument accepts owner/repo shorthand or full https://github.com/owner/repo URL. Omitted → auto-detected from git upstream. Non-GitHub remotes (GitLab, Bitbucket, etc.) stop with warning.
  • ecosystem — downstream consumer impact analysis for library maintainers
  • --reply — only valid with N; spawns shepherd to draft contributor-facing reply after thread analysis. Silently ignored for vitality and ecosystem.
  • --quick — only meaningful with vitality; fast daily-scorecard path skipping Codex independent review (Step 5) and mandatory adversarial rework loop (Step 6), reduces spawns to core 4 (gh-scraper + 3 axis scorers). Full mode (all quality passes) stays default. Silently ignored for N, ecosystem, report-path modes.
  • path/to/report.md — path to existing report file; only valid combined with --reply; skips all analysis, spawns shepherd directly using provided file

Background agent health monitoring (CLAUDE.md §6) — applies to Step 7 shepherd spawn MONITOR_INTERVAL=300 # 5 minutes between polls HARD_CUTOFF=900 # 15 minutes of no file activity → declare timed out EXTENSION=300 # one +5 min extension if output file explains delay

loads: compaction-contract.md Key boundary: end of Step 5 — gather/fetch complete, before Step 6 synthesis gate. Preserve: cache-dir (.cache/gh), target # (CLEAN_ARGS), synthesized report path, reply-mode flag.

Agent Resolution

# loads: compaction-contract.md
# Cold-start fallback:
_OSS_SHARED=$(python "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-plugins/oss}/bin/resolve_shared_path.py" oss skills/_shared 2>/dev/null)  # timeout: 5000
# Empty _OSS_SHARED → resolve_shared_path.py failed (missing python/script or oss plugin);
# downstream `[ -f "$_OSS_SHARED/..." ]` paths silently expand, Step 7 fails after full analysis.
# --reply: hard fail; non-reply: degrade gracefully.
if [ -z "$_OSS_SHARED" ]; then
    if [ "$REPLY_MODE" = "true" ]; then
        echo "! BLOCKED — could not resolve _OSS_SHARED (oss plugin missing, python unavailable, or resolve_shared_path.py absent); --reply mode requires it"
        exit 1
    else
        echo "⚠ _OSS_SHARED empty — oss plugin shared dir unresolved; continuing with degraded functionality (--reply will fail in this run)"
    fi
fi
FOUNDRY_SHARED=$(python "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-plugins/oss}/bin/resolve_shared_path.py" foundry skills/_shared 2>/dev/null)  # timeout: 5000 — loads: terminal-summaries.md (from foundry plugin _shared/); consumed by modes/thread.md, modes/vitality.md, modes/ecosystem.md
# Persist $_OSS_SHARED — fresh shell loses vars (Check 41)
echo "${_OSS_SHARED:-}" > "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-oss-shared"

loads: oss-shared-resolver.md

Step 1: Flag parsing

# Extract --keep value before CLEAN_ARGS cleaning (compaction-contract.md §keep: semantics)
KEEP_ITEMS=""
if [[ "$ARGUMENTS" =~ --keep[[:space:]]\"([^\"]+)\" ]]; then
    KEEP_ITEMS="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
fi
echo "${KEEP_ITEMS:-}" > "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-keep-items"  # timeout: 5000
# Clear stale contract from any prior incomplete run (compaction-contract.md §Lifecycle)
rm -f .claude/state/skill-contract.md  # timeout: 5000
REPLY_MODE=false
QUICK_MODE=false
CLEAN_ARGS=$ARGUMENTS
# Anchored token match, not substring — substring falsely fires on `--reply-later`, repo names with `--reply-bot`.
if [[ " $ARGUMENTS " == *" --reply "* ]]; then
    REPLY_MODE=true
    CLEAN_ARGS=$(echo "$CLEAN_ARGS" | sed -E 's/(^| )--reply($| )/\1\2/')
fi
# --quick: vitality-only fast path — skips codex review + adversarial rework loop, fewer spawns. Silently ignored for N/ecosystem modes.
if [[ " $ARGUMENTS " == *" --quick "* ]]; then
    QUICK_MODE=true
    CLEAN_ARGS=$(echo "$CLEAN_ARGS" | sed -E 's/(^| )--quick($| )/\1\2/')
fi
# Strip --keep and its quoted value — consumed above
CLEAN_ARGS=$(echo "$CLEAN_ARGS" | sed 's/ --keep "[^"]*"//g')
CLEAN_ARGS="${CLEAN_ARGS#"${CLEAN_ARGS%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
# Persist REPLY_MODE + QUICK_MODE + CLEAN_ARGS — fresh shell loses vars (Check 41)
echo "$REPLY_MODE" > "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-reply-mode"
echo "$QUICK_MODE" > "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-quick-mode"
echo "$CLEAN_ARGS" > "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-clean-args" # timeout: 5000

