CI session cannot self-check-in: `send_later` tool unavailable

[iamclaude697]

Problem

The Claude Code remote execution environment does not provision the send_later tool (claude-code-remote MCP server). Without it, automated PR monitoring sessions cannot schedule periodic self-check-ins to detect events that webhooks don't deliver:

• CI success (only failures are delivered)
• New pushes by other actors (e.g., Copilot rebases)
• Merge-conflict state transitions

Impact

Open PRs awaiting review (#9, #11, #12) rely solely on webhook-delivered events. If CI passes silently or a rebase lands cleanly, the session won't notice until a human pings it or a new webhook event arrives.

Workaround

Manual status checks on request, or a Monitor poll loop (burns API calls and ties up a background process).

Resolution

Once send_later is available in the environment, PR monitoring sessions should schedule hourly self-check-ins that re-inspect CI status, mergeability, and review state — re-arming silently if nothing changed.

[laplaque]

Pushing back on the premise here: send_later should not be treated as a missing dependency. That tool is not part of this repo’s supported automation surface, so designing PR monitoring around it bakes in a hallucinated capability.

The repo-side fix should be a ci-notify GitHub Actions workflow instead. CI status changes are repository events, so the durable mechanism belongs in .github/workflows/ci-notify.yml using workflow_run / PR lookup logic to notify or update the relevant PR when CI completes. That avoids background polling sessions, avoids depending on an agent-only scheduler, and leaves an auditable automation path in the repository.

Suggested resolution: replace the send_later proposal with an issue/PR for ci-notify, then close this issue as superseded rather than waiting for a tool that should not be required.

[laplaque]

Closing — send_later is not a real Claude Code tool. The underlying need (detecting CI success without polling) is addressed separately via a ci-notify.yml workflow.