Watches your PRs, and when one merges it pulls main and deletes the branch, then tells Claude

Five Claude Code mods that remove the routine I kept doing by hand. Each one comes from an audit of my last 30 Claude Code sessions. A mod is a plugin of function hooks: it runs inside Claude Code and can draw a band above the prompt, a pane, a toast or a status line, and can step into prompts, tool calls and the session's start and end.
| Mod | The habit it removes | What you see | Usage cost |
|---|---|---|---|
merge-followthrough | Typing "616 merged" (61 times in 30 sessions), then Claude spending a turn on git checkout main && git pull and deleting the branch; ! git pull by hand at session start | Band of your open PRs with CI ✓ ✗ …; toast when a merge has been pulled; /prs | None |
handoff-on-clear | "give me a prompt to restart", "I've lost your feedback, can you redisplay" after /clear | Toast on save; band ↺ Handoff from last session [Load] [Dismiss]; /handoff | One cached fork per /clear (option summarize, on by default) |
bg-task-band | "how are we looking", "any updates", "when's the estimated end time?" | Band: ⏳ Wait for cp-22 recap 12m/25m · TASK [drain]; toast on finish | None |
review-ledger | "what's left to do from the review?", updating the H/M/L list by hand | Pane of items by severity (/review); toast when an item's PR merges | None |
tts-lite | A Stop hook starting a full claude -p per reply to speak a summary, which left 200 stray transcripts | Audio only | Short replies none; longer ones one bare Haiku completion |
merge-followthrough: polls gh pr list --author @me every 60 s. When a PR it saw open is merged, it checks out the default branch, pull --ff-onlys, deletes the local branch and prunes, as long as the working tree is clean. On your next prompt it tells Claude what it already did, so Claude doesn't redo it. Typing 616 merged runs the same steps at once. At session start it fast-forwards the default branch if you're on it with no changes.
handoff-on-clear: on session.end (a /clear or an exit) it saves the last answer, your recent asks, PR numbers and artifact links mentioned, the branch, and (with summarize) a 200-word handoff from one $.model.fork, which the API serves mostly from the prompt cache. It's kept per directory for three days. It goes to Claude when you press Load, run /handoff, or ask something like "redisplay" or "prompt to restart".
bg-task-band: records background Bash, Monitor and Agent calls as they start, reads each one's output file every 10 s for the last line, and marks it done from the task notification that arrives when it ends. A TaskStop marks it stopped. Finished tasks stay on the band for 90 s.
review-ledger: registers the tool mcp__review-ledger__items, which Claude calls to record findings (H1, M3, L2) and their state: open, in-progress with a PR number, done, or won't do. It's stored per repository root, so it survives /clear and new sessions. Every 5 minutes it checks in-progress PRs and marks an item done when its PR merges. A prompt that says "review" or names an item gets the ledger as context.
tts-lite: on turn.complete it reads replies of 20 words or fewer out as they are, and asks Haiku for one sentence about anything longer. It plays them through Piper and paplay, or espeak. It reads the same CLAUDE_TTS, CLAUDE_TTS_SPEED, CLAUDE_TTS_VOICE and CLAUDE_TTS_MODEL variables as the shell hook it replaces, and stays silent while that hook (tts-speak.sh) is still in ~/.claude/settings.json, so you never hear double.
Requirements: Claude Code 2.1.288 or later (function-hook mods are early access and the API moves between releases), plus git and an authenticated gh for merge-followthrough and review-ledger. tts-lite needs paplay and Piper or espeak.
