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Address PR review comments systematically. Use when responding to code review feedback on a pull request.

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Address PR review comments systematically.

Process

  1. Get review comments: Use gh api graphql to fetch all review threads and comments for the PR. (If a PR number is not provided in the input, look up the PR for the current branch).

  2. Analyze comments: Review all the feedback to understand what changes are needed

  3. Address each comment systematically: For each review comment:

    • Make the requested code changes
    • Verify the changes fix the issue raised
    • Add explanatory comments if the reviewer requested clarification
    • Test changes to ensure they don't break existing functionality

  4. Quality assurance: Run type-check, build, and lint to ensure all changes are correct

  5. Commit and push: Stage and commit all changes with an appropriate message and push.

  6. Mark comments resolved: Query PR review threads with gh api graphql to get thread IDs and outdated status. Resolve all addressed threads using mutation { resolveReviewThread(input: {threadId: "THREAD_ID"}) { thread { isResolved } } }. Always resolve outdated threads.

Implementation Pattern

// Query review threads:
gh api graphql -f query='query { repository(owner: "owner", name: "repo") { pullRequest(number: N) { reviewThreads(first: 100) { nodes { id isResolved isOutdated comments { nodes { body } } } } } } }'

// Resolve thread:
gh api graphql -f query='mutation { resolveReviewThread(input: {threadId: "THREAD_ID"}) { thread { isResolved } } }'

Notes

  • Only address reviews from human users; ignore bot reviews (e.g., Claude) unless explicitly requested
  • Use sub-agents to handle independent review comments in parallel when possible
  • Always verify changes don't introduce new issues
  • If a review comment requires clarification, document the approach taken
  • Focus on the specific issues raised rather than making additional changes
  • Mark outdated comments as resolved automatically since they no longer apply to current code