# Reload CLEAN_ARGS — fresh shell (Check 41)
CLEAN_ARGS=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-clean-args" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
CLEAN_ARGS="${CLEAN_ARGS#\#}"
echo "$CLEAN_ARGS" > "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-clean-args"

REPLY_MODE only meaningful when $CLEAN_ARGS is number — silently ignored for vitality and ecosystem.

# Reload CLEAN_ARGS — fresh shell (Check 41)
CLEAN_ARGS=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-clean-args" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
DIRECT_PATH_MODE=false
REPORT_FILE=""
# *.md check must not intercept vitality/ecosystem; also reject plan/todo files
if [[ "$CLEAN_ARGS" == *.md ]] && [[ "$CLEAN_ARGS" != vitality* ]] && [[ "$CLEAN_ARGS" != ecosystem* ]]; then
    if [[ "$CLEAN_ARGS" == .plans/* ]] || [[ "$CLEAN_ARGS" == *todo_*.md ]]; then
        echo "! Invalid report path: '$CLEAN_ARGS' — plan/todo files are not valid report paths."
        echo "Usage: /oss:analyse <path/to/report.md> --reply  (use a .reports/ path)"
        exit 1
    fi
    DIRECT_PATH_MODE=true
    REPORT_FILE="$CLEAN_ARGS"
fi
# Persist DIRECT_PATH_MODE + REPORT_FILE — fresh shell loses vars (Check 41)
echo "$DIRECT_PATH_MODE" > "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-direct-path-mode"
echo "$REPORT_FILE" > "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-report-file" # timeout: 5000
# Persist TODAY — repeated `date +%Y-%m-%d` may roll over midnight, producing mismatched cache/report paths
_TODAY_FILE="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-today"
if [ -f "$_TODAY_FILE" ]; then
    TODAY=$(cat "$_TODAY_FILE")
else
    TODAY=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
    echo "$TODAY" > "$_TODAY_FILE"
fi

DIRECT_PATH_MODE=true only valid when REPLY_MODE=true — if combined without --reply, Step 2 prints plain-text error and stops; execution never reaches Step 5 mode dispatch.

# Reload CLEAN_ARGS — fresh shell (Check 41)
CLEAN_ARGS=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-clean-args" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
GH_OWNER=""
GH_REPO=""
if [[ "$CLEAN_ARGS" == vitality* ]]; then
    VITALITY_EXTRA="${CLEAN_ARGS#vitality}"
    VITALITY_EXTRA="${VITALITY_EXTRA# }"

    if [ -n "$VITALITY_EXTRA" ]; then
        if [[ "$VITALITY_EXTRA" =~ ^https?:// ]]; then
            if [[ "$VITALITY_EXTRA" != *"github.com"* ]]; then
                echo "⚠ Not a GitHub URL — this skill supports GitHub only."
                echo "Other providers (GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps) are not supported."
                echo "Usage: /oss:analyse vitality https://github.com/owner/repo"
                exit 0
            fi
            VITALITY_REPO=$(echo "$VITALITY_EXTRA" | sed 's|https\?://github\.com/||' | cut -d'/' -f1-2)  # timeout: 5000
        elif [[ "$VITALITY_EXTRA" =~ ^[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+/[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+$ ]]; then
            VITALITY_REPO="$VITALITY_EXTRA"
        else
            echo "⚠ Unrecognised vitality argument: '$VITALITY_EXTRA'"
            echo "Usage: /oss:analyse vitality [owner/repo | https://github.com/owner/repo]"
            exit 0
        fi
    else
        VITALITY_REPO=$(gh repo view --json nameWithOwner --jq '.nameWithOwner' 2>/dev/null)  # timeout: 10000
        if [ -z "$VITALITY_REPO" ]; then
            REMOTE_URL=$(git remote get-url origin 2>/dev/null || echo "")  # timeout: 5000
            if [[ "$REMOTE_URL" == *"github.com"* ]]; then
                VITALITY_REPO=$(echo "$REMOTE_URL" | sed 's|.*github\.com[:/]||' | sed 's|\.git$||')  # timeout: 5000
            elif [ -n "$REMOTE_URL" ]; then
                echo "⚠ Remote '$REMOTE_URL' is not a GitHub repository."
                echo "This skill supports GitHub only. Other providers are not supported."
                echo "Tip: /oss:analyse vitality https://github.com/owner/repo"
                exit 0
            else
                echo "⚠ No GitHub repository detected. Pass a URL:"
                echo "  /oss:analyse vitality https://github.com/owner/repo"
                exit 0
            fi
        fi
    fi
    GH_OWNER=$(echo "$VITALITY_REPO" | cut -d'/' -f1)  # timeout: 5000
    GH_REPO=$(echo "$VITALITY_REPO" | cut -d'/' -f2)  # timeout: 5000
    CLEAN_ARGS="vitality"  # normalise for mode dispatch
fi
# Persist $CLEAN_ARGS — fresh shell loses vars (Check 41)
echo "${CLEAN_ARGS:-}" > "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-clean-args"

Unsupported flag check — after all supported flags extracted, scan $ARGUMENTS for any remaining --<token> tokens. If found: invoke AskUserQuestion with:

• question: "Unknown flag(s): --<token>. Supported: --reply, --quick, --keep. How to proceed?"
• (a) Abort — re-invoke with correct flags
• (b) Continue ignoring unknown flags

Step 2: Reply-mode fast-path (only when REPLY_MODE=true)

Skip when REPLY_MODE=false and DIRECT_PATH_MODE=false.

Direct report path (DIRECT_PATH_MODE=true — checked first). The error branches below execute as explicit bash exit 1 blocks — stop is not prose advice; the workflow must terminate hard before any downstream step can fire a misleading Item .md not found on GitHub error:

# Reload vars — fresh shell (Check 41)
REPLY_MODE=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-reply-mode" 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
DIRECT_PATH_MODE=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-direct-path-mode" 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
REPORT_FILE=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-report-file" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
if [ "$DIRECT_PATH_MODE" = "true" ] && [ "$REPLY_MODE" = "false" ]; then
    echo "! Error: report path '$REPORT_FILE' passed without --reply."
    echo "  Re-run as: /oss:analyse $REPORT_FILE --reply"
    echo "  Or use:    /oss:analyse <N> | vitality | ecosystem"
    exit 1
fi
if [ "$DIRECT_PATH_MODE" = "true" ] && [ "$REPLY_MODE" = "true" ] && [ ! -f "$REPORT_FILE" ]; then
    echo "! Error: report not found at $REPORT_FILE"
    exit 1
fi
if [ "$DIRECT_PATH_MODE" = "true" ] && [ "$REPLY_MODE" = "true" ] && [ -f "$REPORT_FILE" ]; then
    echo "[direct] using $REPORT_FILE"
    # Skip to Step 7 — orchestrator branches on DIRECT_PATH_MODE=true && REPLY_MODE=true
fi

After the block above: DIRECT_PATH_MODE=true && REPLY_MODE=true && file exists → skip to Step 7 (don't run auto-detection fast-path below).

Remaining fast-path logic (TODAY, REPORT_FILE auto-construction, drift check) only runs when DIRECT_PATH_MODE=false.

