Circle high above the issue board, spotting what's dead (implemented but not closed), what's decaying (stale/outdated), and what needs consolidation. The vulture descends, cleans up the carcass, and leaves the backlog healthy. Use when your issue board needs hygiene—closing completed work, consolidating fragments, and removing decay.
Quickly install vulture-sweep AI skill to your development environment via command line
Source: autumnsgrove/groveengine.
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 a...
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
Circle high above the issue board, spotting what's dead (implemented but not closed), what's decaying (stale/outdated), and what needs consolidation. The vulture descends, cleans up the carcass, and leaves the backlog healthy. Use when your issue board needs hygiene—closing completed work, consolidating fragments, and removing decay. Source: autumnsgrove/groveengine.
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
npx skills add https://github.com/autumnsgrove/groveengine --skill vulture-sweepCircle high above the issue board, spotting what's dead (implemented but not closed), what's decaying (stale/outdated), and what needs consolidation. The vulture descends, cleans up the carcass, and leaves the backlog healthy. Use when your issue board needs hygiene—closing completed work, consolidating fragments, and removing decay. Source: autumnsgrove/groveengine.
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/autumnsgrove/groveengine --skill vulture-sweep Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw
https://github.com/autumnsgrove/groveengine