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github-notification-triage

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Triage GitHub notifications and report actions needed.

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GitHub Notification Triage Skill

Fetch, classify, and report on GitHub notifications. The script does the heavy lifting — this skill orchestrates invocation and presents results.

Commands

# Report-only (default): show what needs attention, no modifications
python3 scripts/github-notification-triage.py

# Mark informational notifications as read after reporting
python3 scripts/github-notification-triage.py --mark-read

# Save report to ~/.claude/reports/notifications/
python3 scripts/github-notification-triage.py --save

# Cron/scheduled mode: auto-clear noise and save report
python3 scripts/github-notification-triage.py --mark-read --save

Instructions

Step 1: Run the triage script

Run report-only by default:

python3 scripts/github-notification-triage.py

Step 2: Present the report

Display the script output directly to the user. The report classifies notifications into:

  • Action required — PRs awaiting review, mentions, assigned issues
  • Informational — CI results, bot comments, automated updates (safe to clear)

Step 3: Handle follow-up

If the user responds with any of the following, re-run with --mark-read:

  • "clean them up"
  • "mark read"
  • "clear the noise"
  • "yes" (in response to a prompt about clearing informational items)
python3 scripts/github-notification-triage.py --mark-read

Confirm how many notifications were marked read after the run completes.

Cron/scheduled mode

When invoked on a schedule (no interactive user), use both flags to auto-clear and persist the report:

python3 scripts/github-notification-triage.py --mark-read --save

Exit Codes

CodeMeaning
0Success
1Error (auth failure, API error, script not found)