Load them for every session by listing the folders in CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_DIRS (colon-separated) in the env block of ~/.claude/settings.json:
{
"env": {
"CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_DIRS": "~/code/claude-mods/merge-followthrough:~/code/claude-mods/handoff-on-clear:~/code/claude-mods/bg-task-band:~/code/claude-mods/review-ledger:~/code/claude-mods/tts-lite"
}
}
For one session only:
claude --plugin-dir ./merge-followthrough --plugin-dir ./bg-task-band
Or copy them into a session's hot-reload folder:
scripts/sync.sh ~/.claude/dev-mods/<session-id>
<mod>/
.claude-plugin/plugin.json manifest (name, version, options, state contract)
hooks/hooks.json { "modules": ["./register.tsx"] }
hooks/register.tsx the hooks module
types/index.d.ts $.state contract (mods that keep state)
tests/*.test.ts claude plugin test
scripts/
check-mods.sh validate / test the mods given files touch
typecheck.sh tsc against Claude Code's generated API types
sync.sh copy mods into a load folder
pip install pre-commit && pre-commit install
claude plugin validate <mod>
claude plugin test <mod>
scripts/typecheck.sh # all mods
The pre-commit hooks run standard hygiene, gitleaks, shellcheck, and for the mods a commit touches: claude plugin validate, a TypeScript check and claude plugin test. The type-check needs the API declarations Claude Code writes into .claude-plugin/types/ when it loads a mod. Those are generated per build, git-ignored, and found automatically in any ~/.claude/dev-mods copy. Without them the type-check is skipped with a note.
See AGENTS.md for the conventions an agent (or a person) should follow when changing a mod.
hooks/register.tsx 223 lines1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { EngineInterface, Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { PrRow } from '../types'
5
6// Watches the PRs you authored in this repo. When one merges it does the
7// routine Claude used to spend a turn on (checkout main, pull --ff-only,
8// delete the merged local branch) and tells Claude on your next prompt.
9
10const prs = atom({ plugin: 'merge-followthrough', key: 'prs' } as const, [])
11const merged = atom({ plugin: 'merge-followthrough', key: 'merged' } as const, [])
12
13const POLL_MS = 60_000
14const MERGED_PROMPT = /^\s*(#?\d+[\s,]*(and\s+)?)*(merged|megerd|mered|,erged)\b/i
15
16type GhPr = {
17 number: number
18 title: string
19 headRefName: string
20 state: 'OPEN' | 'MERGED' | 'CLOSED'
21 isDraft: boolean
22 mergeable: string
23 statusCheckRollup?: { status?: string; conclusion?: string; state?: string }[]
24}
25
26function checksOf(rollup: GhPr['statusCheckRollup']): PrRow['checks'] {
27 if (!rollup || rollup.length === 0) return 'none'
28 const states = rollup.map(c => (c.conclusion || c.state || c.status || '').toUpperCase())
29 if (states.some(s => ['FAILURE', 'ERROR', 'CANCELLED', 'TIMED_OUT', 'ACTION_REQUIRED'].includes(s))) return 'fail'
30 if (states.some(s => ['', 'PENDING', 'QUEUED', 'IN_PROGRESS', 'EXPECTED'].includes(s))) return 'pending'
31 return 'pass'
32}
33
34async function git($: EngineInterface, args: string[]) {
35 return $.process.run(['git', ...args], { timeoutMs: 60_000 })
36}
37
38async function defaultBranch($: EngineInterface): Promise<string> {
39 const r = await git($, ['symbolic-ref', '--short', 'refs/remotes/origin/HEAD'])
40 return r.exitCode === 0 ? r.stdout.trim().replace(/^origin\//, '') : 'main'
41}
42
43async function isClean($: EngineInterface): Promise<boolean> {
44 const r = await git($, ['status', '--porcelain', '--untracked-files=no'])
45 return r.exitCode === 0 && r.stdout.trim() === ''
46}
47
48// The routine: fast-forward the default branch, drop the merged branch.
