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+# Assistant task — consolidate open recipe PRs (one open PR per recipe)
+
+**Dispatched:** 2026-06-02 by the orchestrator. **Owner:** the Assistant (one-shot). **Not** the
+Builder/Adversary loops — they are busy on the regression phase; do not touch their clones.
+
+## Goal
+Every recipe mirror should have **at most ONE open PR**. For any recipe with more than one open PR,
+combine them into a single open PR (the union of their changes) and close the rest.
+
+## Steps
+
+1. **Survey.** Creds in `/srv/cc-ci/.testenv` (`GITEA_USERNAME`/`GITEA_PASSWORD`/`GITEA_URL`). For every
+   **recipe** mirror under the `recipe-maintainers` org, list its open PRs:
+   - `GET /api/v1/orgs/recipe-maintainers/repos?limit=100`
+   - `GET /api/v1/repos/recipe-maintainers/<recipe>/pulls?state=open`
+   Recipes = real recipe mirrors only — **exclude** infra repos: `cc-ci`, `cc-ci-orchestrator`,
+   `cc-ci-secrets`, `archived-*`. Build the list of recipes with **>1** open PR.
+
+2. **Consolidate** each such recipe into ONE open PR holding the union of the changes, then close the others:
+   - Work in a **fresh clone** of the mirror (e.g. under `/tmp`). **Never** use the loops' clones
+     (`/srv/cc-ci/cc-ci`, `/srv/cc-ci/cc-ci-adv`).
+   - Combine the open PR branches onto one branch (cherry-pick/merge). **Never force-push over unmerged
+     work** — preserve every change. Prefer **extending the lowest-numbered open PR** by pushing the
+     combined branch onto its head (the no-force "commit on top" pattern in
+     `/srv/cc-ci/.claude/skills/recipe-upgrade/open-recipe-pr.sh`).
+   - **Conflict policy:** two upgrade PRs to different versions → keep the **newest** version. An upgrade
+     PR + a different-purpose PR (e.g. a backup/restore fix) → include **both** changes.
+   - **Close** the now-redundant PRs with a comment: `Consolidated into #<N> — one open PR per recipe.`
+   - **Re-test** the surviving consolidated PR by commenting `!testme` on it (real CI; results show in
+     the PR; iterate up to 3×). If a genuine pre-existing failure blocks it, leave an explanatory
+     comment — do **not** weaken/skip/delete any test.
+
+3. **Report & stop.** Summarise: which recipes had >1 open PR, what you consolidated, the surviving PR
+   URL per recipe, conflicts resolved, and any PR left red with an explanatory comment. Then go idle
+   (one-shot — do not loop).
+
+## Guardrails
+- **NEVER merge any PR into `main`** — the operator merges. "Merge them together" = consolidate multiple
+  open PRs into ONE open PR, **not** merge to main.
+- Only touch **recipe mirror** PRs. Do **not** touch cc-ci-repo PRs (build/test PRs).
+- Recipes with 0 or 1 open PR: leave untouched.
+- Known starting point (re-verify live — state may have changed): `custom-html` had 2 upgrade PRs
+  (#1 1.12.0, #2 1.13.0); `ghost` had #1 (backup fix) + #2 (upgrade). Survey fresh for the full set.