Interact with my Squad from Issue/PR

[Gareth064]

Right now, I have Ralph running on my repo. I'm not at my computer. But I can see issues and pr's moving through and being closed, from the GitHub app on my phone.

If I notice an issue has been closed, but I feel more work needs done, can I reopen the issue with a comment that Ralph would pick up on, understand my comment and get the squad to react to and start working on the issue again?

[bradygaster]

This is a great use case and exactly where we want Squad to go! Right now, here's what works:

Reopening issues: Yes, if you reopen an issue that's assigned to a squad member (via squad:{member} label), Ralph (the autonomous agent) should pick it up on the next sweep. Adding a comment with context for why it's reopened helps the agent understand what additional work is needed.

PR comments: Squad members can respond to review comments on their PRs. If you leave a review comment requesting changes, the agent that created the PR should address it on the next run.

From your phone: The GitHub mobile app workflow you're describing (monitoring from phone, reopening issues) should work since it's all GitHub-native. The key is that Ralph watches for issue state changes and label assignments.

One caveat: Ralph needs to be running (via squad CLI or Copilot agent session) to pick up changes. If no one has an active session, the work queues up until the next session.

[jbrodovsky]

Can I ask how you configured this? I have a server that I'm running that I'd like to set up as a remote coding agent and interact with it via GitHub issues/projects. Did you run it with squad loop or squad watch?

[jbrodovsky]

My bad it was a simple auth issue.