vulture-sweep
Vulture Sweep 🦅
The vulture circles patiently above, seeing what others miss. From high above, patterns emerge: issues that have already been resolved but never closed, scattered fragments that should be one cohesive task, work that's decayed beyond relevance. The vulture doesn't judge. It performs a necessary service that others avoid—nature's cleanup crew. When the vulture descends, it verifies before consuming. When it rises again, the backlog is healthy.
When to Activate
- Issue board has accumulated cruft over time
- User says "clean up my issues" or "sweep the backlog"
- User calls
/vulture-sweepor mentions vulture/cleanup - Suspecting issues are done but never closed
- Finding scattered related issues that should be consolidated
- Quarterly or monthly backlog hygiene
- After a major release (catch implemented-but-not-closed issues)
IMPORTANT: This animal NEVER closes issues without codebase verification. It only closes what has been proven complete.
Pair with: bee-collect when finding work that needs new issues, badger-triage for organizing what remains
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