When REPLY_MODE=true, check if fresh report already exists before any API calls:

# Reload vars — fresh shell (Check 41)
CLEAN_ARGS=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-clean-args" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
TODAY=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-today" 2>/dev/null || date +%Y-%m-%d)
# Numeric mode only — vitality/ecosystem set REPORT_FILE in their mode files; DIRECT_PATH_MODE already set above.
SUBDIR="thread"  # default for numeric args; overridden in vitality/ecosystem mode files
_REPO_SLUG=$(gh repo view --json nameWithOwner --jq .nameWithOwner 2>/dev/null | tr '/' '-' | tr -cd '[:alnum:]-')
[ -z "$_REPO_SLUG" ] && _REPO_SLUG="local"
REPORT_FILE=".reports/analyse/$SUBDIR/output-analyse-$SUBDIR-${_REPO_SLUG}-$CLEAN_ARGS-$TODAY.md"
DRIFT=false
FAST_PATH=false
FAST_PATH_TENTATIVE=false

if [ -f "$REPORT_FILE" ]; then
    REPORT_MTIME=$(stat -f %m "$REPORT_FILE" 2>/dev/null || stat -c %Y "$REPORT_FILE")  # timeout: 5000
    FAST_PATH_TENTATIVE=true  # drift check deferred to Step 4 — type must be known first
fi
# Persist — fresh shell loses vars (Check 41)
echo "$DRIFT" > "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-drift"
echo "$FAST_PATH" > "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-fast-path"
echo "$FAST_PATH_TENTATIVE" > "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-fast-path-tentative"
echo "${REPORT_MTIME:-0}" > "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-report-mtime"

• FAST_PATH_TENTATIVE=true → continue to Steps 3–4 for type detection and type-aware drift check. If no new activity confirmed: FAST_PATH=true → print [resume] reusing existing report for #$CLEAN_ARGS → jump to Step 7.
• FAST_PATH_TENTATIVE=false (report missing) → continue to Step 3.

Step 3: Cache layer (numeric arguments only)

Check local cache before API calls — prevents redundant fetches, avoids GitHub rate limits when re-analysing same item same day.

# Reload vars — fresh shell (Check 41)
CLEAN_ARGS=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-clean-args" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
TODAY=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-today" 2>/dev/null || date +%Y-%m-%d)
CACHE_DIR=".cache/gh"
# Repo slug in key prevents cross-repo cache poisoning (same issue# different repo)
_CACHE_REPO=$(gh repo view --json nameWithOwner --jq .nameWithOwner 2>/dev/null | tr '/' '-')
if [ -z "$_CACHE_REPO" ]; then
    # No stable repo ID — disable caching; fallback key risks cross-repo collision
    CACHE_FILE=""
else
    CACHE_FILE="$CACHE_DIR/$_CACHE_REPO-$CLEAN_ARGS-$TODAY.json"
fi
# Persist $CACHE_FILE — fresh shell (Check 41)
echo "${CACHE_FILE:-}" > "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-cache-file"
mkdir -p "$CACHE_DIR" # timeout: 5000
# Thread mode requires git+GitHub context for {owner}/{repo} substitution
if [ -z "$_CACHE_REPO" ] && [[ "$CLEAN_ARGS" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
    echo "⚠ No GitHub repository context — cannot resolve repository for thread mode."
    echo "Run from inside a git repository with a GitHub remote:"
    echo "  cd /path/to/repo && /oss:analyse $CLEAN_ARGS"
    exit 0
fi

Cache hit — if $CACHE_FILE exists:

• Read type, item, comments fields from JSON; TYPE known
• Skip all primary gh item fetches in modes/thread.md
• Print [cache] #$CLEAN_ARGS ($TODAY) as one-line status note
• Still run wide-net searches (dynamic — never cached)
• FAST_PATH_TENTATIVE=true: run lightweight drift check now that TYPE known, then skip Step 4 type-detection API calls:

