# Ship It Shepherd

> Shepherd a pull request from creation through merge and deployment. Use when validating PR metadata, monitoring CI status, resolving merge conflicts, performing pre-merge checks, or tracking a PR to production.

- Skill: `lurui1997/ship-it-shepherd` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 4 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add lurui1997/ship-it-shepherd`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/lurui1997/ship-it-shepherd/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: lurui1997 (https://skillmd.com/u/lurui1997)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/lurui1997/ship-it-shepherd

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# Babysit PR

Guide a PR safely from open to deployed.

## Open Checks

- Verify the title is descriptive and follows convention.
- Confirm the PR references related issues or tickets.
- Ensure the description includes a clear summary and testing notes.

## CI Monitoring

- Watch for failing checks and surface actionable logs.
- Retry flaky jobs only after confirming the failure is transient.
- Block merge on required status checks.

## Pre-merge Validation

- Pull the latest base branch and confirm no conflicts.
- Run smoke tests locally if the change touches critical paths.
- Verify changelog or version bumps are present when required.

## Merge and Deploy

- Merge using the team's preferred strategy (merge, squash, or rebase).
- Monitor the deployment pipeline for the merged commit.
- Verify the deployment reaches the expected environment and health checks pass.

## Rollback Readiness

- Keep the previous release tag or image reference handy.
- If post-deploy anomalies appear, initiate rollback before deep debugging.