[connabyss]

Requested by CH · project thread

What was wrong, what you changed, how you checked:

The checklist rules made it harder for first-time contributors. The checklist check put a red X on a PR over paperwork, and a one-line change (#90) got three asks. This PR:

• checklist never fails now. It lists any unticked box as a yellow warning. The six test checks still block merging.
• The template goes from 5 boxes to 3: linked issue (small fixes can skip it), a test that fails without the change for bug fixes (with a pointer to bite live), and pytest/CI green. Screenshots and Assisted-by move to "nice to have, never required".
• CONTRIBUTING and AGENTS.md now say the same. They also say Assisted-by can go in the commit or the PR description, and that a maintainer may finish small leftovers for you and keep you as co-author.

Ran python -m pytest: 91 passed. With the bot/pr_checklist.py change taken out, 3 checklist tests fail.

Fixes # n/a (no issue, small change)

• It links the issue it fixes (a small fix can skip this).
• For a bug fix: a test that fails without the change and passes with it.
• python -m pytest passes, and CI is green.

---

Generated by Claude Code

[github-actions]

✅ Bite-proof. Nice work.

Bite took each change out, one at a time, and a test noticed every time. If one breaks later, that test will warn you.

Badge for your README: [![Bite-proof ✅](https://img.shields.io/badge/Bite--proof-%E2%9C%85-black)](https://github.com/connabyss/bite)

• ✅ The tests test_the_step_never_fails_and_warns_about_the_unticked_box and 1 more noticed it was gone. If this change breaks later, they will warn you.
  _{Commit 327abf9e: “Make the PR checklist a friendly reminder, not a gate”}

How Bite checks

Bite asks one question about each change: if it disappeared, would any test notice? It takes the change out, runs your tests, and puts it back. What is Bite?