# Reload drift state — fresh shell (Check 41)
DRIFT=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-drift" 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
FAST_PATH=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-fast-path" 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
FAST_PATH_TENTATIVE=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-fast-path-tentative" 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
REPORT_MTIME=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-report-mtime" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
# Corrupt cache guard — validate TYPE before use
[ "$TYPE" = "pr" ] || [ "$TYPE" = "issue" ] || [ "$TYPE" = "discussion" ] || { echo "! Error: corrupt cache — invalid type \"$TYPE\" for #$CLEAN_ARGS; delete .cache/gh/ to reset"; exit 1; }
# Cache hit + FAST_PATH_TENTATIVE: lightweight updatedAt call; UPDATED_TS > REPORT_MTIME → DRIFT=true
if [ "$TYPE" = "discussion" ]; then
    UPDATED_AT=$(gh api graphql \
        -f query='query($owner:String!,$repo:String!,$number:Int!){repository(owner:$owner,name:$repo){discussion(number:$number){updatedAt}}}' \
        -f owner='{owner}' -f repo='{repo}' -F number=$CLEAN_ARGS \
        --jq '.data.repository.discussion.updatedAt' 2>/dev/null)  # timeout: 6000
else
    UPDATED_AT=$(gh api "repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/$CLEAN_ARGS" --jq '.updated_at' 2>/dev/null)  # timeout: 6000
fi
UPDATED_TS=$(date -d "$UPDATED_AT" +%s 2>/dev/null || date -j -f "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ" "$UPDATED_AT" +%s 2>/dev/null)  # timeout: 5000
# Date parse failure → treat as drifted (conservative)
[ -z "$UPDATED_TS" ] && DRIFT=true
[ "$UPDATED_TS" -gt "$REPORT_MTIME" ] && DRIFT=true
[ "$DRIFT" = "false" ] && FAST_PATH=true && echo "[resume] reusing existing report for #$CLEAN_ARGS"

FAST_PATH=true → skip to Step 7. DRIFT=true → continue (full re-analysis from cached data).

Cache miss — after fetching in modes/thread.md, write:

# Reload vars — fresh shell (Check 41)
CLEAN_ARGS=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-clean-args" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
CACHE_FILE=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-cache-file" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
[ -n "$ITEM" ] && [ -n "$CACHE_FILE" ] && jq -n \
    --arg ts "$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" \
    --arg type "$TYPE" \
    --argjson number "$CLEAN_ARGS" \
    --argjson item "$ITEM" \
    --arg comments "$COMMENTS" \
    '{"ts":$ts,"type":$type,"number":$number,"item":$item,"comments":$comments}' \
    >"$CACHE_FILE" || echo "⚠ cache write skipped — empty or malformed API response" # timeout: 5000

Stale cache — file for same number but earlier date ignored. Old files left — small, provide audit history.

mtime reliability caveat: stat mtime unreliable after rsync/copy, in CI with frozen clocks, or on HFS+ (1-second granularity). If drift check produces unexpected fast-path hits, verify report mtime with stat "$REPORT_FILE". Workaround: delete cached report to force full re-analysis.

Cache applies to: issue/PR/discussion primary fetch and comments. Cache does NOT apply to: gh issue list, gh pr list, gh pr checks, gh pr diff, discussion list queries, vitality/ecosystem modes.

Step 4: Auto-Detection (numeric arguments only)

Issues, PRs, discussions share unified running index — given number is exactly one type. Cache hit: read TYPE and ITEM from $CACHE_FILE — skip gh calls below.

Cache miss:

# Reload drift state — fresh shell (Check 41)
DRIFT=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-drift" 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
FAST_PATH_TENTATIVE=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-fast-path-tentative" 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
REPORT_MTIME=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-report-mtime" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
CLEAN_ARGS=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-clean-args" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
# One call covers all types; writes TYPE/UPDATED_AT/DRIFT to ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/oss-detect-<var>
if [ "$FAST_PATH_TENTATIVE" = "true" ]; then
    python "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-plugins/oss}/bin/detect_thread_type.py" --number "$CLEAN_ARGS" --report-mtime "$REPORT_MTIME" 2>/dev/null  # timeout: 15000
else
    python "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-plugins/oss}/bin/detect_thread_type.py" --number "$CLEAN_ARGS" 2>/dev/null  # timeout: 15000
fi
TYPE=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/oss-detect-type" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
DRIFT=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/oss-detect-drift" 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
if [ "$FAST_PATH_TENTATIVE" = "true" ] && [ "$TYPE" != "unknown" ] && [ "$DRIFT" = "false" ]; then
    FAST_PATH=true
    echo "[resume] reusing existing report for #$CLEAN_ARGS"
fi
# TYPE=unknown: stop — don't fall through to Step 5
if [ "$TYPE" = "unknown" ]; then
    echo "Item #$CLEAN_ARGS not found on GitHub. Re-run with a different number, or use \`/oss:analyse vitality\` for repo overview."
    exit 1
fi

Step 5: Mode dispatch

Read and execute the mode file from ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-plugins/oss}/skills/analyse/modes/.

