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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+usage() {
+  cat <<'EOF'
+Usage:
+  scripts/pr-verify.sh <pr-number> [repo]
+
+Examples:
+  scripts/pr-verify.sh 2293
+  scripts/pr-verify.sh 2293 zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw
+
+Description:
+  Verifies PR merge state using GitHub REST API (low-rate path) and
+  confirms merge commit ancestry against local git refs when possible.
+EOF
+}
+
+require_cmd() {
+  if ! command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "error: required command not found: $1" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+format_epoch() {
+  local ts="${1:-}"
+  if [[ -z "$ts" || "$ts" == "null" ]]; then
+    echo "n/a"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  if date -r "$ts" "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    date -r "$ts" "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  if date -d "@$ts" "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    date -d "@$ts" "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  echo "$ts"
+}
+
+if [[ "${1:-}" == "-h" || "${1:-}" == "--help" || $# -lt 1 ]]; then
+  usage
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+PR_NUMBER="$1"
+REPO="${2:-zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw}"
+BASE_REMOTE="${BASE_REMOTE:-origin}"
+
+require_cmd gh
+require_cmd git
+
+if ! [[ "$PR_NUMBER" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+  echo "error: <pr-number> must be numeric (got: $PR_NUMBER)" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "== PR Snapshot (REST) =="
+IFS=$'\t' read -r number title state merged merged_at merge_sha base_ref head_ref head_sha url < <(
+  gh api "repos/$REPO/pulls/$PR_NUMBER" \
+    --jq '[.number, .title, .state, (.merged|tostring), (.merged_at // ""), (.merge_commit_sha // ""), .base.ref, .head.ref, .head.sha, .html_url] | @tsv'
+)
+
+echo "repo:         $REPO"
+echo "pr:           #$number"
+echo "title:        $title"
+echo "state:        $state"
+echo "merged:       $merged"
+echo "merged_at:    ${merged_at:-n/a}"
+echo "base_ref:     $base_ref"
+echo "head_ref:     $head_ref"
+echo "head_sha:     $head_sha"
+echo "merge_sha:    ${merge_sha:-n/a}"
+echo "url:          $url"
+
+echo
+echo "== API Buckets =="
+IFS=$'\t' read -r core_rem core_lim gql_rem gql_lim core_reset gql_reset < <(
+  gh api rate_limit \
+    --jq '[.resources.core.remaining, .resources.core.limit, .resources.graphql.remaining, .resources.graphql.limit, .resources.core.reset, .resources.graphql.reset] | @tsv'
+)
+
+echo "core:         $core_rem/$core_lim (reset: $(format_epoch "$core_reset"))"
+echo "graphql:      $gql_rem/$gql_lim (reset: $(format_epoch "$gql_reset"))"
+
+echo
+echo "== Git Ancestry Check =="
+if ! git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "local_repo:   n/a (not inside a git worktree)"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "local_repo:   $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+
+if [[ "$merged" != "true" || -z "$merge_sha" ]]; then
+  echo "result:       skipped (PR not merged or merge commit unavailable)"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if ! git fetch "$BASE_REMOTE" "$base_ref" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "result:       unable to fetch $BASE_REMOTE/$base_ref (network/remote issue)"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if ! git rev-parse --verify "$BASE_REMOTE/$base_ref" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "result:       unable to resolve $BASE_REMOTE/$base_ref"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if git merge-base --is-ancestor "$merge_sha" "$BASE_REMOTE/$base_ref"; then
+  echo "result:       PASS ($merge_sha is on $BASE_REMOTE/$base_ref)"
+else
+  echo "result:       FAIL ($merge_sha not found on $BASE_REMOTE/$base_ref)"
+  exit 2
+fi