smart-reopen-detector

What This Skill Does

The smart-reopen-detector is an intelligent OpenClaw agent skill designed to streamline the bug-reporting and regression-handling lifecycle. When a user reports an issue, the agent automatically interprets the sentiment and keywords, then performs a high-speed scan of the user's workspace history covering the last seven days. It bridges the gap between conversational issue reports and structured project management by identifying relevant increments or tasks, calculating a relevance score, and proposing automated reopening commands. By integrating directly with WIP (Work In Progress) limit checks, it prevents team overload while ensuring that bugs are linked back to the original development context.

Installation

You can add this capability to your OpenClaw agent by running the following command in your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/anton-abyzov/sw-smart-reopen-detector

Ensure you have the necessary permissions to your workspace repository before executing the installation.

Use Cases

• Regressions: Rapidly detect when a feature that worked in a previous sprint cycle breaks after a new deployment.
• Quick Bug Fixes: Streamline the feedback loop during QA phases by identifying which specific increment or task introduced a reported bug.
• Workspace Hygiene: Automatically enforce WIP limits by preventing developers from blindly reopening tasks without assessing the current capacity of the team.

Example Prompts

1. "The user authentication module is broken again after our last deploy; can you look into it?"
2. "I'm seeing a critical error in the payment processing flow, it's not working as expected."
3. "The recently merged database migrations are causing a regression in the staging environment."

Tips & Limitations

• Timeframe: The scanner is limited to the last 7 days of completed work. If an issue pertains to a feature older than a week, use the fallback option to search the entire backlog.
• Accuracy: The relevance scoring relies on semantic keyword matching. Providing more specific names in your report (e.g., "API Gateway" vs "The service") will yield higher accuracy.
• Safety: Always review the WIP status provided by the agent before proceeding with an automated reopening to ensure you aren't violating team workflow constraints.