# 14-day stale PR close > Use to close contributor PRs that have been waiting on the author for stale-days with no author push, comment, or review. Parameterized owner, disclosure line, and stale days. Firstmate-mark and bot comments do not reset the clock. - Skill: `kunchenguid/14-day-stale-pr-close` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add kunchenguid/14-day-stale-pr-close` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/kunchenguid/14-day-stale-pr-close/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - Author: kunchenguid (https://skillmd.com/u/kunchenguid) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/kunchenguid/14-day-stale-pr-close --- # 14-day stale PR close Close contributor pull requests that have been waiting on the author past the stale threshold. This is not a merge, not a VISION verdict, and not a factory-ship close. ## Parameters Read these from the triage charter or the invocation. Do not hardcode them. - `repo` — `OWNER/NAME` of the target repository. Required on every `gh` call. Do not clone. - `owner` — captain's personal GitHub login to exempt (not the org or repo-owner slug). Never close that login's PRs except a last-resort port whose original is also stale (or already closed). - `disclosure-line` — the exact first line of the required close comment. - `stale-days` — default 14. - `firstmate-mark` — text that must start a firstmate comment. Usually the disclosure line. Stamp outcome is `closed-stale-d` (so `closed-stale-14d` at the default). ## Clock Waiting on author means a prior triage outcome such as `waiting-author`, `waiting-author-no-mistakes`, or an equivalent "please push / fix CI / address review" that the author still owns. The clock starts at the last **author** push, author comment, author review, or inline review-thread reply on the diff. Firstmate-mark comments and bot comments do not reset it. Close only when that clock is at least `stale-days` old. ## Do not close - CLEAN and mergeable PRs (mergeable `MERGEABLE`, merge state `CLEAN`) - Captain holds (`hold`, `waiting-captain`, `captain-hold`, or a comment that the captain still owes a decision) - Last-resort ports (`Last-resort port of #N`) unless original `#N` is also past `stale-days` or already closed - Security items that still need a captain flag - Owner-authored PRs that are not last-resort ports - Automation authors (dependabot, github-actions, release-please, renovate, `[bot]`, `app/`, Greptile, and similar) - Drafts that are not waiting on author - Anything whose last author push, comment, or review is newer than `stale-days` ## Required comment The close comment must start with the `disclosure-line` parameter, explain the stale-days wait on the author, and end with an HTML stamp: ``` this pull request has been waiting on the author for days with no author push, comment, or review, so I am closing it. Reopen if you intend to continue. ``` Use `gh pr close --repo --comment ""`. Do not omit `--repo`. Do not clone the target repo. Do not delete the branch unless the charter says to. ## Do not - Do not close to tidy the queue - Do not treat firstmate or bot chatter as author activity - Do not close a CLEAN mergeable PR as stale