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nemoclaw-maintainer-morning

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Runs the morning maintainer standup for NemoClaw. Triages the backlog, determines the day's target version, labels selected items, surfaces stragglers from previous versions, and outputs the daily plan. Use at the start of the workday. Trigger keywords - morning, standup, start of day, daily plan, what are we shipping today.

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NemoClaw Maintainer Morning

Start the day: triage, pick a version target, label items, share the plan.

See PR-REVIEW-PRIORITIES.md for the daily cadence and review priorities.

Step 1: Determine Target Version and Stragglers

node --experimental-strip-types --no-warnings .agents/skills/nemoclaw-maintainer-day/scripts/version-target.ts

This fetches tags, computes the next patch version, and finds open items still carrying older version labels. Surface stragglers first — they indicate post-tag housekeeping was interrupted or an item slipped across multiple cycles. Decide whether to relabel them to today's target or defer them out of the daily release flow.

Step 2: Triage

Run the triage script to rank the full backlog:

node --experimental-strip-types --no-warnings .agents/skills/nemoclaw-maintainer-day/scripts/triage.ts --approved-only

If too few results, run without --approved-only. The script fetches open PRs through gh, reads Project 199 Priority, enriches candidates with review, CI, file, and risky-area data, and applies the scoring model documented in PR-REVIEW-PRIORITIES.md.

Also use find-review-pr to surface security PRs whose Project Priority is Urgent or High. Merge these into the candidate pool.

Step 3: Label Version Targets

Present the ranked queue to the user. After they confirm which items to target, label them:

gh label create "<version>" --repo NVIDIA/NemoClaw --description "Release target" --color "1d76db" 2>/dev/null || true
gh pr edit <number> --repo NVIDIA/NemoClaw --add-label "<version>"
gh issue edit <number> --repo NVIDIA/NemoClaw --add-label "<version>"

Step 4: Save State and Output the Plan

Pipe triage output into state:

node --experimental-strip-types --no-warnings .agents/skills/nemoclaw-maintainer-day/scripts/triage.ts \
  | node --experimental-strip-types --no-warnings .agents/skills/nemoclaw-maintainer-day/scripts/state.ts set-queue

Output the daily plan:

TargetItemTypeOwnerNext action
v0.0.8#1234PR@authorRun merge gate
v0.0.8#1235IssueunassignedNeeds PR

Include: total items targeted, how many are PRs vs issues, how many are already merge-ready.

Notes

  • This skill runs once at the start of the day. Use /nemoclaw-maintainer-day during the day to execute.
  • On a PR, the target version label activates daily release work; actual release inclusion requires that PR to be merged with the label at cutoff.
  • On an issue, the target version label is tracking or "needs PR" coordination only.
  • Stragglers from previous versions should be addressed first — they already slipped once.