diff --git a/.claude/skills/ci-test-review/open-cc-ci-pr.sh b/.claude/skills/ci-test-review/open-cc-ci-pr.sh
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+++ b/.claude/skills/ci-test-review/open-cc-ci-pr.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# ci-test-review :: open/update a PR on recipe-maintainers/cc-ci from the current branch
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Run from a dedicated cc-ci clone on the branch you want to PR.
+# Optional env:
+#   TITLE=...          override PR title (defaults to latest commit subject)
+#   BODY=...           PR body
+#   BODY_FILE=...      read body from file instead of BODY
+#   BASE=main          base branch (default: main)
+#   REVIEWERS=trav,notplants
+set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
+
+TESTENV="${TESTENV:-/srv/cc-ci/.testenv}"
+set -a; . "$TESTENV"; set +a
+: "${GITEA_USERNAME:?}"
+: "${GITEA_PASSWORD:?}"
+: "${GITEA_URL:?}"
+
+git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null
+
+repo_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+cd "$repo_root"
+
+branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+[ "$branch" != "HEAD" ] || { echo "ERROR: detached HEAD; check out a branch first" >&2; exit 1; }
+[ "$branch" != "main" ] || { echo "ERROR: refuse to open PR from main; use a dedicated branch" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+base="${BASE:-main}"
+title="${TITLE:-$(git log -1 --pretty=%s)}"
+if [ -n "${BODY_FILE:-}" ]; then
+  body="$(<"${BODY_FILE}")"
+else
+  body="${BODY:-}"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$body" ]; then
+  commits="$(git log --pretty='- %h %s' "origin/${base}..HEAD" 2>/dev/null || git log --pretty='- %h %s' -5)"
+  body="cc-ci test update PR.\n\nCommits on top of ${base}:\n\n${commits}\n\nNOT merged — for operator review."
+fi
+
+IFS=',' read -r -a reviewers <<< "${REVIEWERS:-trav,notplants}"
+reviewers_json="$(printf '%s\n' "${reviewers[@]}" | jq -R . | jq -s 'map(select(length > 0))')"
+
+api="https://${GITEA_URL}/api/v1"
+auth=(-u "${GITEA_USERNAME}:${GITEA_PASSWORD}")
+payload="$(jq -n \
+  --arg title "$title" \
+  --arg body "$body" \
+  --arg head "$branch" \
+  --arg base "$base" \
+  --argjson reviewers "$reviewers_json" \
+  '{title:$title, body:$body, head:$head, base:$base, reviewers:$reviewers}')"
+
+resp="$(mktemp)"
+code="$({ curl -sS -o "$resp" -w "%{http_code}" "${auth[@]}" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -X POST "${api}/repos/recipe-maintainers/cc-ci/pulls" \
+  -d "$payload"; } || true)"
+
+if [ "$code" = "201" ]; then
+  jq -r '"PR_URL=" + (.html_url // "") + "\nPR_NUMBER=" + ((.number // 0) | tostring)' "$resp"
+  rm -f "$resp"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ "$code" = "409" ] || grep -q "pull request already exists" "$resp" 2>/dev/null; then
+  existing="$(curl -sS "${auth[@]}" "${api}/repos/recipe-maintainers/cc-ci/pulls?state=open&head=recipe-maintainers:${branch}&base=${base}")"
+  url="$(printf '%s' "$existing" | jq -r '.[0].html_url // empty')"
+  num="$(printf '%s' "$existing" | jq -r '.[0].number // empty')"
+  if [ -n "$url" ]; then
+    printf 'PR_URL=%s\nPR_NUMBER=%s\n' "$url" "$num"
+    rm -f "$resp"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo "ERROR: PR creation failed on recipe-maintainers/cc-ci (HTTP ${code})" >&2
+cat "$resp" >&2 || true
+rm -f "$resp"
+exit 1
diff --git a/.claude/skills/recipe-upgrade/post-pr-comment.sh b/.claude/skills/recipe-upgrade/post-pr-comment.sh
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+++ b/.claude/skills/recipe-upgrade/post-pr-comment.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# recipe-upgrade :: post a comment on a Gitea PR/issue
+# ----------------------------------------------------
+# Usage:
+#   BODY='text' post-pr-comment.sh <owner/repo> <pr-number>
+#   BODY_FILE=/tmp/comment.md post-pr-comment.sh <owner/repo> <pr-number>
+set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
+
+REPO="${1:?usage: post-pr-comment.sh <owner/repo> <pr-number>}"
+PRIDX="${2:?usage: post-pr-comment.sh <owner/repo> <pr-number>}"
+TESTENV="${TESTENV:-/srv/cc-ci/.testenv}"
+set -a; . "$TESTENV"; set +a
+: "${GITEA_USERNAME:?}"
+: "${GITEA_PASSWORD:?}"
+: "${GITEA_URL:?}"
+
+if [ -n "${BODY_FILE:-}" ]; then
+  BODY="$(<"${BODY_FILE}")"
+else
+  : "${BODY:?set BODY or BODY_FILE}"
+fi
+
+API="https://${GITEA_URL}/api/v1"
+AUTH=(-u "${GITEA_USERNAME}:${GITEA_PASSWORD}")
+
+resp="$(mktemp)"
+code="$({ curl -sS -o "$resp" -w "%{http_code}" "${AUTH[@]}" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -X POST "${API}/repos/${REPO}/issues/${PRIDX}/comments" \
+  -d "$(jq -n --arg body "$BODY" '{body:$body}')"; } || true)"
+
+if [ "$code" != "201" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: comment POST failed for ${REPO}#${PRIDX} (HTTP ${code})" >&2
+  cat "$resp" >&2 || true
+  rm -f "$resp"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+jq -r '"COMMENT_URL=" + (.html_url // "") + "\nCOMMENT_ID=" + ((.id // 0) | tostring)' "$resp"
+rm -f "$resp"