- Monitor CI Command
- You are the orchestrator for monitoring Nx Cloud CI pipeline executions and handling self-healing fixes. You spawn subagents to interact with Nx Cloud, run deterministic decision scripts, and take action based on the results.
- Context
- Current Branch:
- !
- git branch --show-current
- Current Commit:
- !
- git rev-parse --short HEAD
- Remote Status:
- !
- git status -sb | head -1
- User Instructions
- $ARGUMENTS
- Important:
- If user provides specific instructions, respect them over default behaviors described below.
- Configuration Defaults
- Setting
- Default
- Description
- --max-cycles
- 10
- Maximum
- agent-initiated
- CI Attempt cycles before timeout
- --timeout
- 120
- Maximum duration in minutes
- --verbosity
- medium
- Output level: minimal, medium, verbose
- --branch
- (auto-detect)
- Branch to monitor
- --fresh
- false
- Ignore previous context, start fresh
- --auto-fix-workflow
- false
- Attempt common fixes for pre-CI-Attempt failures (e.g., lockfile updates)
- --new-cipe-timeout
- 10
- Minutes to wait for new CI Attempt after action
- --local-verify-attempts
- 3
- Max local verification + enhance cycles before pushing to CI
- Parse any overrides from
- $ARGUMENTS
- and merge with defaults.
- Nx Cloud Connection Check
- CRITICAL
-
- Before starting the monitoring loop, verify the workspace is connected to Nx Cloud.
- Step 0: Verify Nx Cloud Connection
- Check
- nx.json
- at workspace root for
- nxCloudId
- or
- nxCloudAccessToken
- If
- nx.json
- missing OR neither property exists
- → exit with:
- Nx Cloud not connected. Unlock 70% faster CI and auto-fix broken PRs with https://nx.dev/nx-cloud
- If connected
- → continue to main loop
- Architecture Overview
- This skill (orchestrator)
-
- spawns subagents, runs scripts, prints status, does local coding work
- ci-monitor-subagent (haiku)
-
- calls one MCP tool (ci_information or update_self_healing_fix), returns structured result, exits
- ci-poll-decide.mjs (deterministic script)
-
- takes ci_information result + state, returns action + status message
- ci-state-update.mjs (deterministic script)
-
- manages budget gates, post-action state transitions, and cycle classification
- Status Reporting
- The decision script handles message formatting based on verbosity. When printing messages to the user:
- Prepend
- [monitor-ci]
- to every message from the script's
- message
- field
- For your own action messages (e.g. "Applying fix via MCP..."), also prepend
- [monitor-ci]
- Anti-Patterns (NEVER DO)
- CRITICAL
- The following behaviors are strictly prohibited: Anti-Pattern Why It's Bad Using CI provider CLIs with --watch flags (e.g., gh pr checks --watch , glab ci status -w ) Bypasses Nx Cloud self-healing entirely Writing custom CI polling scripts Unreliable, pollutes context, no self-healing Cancelling CI workflows/pipelines Destructive, loses CI progress Running CI checks on main agent Wastes main agent context tokens Independently analyzing/fixing CI failures while polling Races with self-healing, causes duplicate fixes and confused state If this skill fails to activate , the fallback is: Use CI provider CLI for READ-ONLY status check (single call, no watch/polling flags) Immediately delegate to this skill with gathered context NEVER continue polling on main agent CI provider CLIs are acceptable ONLY for: One-time read of PR/pipeline status Getting PR/branch metadata NOT for continuous monitoring or watch mode Session Context Behavior Important: Within a Claude Code session, conversation context persists. If you Ctrl+C to interrupt the monitor and re-run /monitor-ci , Claude remembers the previous state and may continue from where it left off. To continue monitoring: Just re-run /monitor-ci (context is preserved) To start fresh: Use /monitor-ci --fresh to ignore previous context For a completely clean slate: Exit Claude Code and restart claude MCP Tool Reference ci_information Input: { "branch" : "string (optional, defaults to current git branch)" , "select" : "string (optional, comma-separated field names)" , "pageToken" : "number (optional, 0-based pagination for long strings)" } Field Sets for Efficient Polling: WAIT_FIELDS : 'cipeUrl,commitSha,cipeStatus'
Minimal fields for detecting new CI Attempt
LIGHT_FIELDS : 'cipeStatus,cipeUrl,branch,commitSha,selfHealingStatus,verificationStatus,userAction,failedTaskIds,verifiedTaskIds,selfHealingEnabled,failureClassification,couldAutoApplyTasks,shortLink,confidence,confidenceReasoning,hints,selfHealingSkippedReason,selfHealingSkipMessage'
Status fields for determining actionable state
HEAVY_FIELDS : 'taskOutputSummary,suggestedFix,suggestedFixReasoning,suggestedFixDescription'
Large content fields - fetch only when needed for fix decisions
- Default Behaviors by Status
- The decision script returns one of the following statuses. This table defines the
- default behavior
- for each. User instructions can override any of these.
