diffplug · nedtwigg · Jul 18, 2026 · Jul 17, 2026
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-ci-fix.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-ci-fix.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by tend 0.1.10. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
+# Generated by tend 0.1.11. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
 #
 # Do not edit this file directly — it will be overwritten on regeneration.
 # To customize behavior, edit the relevant skill (for example,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-tags: true
           token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
-      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.10
+      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.11
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
           claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-mention.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-mention.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by tend 0.1.10. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
+# Generated by tend 0.1.11. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
 #
 # Do not edit this file directly — it will be overwritten on regeneration.
 # To customize behavior, edit the relevant skill (for example,
@@ -62,6 +62,29 @@ jobs:
             exit 0
           fi
 
+          # Skip the bot's own comments before anything else. The Bot-type
+          # check below only catches GitHub App / Bot accounts; our own bot is a
+          # PAT-based User account, so its comments would otherwise fall through
+          # to the engagement heuristics (bot-authored issue, "bot has prior
+          # comments") and spin up a handle job the prompt's self-loop guard
+          # then exits silently — pure waste. There is no legitimate
+          # self-summons: a bot comment that quotes a prior @-mention would
+          # re-match the mention check below and escape an after-placed guard,
+          # so this runs *before* the mention check. Covers issue_comment and
+          # pull_request_review_comment (both carry comment.user.login). Fires
+          # on, e.g., the monthly tracking-issue rollover where the bot posts
+          # evidence-gist links on its own issue. Scoped to comments on
+          # purpose: the pull_request_review *submission* event is deliberately
+          # left out, since a review the bot leaves on its own PR is its
+          # reviewer role (the prompt is told to action it), not a self-loop.
+          # The only self-review skip is the terminal empty-body APPROVED gate
+          # below.
+          if { [ "$EVENT_NAME" = "issue_comment" ] || [ "$EVENT_NAME" = "pull_request_review_comment" ]; } \
+             && [ "$COMMENT_AUTHOR" = "dormouse-bot" ]; then
+            echo "should_run=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
           if [ -n "$COMMENT_BODY" ] && printf '%s\n' "$COMMENT_BODY" | grep -qF '@dormouse-bot'; then
             echo "should_run=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
             exit 0
@@ -156,6 +179,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
           EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
           COMMENT_BODY: ${{ github.event.comment.body || github.event.review.body }}
+          COMMENT_AUTHOR: ${{ github.event.comment.user.login }}
           COMMENT_AUTHOR_TYPE: ${{ github.event.comment.user.type }}
           ISSUE_BODY: ${{ github.event.issue.body }}
           ISSUE_OR_PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
@@ -227,7 +251,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           EVENT_TS: ${{ github.event.comment.updated_at || github.event.review.submitted_at || github.event.issue.updated_at }}
 
-      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.10
+      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.11
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
           claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}
@@ -250,7 +274,7 @@ jobs:
               || (github.event_name == 'pull_request_review' && contains(github.event.review.body, '@dormouse-bot')
                 && format('A review was submitted on PR #{0} that mentions you ({1}, review ID {2}). Read the review and full context, then respond. If changes were requested, make them, commit, and push.', github.event.pull_request.number, github.event.review.html_url, github.event.review.id))
               || (github.event_name == 'pull_request_review'
-                && format('A review was submitted on a PR where you previously participated (PR #{0}, {1}, review ID {2}). Read the review and full context. If the review requests changes or asks questions, respond appropriately. If the review approves or is between humans, exit silently.', github.event.pull_request.number, github.event.review.html_url, github.event.review.id))
+                && format('A review was submitted on a PR where you previously participated (PR #{0}, {1}, review ID {2}). Read the review and full context. If it requests changes or asks questions, respond appropriately — including when you authored the review: a review your review workflow left on your own PR is your reviewer role speaking, not a self-loop, so action it. Exit silently for a plain approval, a review with no actionable content, or one between other participants.', github.event.pull_request.number, github.event.review.html_url, github.event.review.id))
               || (contains(github.event.comment.body, '@dormouse-bot')
                 && format('You were mentioned in a comment ({0}). Read the full context and respond. If changes are requested, make them, commit, and push.', github.event.comment.html_url))
               || format('A user commented on an issue/PR where you previously participated ({0}). Read the full context. Only respond if the comment is directed at you, asks a question you can help with, or requests changes you can make. If the conversation is between other participants, exit silently.', github.event.comment.html_url)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-nightly.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-nightly.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by tend 0.1.10. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
+# Generated by tend 0.1.11. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
 #
 # Do not edit this file directly — it will be overwritten on regeneration.
 # To customize behavior, edit the relevant skill (for example,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-tags: true
           token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
-      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.10
+      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.11
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
           claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-notifications.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-notifications.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by tend 0.1.10. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
+# Generated by tend 0.1.11. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
 #
 # Do not edit this file directly — it will be overwritten on regeneration.
 # To customize behavior, edit the relevant skill (for example,
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           fetch-tags: true
           token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
-      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.10
+      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.11
         if: steps.check.outputs.count != '0' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-review-runs.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-review-runs.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by tend 0.1.10. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
+# Generated by tend 0.1.11. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
 #
 # Do not edit this file directly — it will be overwritten on regeneration.
 # To customize behavior, edit the relevant skill (for example,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-tags: true
           token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
-      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.10
+      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.11
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
           claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-review.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-review.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by tend 0.1.10. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
+# Generated by tend 0.1.11. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
 #
 # Do not edit this file directly — it will be overwritten on regeneration.
 # To customize behavior, edit the relevant skill (for example,
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-tags: true
           token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
-      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.10
+      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.11
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
           claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-triage.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-triage.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by tend 0.1.10. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
+# Generated by tend 0.1.11. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
 #
 # Do not edit this file directly — it will be overwritten on regeneration.
 # To customize behavior, edit the relevant skill (for example,
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-tags: true
           token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
-      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.10
+      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.11
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
           claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-weekly.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-weekly.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by tend 0.1.10. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
+# Generated by tend 0.1.11. Regenerate with: uvx tend@latest init
 #
 # Do not edit this file directly — it will be overwritten on regeneration.
 # To customize behavior, edit the relevant skill (for example,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-tags: true
           token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
-      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.10
+      - uses: max-sixty/tend/claude@0.1.11
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
           claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}