⚙️Project: CLI Automation Tool

Build scripts that use Claude Code to automate daily dev tasks

Project: CLI Automation Tool

In this project, you'll build scripts that use the Claude API to automate daily dev tasks: morning PR reviews, dependency audits, and changelog generation.

1. Morning PR Review

JavaScript
import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
import { execFileSync } from "child_process";

const client = new Anthropic();

async function morningPRReview() {
  const prsJson = execFileSync(
    "gh", ["pr", "list", "--json", "number,title,author,additions,deletions", "--limit", "10"],
    { encoding: "utf-8" }
  );
  const prs = JSON.parse(prsJson);

  if (prs.length === 0) { console.log("No open PRs!"); return; }

  for (const pr of prs) {
    console.log(`\nPR #${pr.number}: ${pr.title}`);

    const diff = execFileSync("gh", ["pr", "diff", String(pr.number)],
      { encoding: "utf-8", maxBuffer: 1024 * 1024 });

    const response = await client.messages.create({
      model: "claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
      max_tokens: 500,
      messages: [{
        role: "user",
        content: `Quick review this PR (3-point summary):\nTitle: ${pr.title}\n\n${diff.substring(0, 10000)}\n\nReply: summary, risks, rating (ready/needs-review/has-issues)`
      }],
    });
    console.log(response.content[0].text);
    console.log("---");
  }
}

2. Dependency Audit

JavaScript
async function dependencyAudit() {
  let outdated = "";
  try {
    outdated = execFileSync("npm", ["outdated", "--json"], { encoding: "utf-8" });
  } catch (e) { outdated = e.stdout; }

  let audit = "";
  try {
    audit = execFileSync("npm", ["audit", "--json"], { encoding: "utf-8" });
  } catch (e) { audit = e.stdout; }

  const response = await client.messages.create({
    model: "claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
    max_tokens: 1024,
    messages: [{
      role: "user",
      content: `Analyze dependency health:\n\nOutdated:\n${outdated}\n\nAudit:\n${audit.substring(0, 5000)}\n\nGive: summary, urgent updates, recommended, can-wait, npm commands`
    }],
  });
  console.log("Dependency Report\n" + response.content[0].text);
}

3. Changelog Generator

JavaScript
async function generateChangelog(since = "1 week ago") {
  const commits = execFileSync(
    "git", ["log", `--since=${since}`, "--pretty=format:%h|%s|%an|%ad", "--date=short"],
    { encoding: "utf-8" }
  );

  if (!commits.trim()) { console.log("No new commits"); return; }

  const response = await client.messages.create({
    model: "claude-sonnet-4-20250514",
    max_tokens: 1024,
    messages: [{
      role: "user",
      content: `Convert these commits into an organized changelog (features, fixes, improvements):\n\n${commits}`
    }],
  });
  console.log(response.content[0].text);
}

4. Putting It All Together

JavaScript
async function morningRoutine() {
  console.log("Morning Report\n" + "=".repeat(40));
  console.log("\n1. Open PR Review");
  await morningPRReview();
  console.log("\n2. Dependency Check");
  await dependencyAudit();
  console.log("\n3. Changelog");
  await generateChangelog();
  console.log("\nMorning report complete!");
}

morningRoutine();

Using Claude Code Directly

Terminal
# Morning PR review
claude "Review all open PRs and summarize each one"

# Dependency audit
claude "Check package.json for outdated or vulnerable dependencies"

# Changelog
claude "Generate a changelog from the past week's commits"

# Code quality
claude "Analyze code quality of the src/ directory"

Daily Cron Job

Terminal
# Add to crontab (every weekday at 8 AM)
0 8 * * 1-5 cd /path/to/project && node morning-routine.js >> morning-report.log

Extensions to Try

Slack notifications — Send reports via webhook
Dashboard — Display reports in a web page
Smart alerts — Only notify when there are issues
Trend tracking — Compare reports over time
Team metrics — Track PR review times

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