- Simple exits
- — just report and exit:
- Status
- Default Behavior
- ci_success
- Exit with success
- cipe_canceled
- Exit, CI was canceled
- cipe_timed_out
- Exit, CI timed out
- polling_timeout
- Exit, polling timeout reached
- circuit_breaker
- Exit, no progress after 5 consecutive polls
- environment_rerun_cap
- Exit, environment reruns exhausted
- fix_auto_applying
- Do NOT call MCP — self-healing handles it. Record
- last_cipe_url
- , enter wait mode. No local git ops.
- error
- Wait 60s and loop
- Statuses requiring action
- — see subsections below:
- Status
- Summary
- fix_apply_ready
- Fix verified (all tasks or e2e-only). Apply via MCP.
- fix_needs_local_verify
- Fix has unverified non-e2e tasks. Run locally, then apply or enhance.
- fix_needs_review
- Fix verification failed/not attempted. Analyze and decide.
- fix_failed
- Self-healing failed. Fetch heavy data, attempt local fix (gate check first).
- no_fix
- No fix available. Fetch heavy data, attempt local fix (gate check first) or exit.
- environment_issue
- Request environment rerun via MCP (gate check first).
- self_healing_throttled
- Reject old fixes, attempt local fix.
- no_new_cipe
- CI Attempt never spawned. Auto-fix workflow or exit with guidance.
- cipe_no_tasks
- CI failed with no tasks. Retry once with empty commit.
- fix_apply_ready
- Spawn UPDATE_FIX subagent with
- APPLY
- Record
- last_cipe_url
- , enter wait mode
- fix_needs_local_verify
- The script returns
- verifiableTaskIds
- in its output.
- Detect package manager:
- pnpm-lock.yaml
- →
- pnpm nx
- ,
- yarn.lock
- →
- yarn nx
- , otherwise
- npx nx
- Run verifiable tasks in parallel
- — spawn
- general
- subagents for each task
- If all pass
- → spawn UPDATE_FIX subagent with
- APPLY
- , enter wait mode
- If any fail
- → Apply Locally + Enhance Flow (see below)
- fix_needs_review
- Spawn FETCH_HEAVY subagent, then analyze fix content (
- suggestedFixDescription
- ,
- suggestedFixSummary
- ,
- taskFailureSummaries
- ):
- If fix looks correct → apply via MCP
- If fix needs enhancement → Apply Locally + Enhance Flow
- If fix is wrong → run
- ci-state-update.mjs gate --gate-type local-fix
- . If not allowed, print message and exit. Otherwise → Reject + Fix From Scratch Flow
- fix_failed / no_fix
- Spawn FETCH_HEAVY subagent for
- taskFailureSummaries
- . Run
- ci-state-update.mjs gate --gate-type local-fix
- — if not allowed, print message and exit. Otherwise attempt local fix (counter already incremented by gate). If successful → commit, push, enter wait mode. If not → exit with failure.
- environment_issue
- Run
- ci-state-update.mjs gate --gate-type env-rerun
- . If not allowed, print message and exit.
- Spawn UPDATE_FIX subagent with
- RERUN_ENVIRONMENT_STATE
- Enter wait mode with
- last_cipe_url
- set
- self_healing_throttled
- Spawn FETCH_HEAVY subagent for
- selfHealingSkipMessage
- .
- Parse throttle message
- for CI Attempt URLs (regex:
- /cipes/{id}
- )
- Reject previous fixes
- — for each URL: spawn FETCH_THROTTLE_INFO to get
- shortLink
- , then UPDATE_FIX with
- REJECT
- Attempt local fix
-
- Run
- ci-state-update.mjs gate --gate-type local-fix
- . If not allowed → skip to step 4. Otherwise use
- failedTaskIds
- and
- taskFailureSummaries
- for context.
- Fallback if local fix not possible or budget exhausted
-
- push empty commit (
- git commit --allow-empty -m "ci: rerun after rejecting throttled fixes"
- ), enter wait mode
- no_new_cipe
- Report to user: no CI attempt found, suggest checking CI provider
- If
- --auto-fix-workflow
-
- detect package manager, run install, commit lockfile if changed, enter wait mode
- Otherwise: exit with guidance
- cipe_no_tasks
- Report to user: CI failed with no tasks recorded
- Retry:
- git commit --allow-empty -m "chore: retry ci [monitor-ci]"
- + push, enter wait mode
- If retry also returns
- cipe_no_tasks
-
- exit with failure
- Fix Action Flows
- Apply via MCP
- Spawn UPDATE_FIX subagent with
- APPLY
- . New CI Attempt spawns automatically. No local git ops.
