Schedule a morning repo-health brief with headless Claude

The problem

You waste the first hour discovering broken main and forgotten review requests.

The hack

Add a weekday cron that runs `claude --print` with a repo-health prompt and writes a short markdown brief.

Why it works

Scheduled, purposeful runs beat idle warmups and can also shape when your usage window starts.

Setup

1. Write a prompt file that asks for CI status, PRs needing review, and high-churn TODO paths. 2. Create a shell script that cds to the repo, fetches, and runs `claude --print` with that prompt. 3. Schedule it with cron/launchd for 7:00 local time on weekdays. 4. Deliver output to a file, Slack webhook, or email.

Prompt

Summarize: failing CI on main, PRs waiting >2 days for review, and the top TODO/FIXME hotspots. Be concise.

Additional details

Source

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