49async function followThrough($: EngineInterface, pr: { number: number; branch: string }): Promise<string> {
50 const main = await defaultBranch($)
51 const parts: string[] = []
52 const current = (await git($, ['rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD'])).stdout.trim()
53
54 if (!(await isClean($))) {
55 return `#${pr.number} merged. Working tree has uncommitted changes on ${current}, so I left git alone.`
56 }
57 if (current !== main) {
58 const co = await git($, ['checkout', '-q', main])
59 if (co.exitCode !== 0) return `#${pr.number} merged. Could not check out ${main}: ${co.stderr.trim().slice(0, 200)}`
60 parts.push(`checked out ${main}`)
61 }
62 const pull = await git($, ['pull', '--ff-only', '-q'])
63 if (pull.exitCode !== 0) {
64 parts.push(`pull failed: ${pull.stderr.trim().slice(0, 200)}`)
65 } else {
66 const head = (await git($, ['log', '--oneline', '-1'])).stdout.trim()
67 parts.push(`${main} is at ${head}`)
68 }
69 if (pr.branch && pr.branch !== main) {
70 const exists = await git($, ['rev-parse', '--verify', '-q', `refs/heads/${pr.branch}`])
71 if (exists.exitCode === 0) {
72 // -D is safe here: GitHub says the PR merged, and squash merges defeat -d.
73 const del = await git($, ['branch', '-D', pr.branch])
74 parts.push(del.exitCode === 0 ? `deleted local branch ${pr.branch}` : `kept ${pr.branch} (${del.stderr.trim()})`)
75 }
76 }
77 await git($, ['fetch', '-q', '--prune'])
78
79 return `#${pr.number} merged: ${parts.join('; ')}.`
80}
81
82async function fetchPrs($: EngineInterface): Promise<GhPr[] | undefined> {
83 const r = await $.process.run(
84 ['gh', 'pr', 'list', '--author', '@me', '--state', 'all', '--limit', '20',
85 '--json', 'number,title,headRefName,state,isDraft,mergeable,statusCheckRollup'],
86 { timeoutMs: 30_000 },
87 ).catch(() => undefined)
88 if (!r || r.exitCode !== 0) return undefined
89 try {
90 return JSON.parse(r.stdout) as GhPr[]
91 } catch {
92 return undefined
93 }
94}
95
96// Numbers seen open this session, so a merge is noticed once.
97const seenOpen = new Set<number>()
98const handled = new Set<number>()
99let isRepo = false
100
101async function poll($: EngineInterface) {
102 const list = await fetchPrs($)
103 if (!list) return
104 const open = list.filter(p => p.state === 'OPEN')
105 await update($, prs, () =>
106 open.map(p => ({
107 number: p.number,
108 title: p.title,
109 branch: p.headRefName,
110 state: p.state,
111 isDraft: p.isDraft,
112 checks: checksOf(p.statusCheckRollup),
113 mergeable: p.mergeable,
114 })),
115 )
116 for (const p of list) {
117 if (p.state === 'OPEN') seenOpen.add(p.number)
118 if (p.state === 'MERGED' && seenOpen.has(p.number) && !handled.has(p.number)) {
119 handled.add(p.number)
120 const note = await followThrough($, { number: p.number, branch: p.headRefName })
121 await update($, merged, list => [...list, { number: p.number, note }])
122 $.ui.toast(note, { timeoutMs: 8000 })
123 }
124 }
125}
126
127export const register: Register = on => {
128 on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
129 const inside = await git($, ['rev-parse', '--is-inside-work-tree']).catch(() => undefined)
130 isRepo = inside?.exitCode === 0
131 if (!isRepo) return next(e)
132
133 await $.command.register({ name: 'prs', description: 'Refresh the PR band and pull main if PRs merged' })
134
135 // The hand-typed `! git checkout main; git pull` at the start of a session.