- Apply Locally + Enhance Flow
- nx-cloud apply-locally
- (sets state to
- APPLIED_LOCALLY
- )
- Enhance code to fix failing tasks
- Run failing tasks to verify
- If still failing → run
- ci-state-update.mjs gate --gate-type local-fix
- . If not allowed, commit current state and push (let CI be final judge). Otherwise loop back to enhance.
- If passing → commit and push, enter wait mode
- Reject + Fix From Scratch Flow
- Run
- ci-state-update.mjs gate --gate-type local-fix
- . If not allowed, print message and exit.
- Spawn UPDATE_FIX subagent with
- REJECT
- Fix from scratch locally
- Commit and push, enter wait mode
- Environment vs Code Failure Recognition
- When any local fix path runs a task and it fails, assess whether the failure is a
- code issue
- or an
- environment/tooling issue
- before running the gate script.
- Indicators of environment/tooling failures
- (non-exhaustive): command not found / binary missing, OOM / heap allocation failures, permission denied, network timeouts / DNS failures, missing system libraries, Docker/container issues, disk space exhaustion.
- When detected → bail immediately, do NOT run gate (no budget consumed). Report that the failure is an environment/tooling issue, not a code bug.
- Code failures
- (compilation errors, test assertion failures, lint violations, type errors) are genuine candidates for local fix attempts and proceed normally through the gate.
- Git Safety
- NEVER use
- git add -A
- or
- git add .
- — always stage specific files by name
- Users may have concurrent local changes that must NOT be committed
- Commit Message Format
- git
- commit
- -m
- "fix(
): - Failed tasks:
, - Local verification: passed|enhanced|failed-pushing-to-ci"
- Main Loop
- Step 1: Initialize Tracking
- cycle_count = 0 # Only incremented for agent-initiated cycles (counted against --max-cycles)
- start_time = now()
- no_progress_count = 0
- local_verify_count = 0
- env_rerun_count = 0
- last_cipe_url = null
- expected_commit_sha = null
- agent_triggered = false # Set true after monitor takes an action that triggers new CI Attempt
- poll_count = 0
- wait_mode = false
- prev_status = null
- prev_cipe_status = null
- prev_sh_status = null
- prev_verification_status = null
- prev_failure_classification = null
- Step 2: Polling Loop
- Repeat until done:
- 2a. Spawn subagent (FETCH_STATUS)
- Determine select fields based on mode:
- Wait mode
-
- use WAIT_FIELDS (
- cipeUrl,commitSha,cipeStatus
- )
- Normal mode (first poll or after newCipeDetected)
-
- use LIGHT_FIELDS
- Task(
- agent: "ci-monitor-subagent",
- model: haiku,
- prompt: "FETCH_STATUS for branch '
'. - select: '
'" - )
- The subagent calls
- ci_information
- and returns a JSON object with the requested fields. This is a
- foreground
- call — wait for the result.
- 2b. Run decision script
- node
- <
- skill_dir
- >
- /scripts/ci-poll-decide.mjs
- '
' - <
- poll_count
- >
- <
- verbosity
- >
- \
- [
- --wait-mode
- ]
- \
- [
- --prev-cipe-url
- <
- last_cipe_url
- >
- ]
- \
- [
- --expected-sha
- <
- expected_commit_sha
- >
- ]
- \
- [
- --prev-status
- <
- prev_status
- >
- ]
- \
- [
- --timeout
- <
- timeout_seconds
- >
- ]
- \
- [
- --new-cipe-timeout
- <
- new_cipe_timeout_seconds
- >
- ]
- \
- [
- --env-rerun-count
- <
- env_rerun_count
- >
- ]
- \
- [
- --no-progress-count
- <
- no_progress_count
- >
- ]
- \
- [
- --prev-cipe-status
- <
- prev_cipe_status
- >
- ]
- \
- [
- --prev-sh-status
- <
- prev_sh_status
- >
- ]
- \
- [
- --prev-verification-status
- <
- prev_verification_status
- >
- ]
- \
- [
- --prev-failure-classification
- <
- prev_failure_classification
- >
- ]
- The script outputs a single JSON line:
- { action, code, message, delay?, noProgressCount, envRerunCount, fields?, newCipeDetected?, verifiableTaskIds? }
- 2c. Process script output
- Parse the JSON output and update tracking state:
- no_progress_count = output.noProgressCount
- env_rerun_count = output.envRerunCount
- prev_cipe_status = subagent_result.cipeStatus
- prev_sh_status = subagent_result.selfHealingStatus
- prev_verification_status = subagent_result.verificationStatus
- prev_failure_classification = subagent_result.failureClassification
- prev_status = output.action + ":" + (output.code || subagent_result.cipeStatus)
- poll_count++
- Based on
- action
- :
- action == "poll"
