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Systemd timer runs headless Claude Code on ready GitHub issues

What to do

Label issues ready and let a systemd timer run headless Claude Code, without giving it merge or deploy rights.

Why

One author reports 82 PRs in two weeks, with 74 merged.

What the research found

A Reddit author describes a systemd-timer loop running headless Claude Code on GitHub issues labelled ready, producing 82 PRs in two weeks with 74 merged, with no merge or deploy rights; a practical pattern for engineers.

Claims and how well the evidence supports them

A systemd timer runs headless Claude Code against GitHub issues labelled ready, producing one PR per issue 98%
In two weeks the loop produced 82 PRs with 74 merged 99%
The loop cannot merge, deploy or publish and stops to ask when a decision is needed 98%
A second Claude Code session reads the loop logs and fixes the script 99%

Evidence

reddit.com https://reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1xcoi5a/how_i_stopped_chatting_with_claude_code_a_loop
cloudwired.dev https://cloudwired.dev/notes/the-nightly-ralph-loop

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