# Template: merge a PR (eligible reviewer only)

Copy, fill the `<...>` fields, and paste as the task prompt.

```text
Task: merge PR #<pr> for issue #<n> if it is eligible and checks pass.

Rules (llm-project-workflow):
- Only an eligible, NON-author reviewer merges. If authenticated user == PR
  author → STOP.
- Do not merge unless the PR is open, mergeable, and its checks/review pass.
- No force-merge, no bypassing branch protections.
- If the PR is closed but `merged=false`, STOP and run reconciliation. Do not clean up.

Steps:
1. Identity Checklist: Before claiming/working on merge, verify and state:
   - Required identity/profile for this task: merger (allowed to merge PRs)
   - Current authenticated identity (from whoami): <username>
   - Target task role: merger identity (must NOT be the PR author)
   *If the current identity does not match the required role (or is the PR author), STOP. Relaunch/switch to the correct profile first.*
2. Verify authenticated identity + active profile.
3. Confirm PR #<pr>: author (not you), state open, mergeable, review approved. Check if PR body uses `Closes #N` or `Fixes #N`; if it uses `Implements #N` or `Refs #N`, manual closing will be needed in step 29.
4. Capability evidence (#179): cite the exact gitea_resolve_task_capability
   output (or runtime context) proving merge_pr is allowed — a bare
   "capability checks passed" claim is downgraded.
5. Final live-state recheck (#179), immediately before the merge mutation —
   re-read the live PR and prove:
   - PR still open
   - live head SHA still equals the pinned/reviewed head SHA
   - base branch unchanged
   - no undismissed REQUEST_CHANGES / blocking review state remains
   If any recheck fails → STOP, re-pin, re-validate.
6. If any gate fails → STOP and report.
7. Merge with explicit confirmation (e.g. confirmation="MERGE PR <pr>"),
   pinning the reviewed head SHA (expected_head_sha) and, where supported,
   the changed-file set.
8. Confirm remote master now contains the merge commit (or the expected changes if squash merged).
   *Note: Gitea PR "closed" state is NOT equivalent to "merged". Do not assume a closed PR succeeded without verifying the actual landed changes.*

Then run the cleanup template (worktree-cleanup.md):
- Verify expected file/commit presence on master (post-merge file-presence verification):
  - Run: git fetch <remote> --prune; git checkout master; git pull <remote> master --ff-only
  - Verify that the expected files added/modified in the PR are present on master (or absent if deleted).
  - Alternatively, verify with: git log --oneline -- <expected-file> or git merge-base --is-ancestor <pr-head-sha> master
- close/release issue #<n>, remove status:in-progress (if it cannot be removed, report why)
- delete remote branch, remove local branch + worktree folder
- fetch/prune; confirm main checkout is clean and current (0 0).

Handoff: end with a section titled exactly `Controller Handoff` per SKILL.md
§K (long form — a merge is always high-risk), including the review/merge role
fields (Selected PR, Reviewer eligibility, Pinned reviewed head, Review
decision, Merge result, Linked issue status, Cleanup status) plus: merge
commit, PR metadata state/merged flag/hash, remote master hash, and the
post-merge verification method used & verification results. Reports missing
the handoff are downgraded (review_proofs.assess_controller_handoff).
```