-
- output.message
- , sleep
- output.delay
- seconds, go to 2a
- If
- output.newCipeDetected
-
- clear wait mode, reset
- wait_mode = false
- action == "wait"
-
- output.message
- , sleep
- output.delay
- seconds, go to 2a
- action == "done"
-
- Proceed to Step 3 with
- output.code
- Step 3: Handle Actionable Status
- When decision script returns
- action == "done"
- :
- Run cycle-check (Step 4)
- before
- handling the code
- Check the returned
- code
- Look up default behavior in the table above
- Check if user instructions override the default
- Execute the appropriate action
- If action expects new CI Attempt
- , update tracking (see Step 3a)
- If action results in looping, go to Step 2
- Spawning subagents for actions
- Several statuses require fetching heavy data or calling MCP:
- fix_apply_ready
-
- Spawn UPDATE_FIX subagent with
- APPLY
- fix_needs_local_verify
-
- Spawn FETCH_HEAVY subagent for fix details before local verification
- fix_needs_review
-
- Spawn FETCH_HEAVY subagent → get
- suggestedFixDescription
- ,
- suggestedFixSummary
- ,
- taskFailureSummaries
- fix_failed / no_fix
-
- Spawn FETCH_HEAVY subagent → get
- taskFailureSummaries
- for local fix context
- environment_issue
-
- Spawn UPDATE_FIX subagent with
- RERUN_ENVIRONMENT_STATE
- self_healing_throttled
- Spawn FETCH_HEAVY subagent → get
selfHealingSkipMessage
; then FETCH_THROTTLE_INFO + UPDATE_FIX for each old fix
Step 3a: Track State for New-CI-Attempt Detection
After actions that should trigger a new CI Attempt, run:
node
<
skill_dir
/scripts/ci-state-update.mjs post-action \ --action < type
\ --cipe-url < current_cipe_url
\ --commit-sha < git_rev_parse_HEAD
Action types: fix-auto-applying , apply-mcp , apply-local-push , reject-fix-push , local-fix-push , env-rerun , auto-fix-push , empty-commit-push The script returns { waitMode, pollCount, lastCipeUrl, expectedCommitSha, agentTriggered } . Update all tracking state from the output, then go to Step 2. Step 4: Cycle Classification and Progress Tracking When the decision script returns action == "done" , run cycle-check before handling the code: node < skill_dir
/scripts/ci-state-update.mjs cycle-check \ --code < code
\ [ --agent-triggered ] \ --cycle-count < cycle_count
--max-cycles < max_cycles
\ --env-rerun-count < env_rerun_count
The script returns { cycleCount, agentTriggered, envRerunCount, approachingLimit, message } . Update tracking state from the output. If approachingLimit → ask user whether to continue (with 5 or 10 more cycles) or stop monitoring If previous cycle was NOT agent-triggered (human pushed), log that human-initiated push was detected Progress Tracking no_progress_count , circuit breaker (5 polls), and backoff reset are handled by ci-poll-decide.mjs (progress = any change in cipeStatus, selfHealingStatus, verificationStatus, or failureClassification) env_rerun_count reset on non-environment status is handled by ci-state-update.mjs cycle-check On new CI Attempt detected (poll script returns newCipeDetected ) → reset local_verify_count = 0 , env_rerun_count = 0 Error Handling Error Action Git rebase conflict Report to user, exit nx-cloud apply-locally fails Reject fix via MCP ( action: "REJECT" ), then attempt manual patch (Reject + Fix From Scratch Flow) or exit MCP tool error Retry once, if fails report to user Subagent spawn failure Retry once, if fails exit with error Decision script error Treat as error status, increment no_progress_count No new CI Attempt detected If --auto-fix-workflow , try lockfile update; otherwise report to user with guidance Lockfile auto-fix fails Report to user, exit with guidance to check CI logs User Instruction Examples Users can override default behaviors: Instruction Effect "never auto-apply" Always prompt before applying any fix "always ask before git push" Prompt before each push "reject any fix for e2e tasks" Auto-reject if failedTaskIds contains e2e "apply all fixes regardless of verification" Skip verification check, apply everything "if confidence < 70, reject" Check confidence field before applying "run 'nx affected -t typecheck' before applying" Add local verification step "auto-fix workflow failures" Attempt lockfile updates on pre-CI-Attempt failures "wait 45 min for new CI Attempt" Override new-CI-Attempt timeout (default: 10 min)