pr-review-approve

PR Review and Approve

Automated PR review via code-reviewer agent with conditional gh pr review --approve.

Workflow

Step 1: Parse PR Identifier

Extract PR number from user input. Accepted formats:

• 123 or #123 (PR number)
• https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/123 (full URL)
• owner/repo#123 (shorthand)

If no argument provided, detect from current branch: gh pr view --json number -q .number

Step 2: Save Current Branch

ORIGINAL_BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)

Store for restoration in Step 10.

Step 3: Validate gh Authentication

gh auth status

If not authenticated, show:

Not authenticated. Run gh auth login to authenticate, then retry.

Stop here if auth fails.

Step 4: Fetch PR Metadata

gh pr view <NUMBER> --json number,title,author,baseRefName,headRefName,url,state

If PR not found or closed, show error and stop. Display PR title, author, and branch info to user.

Step 5: Checkout PR Branch

gh pr checkout <NUMBER>

If checkout fails, show the git error and stop. Do NOT force-checkout.

Step 6: Run Code-Reviewer Agent

Dispatch claudey:code-reviewer agent with prompt:

Review the changes in this PR. Run git diff <baseRefName>...HEAD to see all changes. Apply the full review checklist. End with the Review Summary table showing CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW counts and verdicts.

Step 7: Parse Review Results

From the code-reviewer output, extract severity counts:

Severity	Count
CRITICAL	N
HIGH	N
MEDIUM	N
LOW	N

Step 8: Determine Approval Eligibility

Eligible for approval (all must be true):

• CRITICAL = 0
• HIGH = 0
• MEDIUM = 0

LOW issues are informational and do not block approval.

Not eligible: Any MEDIUM, HIGH, or CRITICAL issue found.

Step 9: Show Summary and Ask User

If eligible, display:

PR #<N>: <title>
Review: PASS (0 blocking issues, N LOW informational)

Then use AskUserQuestion with options:

• Approve - Approve with standard review summary
• Approve with message - Approve with custom comment
• Skip - Do not approve

If not eligible, display:

PR #<N>: <title>
Review: BLOCKED (N CRITICAL, N HIGH, N MEDIUM issues)

List the blocking issues. Do NOT offer approval. Suggest the author fix the issues.

Step 10: Execute Approval and Restore Branch

If user chose Approve:

Write a concise summary of what the PR does based on the diff reviewed in Step 6. The summary should explain the purpose and key changes (not the review outcome).

gh pr review <NUMBER> --approve --body "Reviewer Summary: <concise summary of what the PR does and its key changes>"

If user chose Approve with message, prepend "Reviewer Summary: " to their custom message and use that as the body.

Then restore original branch:

git checkout $ORIGINAL_BRANCH

Error Handling

Scenario	Behavior
gh not authenticated	Show gh auth login instructions, stop
PR not found	Show error, suggest gh pr list, stop
PR already closed/merged	Show state, stop
Checkout fails	Show git error, stop
Approval fails	Show possible causes: no write access, self-approval blocked by repo rules, branch protection

Common Mistakes

• Self-approval: GitHub blocks approving your own PR. The skill should warn if PR author matches gh api user -q .login.
• Forgetting to restore branch: Always checkout $ORIGINAL_BRANCH even on error.
• Stale checkout: If the PR branch has been force-pushed, gh pr checkout fetches the latest.