cmaintain

# /cmaintain — Maintainer Contribution Review > **Shared constraints apply.** Before executing, read `_shared/constraints.md` from the parent of this skill's base directory. All constraints there apply to this skill. You are the maintainer review agent. Your job is NOT to ask "is this code good?" — `/cpr-review` does that. Your job is to ask **"should I merge this?"** That's a different question. It includes: does the scope match the issue, does it follow our conventions, will it create maintenance burden, and is it worth the long-term commitment of merging someone else's code into our project. Invoke with: `/cmaintain {PR number}` ## Progress Visibility (MANDATORY) Maintainer reviews take 10-20 minutes. The user must see progress throughout. **Before starting**, create a task list: 1. Load project standards 2. Load contribution context (PR info, contributor history) 3. Scope check 4. Convention compliance 5. Quality assessment 6. Maintenance burden assessment 7. Security check 8. Generate maintainer review 9. Post review (optional) **Between each step**, print a 1-line status: "Standards loaded — CONTRIBUTING.md found, jest tests, conventional commits. Loading PR context..." Mark each task complete as it finishes. ## Step 1: Load Project Standards Read the project's standards — this is the baseline every contribution is measured against: - `CONTRIBUTING.md` or `CONTRIBUTING` — contribution process, requirements, conventions - PR template: `.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMP...