repo-watch

Repo Watch

Accounts

Read bot_account, owner_account from the org's CLAUDE.md ## Automation config table.

Purpose

Detect GitHub repos where the owner has active work (issues, PRs, reviews) that are not cloned locally. For each discovered repo, open an issue asking for confirmation before cloning.

Helper script

~/.claude/scripts/repo-watch.sh [org-name ...] > /tmp/repo-watch.json

If the script is missing, run /setup-scripts to regenerate it.

The script outputs a JSON object with missing_repos array, each containing:

• org, gh_org, repo, last_push, open_issues_assigned

Phase 1: Run script and review

Parse the JSON output. Skip repos that are already listed in the org's CLAUDE.md under ## Excluded repos.

Phase 2: Confirm with owner

For each missing repo, do not clone automatically. Instead, create a GitHub issue on the repo asking for confirmation:

gh issue create -R {gh_org}/{repo} \
  --title "Add to local dev environment?" \
  --body "The bot detected that the owner has active work on this repo but it's not in the local dev setup.

Should I clone this repo and add it to the org automation?

- React with 👍 to confirm
- React with 👎 to exclude (will be added to the exclusion list)

This was opened by a bot. Please ping the owner for any questions."

Phase 3: Check for responses

On subsequent runs, check for reactions on previously opened issues:

• 👍 — clone the repo and add to CLAUDE.md
• 👎 — add to ## Excluded repos in CLAUDE.md and close the issue

# Use the owner_account from Automation config
gh api "repos/{gh_org}/{repo}/issues/{number}/reactions" \
  --jq '[.[] | select(.user.login == "<owner_account>")] | .[0].content'

Phase 4: Clone confirmed repos

For repos confirmed with 👍:

1. Clone: gh repo clone {gh_org}/{repo} $CODE_DIR/{org}/{repo}
2. Add to the org's CLAUDE.md local repos table
3. Close the issue with a comment

Phase 5: Update exclusions

For repos rejected with 👎:

1. Add to ## Excluded repos section in the org's CLAUDE.md
2. Close the issue with a comment

Auto-Exit When Standalone

IMPORTANT: If this command is being run as a standalone request, automatically exit after completing all phases successfully.