Argument	Mode file
number (any type)	modes/thread.md
vitality	modes/vitality.md
ecosystem	modes/ecosystem.md

loads: vitality-report.md (used by modes/vitality.md as REPORT_TPL)

# Compaction contract — boundary: after gather/fetch (Step 5), before synthesis gate (compaction-contract.md §Lifecycle)
_CLEAN_ARGS=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-clean-args" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
_REPORT_FILE=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-report-file" 2>/dev/null || echo "pending")
_REPLY_MODE=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-reply-mode" 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
_KEEP=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-keep-items" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
_PRESERVE="target=#${_CLEAN_ARGS}, cache-dir=.cache/gh, report=${_REPORT_FILE}, reply-mode=${_REPLY_MODE}"
[ -n "$_KEEP" ] && _PRESERVE="$_PRESERVE; user-keep: $_KEEP"
mkdir -p .claude/state  # timeout: 5000
{
    echo "## Active Skill Contract"
    echo "- skill: oss:analyse · phase: synthesis (after gather/fetch)"
    echo "- run-dir: .cache/gh"
    echo "- preserve: ${_PRESERVE}"
    echo "- next: reply gate (Step 6) or shepherd reply (Step 7)"
} > .claude/state/skill-contract.md  # timeout: 5000

Step 6: Reply gate — STOP CHECK

Run before Confidence block regardless of --reply mode.

REPLY_MODE=true: response incomplete until Step 7 done and reply file written. Proceed to Step 7 — ## Confidence block goes at end of Step 7 instead.

REPLY_MODE=false — do NOT proceed to Step 7. Execute both sub-steps below, then end response.

6a — Follow-up gate

Invoke AskUserQuestion. Options depend on mode:

Thread mode ($CLEAN_ARGS is a number):

• question: "What next?"
• (a) label: /develop:fix — description: diagnose and fix the reported issue (requires develop plugin)
• (b) label: /develop:feature — description: implement as new feature (requires develop plugin)
• (c) label: draft reply — description: run /oss:analyse $CLEAN_ARGS --reply to shepherd a contributor-facing reply
• (d) label: skip — description: no action

Vitality / ecosystem mode ($CLEAN_ARGS is vitality or ecosystem):

• question: "What next?"
• (a) label: /oss:analyse <N> --reply — description: draft reply for specific thread
• (b) label: /oss:review <N> — description: full code review for specific PR (requires oss plugin)
• (c) label: skip — description: no action

6b — Confidence block (REPLY_MODE=false only)

End response with ## Confidence block per CLAUDE.md output standards.

rm -f .claude/state/skill-contract.md  # clear contract — skill complete (compaction-contract.md §Lifecycle)  # timeout: 5000

Step 7: Draft contributor reply (only when --reply, thread mode only)

# Reload vars — fresh shell (Check 41)
_OSS_SHARED=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-oss-shared" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
CLEAN_ARGS=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-clean-args" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
TODAY=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-today" 2>/dev/null || date +%Y-%m-%d)

Report at $REPORT_FILE guaranteed to exist — either reused via fast-path (Step 2, FAST_PATH=true) or freshly written by Step 5.

# Reload _OSS_SHARED — fresh shell (Check 41)
_OSS_SHARED=$(cat "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/analyse-oss-shared" 2>/dev/null || echo "")

Read $_OSS_SHARED/shepherd-reply-protocol.md — apply invocation pattern and terminal summary format.

Agent(
  subagent_type="oss:shepherd",
  description="Draft contributor reply for thread #<CLEAN_ARGS>",
  prompt="Read <_OSS_SHARED>/shepherd-reply-protocol.md and follow its invocation pattern. Report: <REPORT_FILE>. Thread #<CLEAN_ARGS>. Fetch thread context via `gh issue view <CLEAN_ARGS> --comments` (or GraphQL for discussions) if not already in report. Write full reply draft to .reports/analyse/thread/output-reply-thread-<CLEAN_ARGS>-<TODAY>.md using the Write tool. Return ONLY: {\"status\":\"done\",\"file\":\"<OUTPUT_PATH>\",\"confidence\":0.N}"
)

Replace <_OSS_SHARED>, <REPORT_FILE>, <CLEAN_ARGS>, <TODAY> with actual runtime values before spawning — agents receive text, not shell variables.

