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Add stalled-work tracking: issue templates + README callout#31

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Makes the [blocked-human] / [followup: YYYY-MM-DD] issue-tracking convention (used by the weekly stalled-work digest routine) discoverable and easy to use instead of something you have to remember the exact syntax for.

  • .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/blocked-human.md and followup.md — both appear as options in GitHub's "New Issue" picker, with the title tag pre-filled and a short body skeleton (what's needed / waiting on whom / next step, or what to check / why it matters).
  • A README callout (> [!IMPORTANT], placed right after the intro, before the Skills table) documents the convention, links live-filtered issue searches for both tags, and states plainly how items get resolved/updated/postponed — close it, edit it, or change the date; the issue is the reminder, there's nothing else to keep in sync.
  • Repo-structure tree updated to note the new .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ directory.

Context

A scheduled Routine (auto-discovering all public repos under this account, no hardcoded list) scans for these two title tags weekly and pushes a phone notification digest, so tasks stalled on external human action (DUA/DSA signatures, sign-ups, records-release emails, IRB responses) don't silently get forgotten between check-ins.

Test plan

  • Validated both issue templates' YAML frontmatter parses correctly (name, about, title, labels, assignees).
  • Confirmed the diff touches only the intended three files (two new templates + README).
  • Manually reviewed the README callout renders correctly as a GitHub alert block and that both search links are correctly URL-encoded.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01D3gQfyqFnxTqnm455xwPyX


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Makes the [blocked-human] / [followup: YYYY-MM-DD] convention discoverable
and easy to use, rather than something you have to remember the syntax for:

- .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/blocked-human.md and followup.md put both options
  right in the 'New Issue' picker, with the title tag pre-filled and a body
  skeleton (what's needed, waiting on whom, next step).
- A README callout (top, before the Skills table) documents the convention,
  links live-filtered issue searches for both tags, and states how items
  get resolved/updated/postponed (close it, edit it, or change the date —
  the issue is the reminder, nothing else to keep in sync).

A weekly automated digest (a scheduled Routine, auto-discovering all public
repos under this account) scans for these tags and pushes a phone
notification, so paperwork/sign-ups/external approvals stop silently
rotting between check-ins.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D3gQfyqFnxTqnm455xwPyX
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Hefrock merged commit 6b8bf79 into main Jul 19, 2026
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Hefrock deleted the add-stalled-work-tracking branch July 19, 2026 11:14
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