136 const main = await defaultBranch($)
137 const current = (await git($, ['rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD'])).stdout.trim()
138 if (current === main && (await isClean($))) {
139 const before = (await git($, ['rev-parse', 'HEAD'])).stdout.trim()
140 const pull = await git($, ['pull', '--ff-only', '-q'])
141 const after = (await git($, ['rev-parse', 'HEAD'])).stdout.trim()
142 if (pull.exitCode === 0 && before !== after) {
143 const count = (await git($, ['rev-list', '--count', `${before}..${after}`])).stdout.trim()
144 $.ui.toast(`${main} fast-forwarded ${count} commit(s)`)
145 }
146 }
147
148 void poll($)
149 $.clock.every(POLL_MS, () => void poll($))
150
151 return next(e)
152 })
153
154 on('command.run', { command: 'prs' }, async $ => {
155 await poll($)
156 const open = await read($, prs)
157 return { text: open.length === 0 ? 'No open PRs.' : `${open.length} open PR(s); see the band above the prompt.` }
158 })
159
160 on('prompt.submit', async ($, e, next) => {
161 if (!isRepo) return next(e)
162 const context = [...(e.context ?? [])]
163
164 // You typed "616 merged": make sure the routine ran before Claude starts.
165 if (e.origin.kind === 'composer' && MERGED_PROMPT.test(e.text)) {
166 await poll($)
167 const numbers = [...e.text.matchAll(/\d+/g)].map(m => Number(m[0]))
168 for (const n of numbers) {
169 if (handled.has(n)) continue
170 const view = await $.process.run(['gh', 'pr', 'view', String(n), '--json', 'state,headRefName'])
171 .catch(() => undefined)
172 if (!view || view.exitCode !== 0) continue
173 const pr = JSON.parse(view.stdout) as { state: string; headRefName: string }
174 if (pr.state !== 'MERGED') continue
175 handled.add(n)
176 const note = await followThrough($, { number: n, branch: pr.headRefName })
177 await update($, merged, list => [...list, { number: n, note }])
178 }
179 if (numbers.length === 0) {
180 // Plain "merged": pull anyway.
181 const note = await followThrough($, { number: 0, branch: '' })
182 await update($, merged, list => [...list, { number: 0, note: note.replace('#0 merged', 'merged') }])
183 }
184 }
185
186 const notes = await read($, merged)
187 if (notes.length > 0) {
188 context.push(
189 `[merge-followthrough] Already done, no need to repeat:\n${notes.map(n => `- ${n.note}`).join('\n')}`,
190 )
191 await update($, merged, () => [])
192 }
193
194 return next(context.length > 0 ? { ...e, context } : e)
195 })
196
197 on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
198 const open = await read($, prs)
199 if (!isRepo || open.length === 0 || e.props.hasSurvey) return next(e)
200
201 const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
202 const mark = { pass: '✓', fail: '✗', pending: '…', none: '·' } as const
203 const color = { pass: 'green', fail: 'red', pending: 'yellow', none: 'gray' } as const
204
205 return (
206 <Box flexDirection="column">
207 {open.slice(0, 4).map(p => (
208 <Box key={String(p.number)}>
209 <Text color={color[p.checks]}>{mark[p.checks]} </Text>
210 <Text bold>#{p.number} </Text>
211 <Text dimColor wrap="truncate">
212 {p.isDraft ? 'draft · ' : ''}
213 {p.mergeable === 'CONFLICTING' ? 'conflicts · ' : ''}
214 {p.title}
215 </Text>
216 </Box>
217 ))}
218 {open.length > 4 && <Text dimColor>+{open.length - 4} more open PRs</Text>}
219 </Box>
220 )
221 })
222}
223types/index.d.ts 19 lines1export type PrRow = {
2 number: number
3 title: string
4 branch: string
5 state: 'OPEN' | 'MERGED' | 'CLOSED'
6 isDraft: boolean
7 checks: 'pass' | 'fail' | 'pending' | 'none'
8 mergeable: string
9}
10
11declare module 'claude-code' {
12 interface PluginState {
13 'merge-followthrough': {
14 prs: PrRow[]
15 merged: { number: number; note: string }[]
16 }
17 }
18}
19