Overnight safe task picker
Each night it looks over the day's unfinished work and picks 3 to 5 coding tasks that are safe to run overnight. It only writes a report with a ready prompt for each one.
What it does
- Reads repos changed today, open TODOs and failed builds
- Keeps only tasks with a clear goal and a test to check them
- Drops anything that merges, deploys, sends or spends
- Writes a ranked report with a paste ready prompt per task
Your approval boundaries
Creates draftsThese actions always wait for your yes:
- Starting any overnight task
- Merging anything the next morning
You decide what happens next.
More about this workflow
This setup is for developers and small engineering teams who want fewer chores. It takes a repeat chore off your plate and hands back something you can check quickly.
First, it reads repos changed today, open TODOs and failed builds. Next, it keeps only tasks with a clear goal and a test to check them. Then it drops anything that merges, deploys, sends or spends. Finally, it writes a ranked report with a paste ready prompt per task. It works with your git host, issue tracker and CI, each on its own login with limited access.
You get the prep work done and waiting for you. The agent stops and asks for your yes before starting any overnight task and merging anything the next morning, and says plainly if a step cannot be undone.
“Don’t invent tasks to fill the report.”
Explore required tools and model recommendations
Tools and access
GitHub
Handles the git host and ci part of this job. Grant a fine-grained token, read code and write comments.
API required: Yes. Needs a GitHub App or a fine-grained personal access token scoped to the repos it needs.
Linear
Handles the issue tracker part of this job. Grant read plus create in one triage team.
API required: Yes. Needs a personal API key or an OAuth app.
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Model recommendations
Best pick
Claude Opus 5.5
Its maker points to it for long running coding work.
$4 per million input tokens, $20 per million output tokens.
Anthropic docs as of October 11, 2026
Cheaper backup
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Half the price per token and still strong for reviews and docs.
$2 per million input tokens, $10 per million output tokens.
Anthropic docs as of October 11, 2026
Our own picks. Not sponsored, no affiliate links.
Build your prompt
Add your details, then copy the prompt into your tool.
2Your prompt
4 of 4 still emptyYour answers stay in this browser only.
Run your workflow
Connect your tools with only the access this setup needs, then follow these steps.
Steps
Do these in order. Test on old data before it touches live work.
- 1Connect GitHub with its own login, not yours. Grant a fine-grained token, read code and write comments.
- 2Connect Linear with its own login, not yours. Grant read plus create in one triage team.
- 3Paste the prompt where your harness takes instructions. See the note under the Copy button.
- 4Do a dry run on old or test data first. Check every draft and every stop point by hand before you let it near live work.
- 5Read its log after the first real run. Only widen access once a week of runs looks clean.
Safeguards and trust score
The score describes this example setup’s access, approval boundaries, ability to undo changes, and scope.
Writes drafts and notes inside your tools, nothing leaves on its own.
Waits for a yes on: starting any overnight task, merging anything the next morning.
Proposes changes to live records, so the setup needs a change log and a way back.
Runs on its own login across 3 tools. Fewer connections means a smaller blast radius.
How to raise it
- Undo and logs: Stop it from editing live records. Have it write the change as a proposal you apply, and keep a log of every change with a way to roll it back +3
- Scope: Cut it down from 3 connected tools to the 2 it needs most, each with its own limited login instead of your full account +2
Do all of these to reach 89, up from 84.
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