Verify output file exists and is non-empty after spawn: [ -s "<OUTPUT_PATH>" ] || { echo "⚠ shepherd output empty or missing"; }

If DRIFT=true: append [analysis refreshed — new activity since last report] to terminal summary.

Health monitoring (CLAUDE.md §6): Agent spawns synchronous — Claude awaits natively. On timeout ($HARD_CUTOFF seconds): read tail -100 of expected reply path; if none, use {"verdict":"timed_out"}; surface with ⏱. Never silently omit.

End response with ## Confidence block per CLAUDE.md — always absolute last thing.

rm -f .claude/state/skill-contract.md  # clear contract — skill complete (compaction-contract.md §Lifecycle)  # timeout: 5000

Calibratable modes: thread (duplicate detection recall), vitality (repo vitality metrics accuracy), ecosystem (impact analysis accuracy).

Scenarios:

1. Thread — duplicate detection: synthetic issue with identical symptoms to existing closed issue → root cause match ≥0.9; duplicate link surfaced
2. Thread — actionable response quality: feature request with no linked PRs → concrete scope + next step; no vague suggestions
3. Vitality — metric accuracy: repo with known issue/PR/response-time counts → numeric values within ±10% of ground truth; archetype scenario matrix with expected score ranges per repo type: vitality-calibration.md

• Thread analysis output schema (canonical section order): ## Item Type, ## Summary, ## Related Items, ## Reproduction Steps (issues only), ## Risks / Blockers, ## Next Steps, ## Confidence. Use these exact headings — consistent section names enable downstream parsing, diff-based change detection across runs. ## Confidence mandatory, always last — omitting it triggers calibration failure (confidence defaults to 0.5, producing large negative bias).
• Precision guidance: flag issues, don't solve them; flag blockers, don't design solutions. Reference /develop:fix and /develop:feature (requires develop plugin) for implementation work. Verbose implementation sketches in triage output dilute signal-to-noise ratio. Each flagged item (duplicate, blocker, next step) must carry explicit severity/priority label (high/medium/low) inline — enables downstream triage, satisfies format scoring.
• Vitality mode repo resolution: GH_OWNER and GH_REPO set in Step 1 from: (1) explicit URL/owner-repo arg, (2) gh repo view, (3) git remote origin. vitality.md uses -R "$GH_OWNER/$GH_REPO" on all gh commands and literal $GH_OWNER/$GH_REPO in all gh api paths — never {owner}/{repo} template substitution in vitality mode.
• Mode files live in ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-plugins/oss}/skills/analyse/modes/ — one file per mode, fully self-contained
• modes/thread.md handles all three thread types (issue, PR, discussion) via internal branching
• Always use gh CLI — never hardcode repo URLs
• Run gh auth status first if commands fail; user may need to authenticate
• For closed items, note resolution so history useful
• Don't post responses without explicit user instruction — draft only
• Out-of-scope early-exit: when input clearly outside skill's domain (e.g. CI pipeline diagnosis, code review), print scope note + redirect (e.g. "use oss:cicd-steward (requires oss plugin)") and stop — don't provide full analysis of out-of-scope content. Flag then stop; flag then analyze = precision cost with no recall benefit.
• Forked context: skill runs with context: fork — no access to current conversation history. All required context must be in skill argument or prompt. Agent IS available in forked context (non-deferred, declared in allowed-tools) — do NOT skip Steps 5–6 adversarial review assuming Agent unavailable; available, those steps mandatory.
• --reply drafts only — shepherd produces draft file; does NOT auto-post to GitHub. User posts manually. Write access to repo not required for --reply; required only if user subsequently posts draft via gh issue comment or gh pr comment.
• Follow-up context gap: skill runs with context: fork — follow-up chains (/develop:fix (requires develop plugin), /oss:review) receive no analysis context from this run. Pass report path explicitly or re-summarize key findings in follow-up invocation.
• Follow-up chains:
  • Issue with confirmed bug → /develop:fix to diagnose, reproduce with test, apply targeted fix (requires develop plugin)
  • Issue is feature request → /develop:feature for TDD-first implementation (requires develop plugin)
  • PR with quality concerns → /oss:review for comprehensive multi-agent code review (requires oss plugin)
  • Draft responses → use --reply to auto-draft via shepherd; or invoke shepherd manually