Require Closes #N in agent PR bodies for auto-close on merge - #39
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Cloud Agent tokens often lack issues:write; GitHub closing keywords close the ticket on merge. Enforce that for cursor/* PRs in the claim workflow. Co-authored-by: Will Schenk <wschenk@gmail.com>
Process-only changes have no product issue to close; skip claim when the PR body declares No-ticket: true. Co-authored-by: Will Schenk <wschenk@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Will Schenk <wschenk@gmail.com>
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Cloud Agent tokens often lack
issues:write, so agents cannot close tickets after merge. GitHub will close them automatically when the PR body includes a closing keyword.Changes
agent-ticket-claim.ymlrequiresCloses #N/Fixes #N/Resolves #Nin the PR body forcursor/*PRsdocs/agents/issue-workflow.mdandAGENTS.mdCloses #lineNo-ticket: trueto skip claim/close checksNo-ticket: true
Why this works
Merging a PR into
mainwithCloses #13in the body closes issue #13 via GitHub’s native linking — no agent issue permissions required.