Babysit Loop

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Run one repository's pull-request queue as the merge lane of the loop-lane three-session topology: a self-paced standing or drain loop that invokes /source-control:babysit-prs each cycle at the resolved autonomy tier, layered with an activity grace window, do-not-merge respect, escalation, and lane telemetry. Merge authority is human-only until the target repo's tracked config adopts the lane; the adopted baseline is human merge for everything except gate-proven C2-mechanical PRs, and standing merge-rung raises bind only from the tracked config seam. One named exception: an invocation whose own argument line carries BOTH the 'autopilot' tier keyword AND the dedicated raise argument '--merge c3-this-run' (never a config value, never model-supplied, never inferred from a drain/merge phrasing) widens that single invocation's merge authority up to C3, with a fresh independent frontier-tier subagent resolving needs-human/thread/finding blockers first — C4-structural and C5-untrusted-provenance stay unconditionally human-merge regardless, and 'autopilot' alone leaves merge authority at the tracked rung. Use when: 'babysit loop', 'run the babysit loop', 'stand up the merge lane', 'babysit the PR queue continuously', 'drain the PR queue', 'keep merges flowing'. Required argument: <owner/repo>. Launch via /loop (self-paced). Sibling skills: /source-control:babysit-prs (the single-pass tiered mechanic), /source-control:pull-request (single-PR lifecycle).