memtrace-code-review

Testing & Quality

Review GitHub pull requests with Memtrace's local graph-backed review engine. Use when the user asks to review a GitHub pull request, run Memtrace code review, post Memtrace review comments, create a PR with a review step, or publish local graph-backed review findings to GitHub. Prefer the review_github_pr MCP tool over manual diff inspection. Do not use for local working-tree diffs — that is the built-in /code-review; this skill is for GitHub PRs via review_github_pr.

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Overview

Use Memtrace's local-first PR review workflow. The agent should call the review_github_pr MCP tool so review runs against the developer's local indexed graph, AST detectors, YAML rule pack, and review policy. GitHub is used for PR context and optional comment publication; source code analysis stays local.

Default Flow

If the user gives a GitHub PR URL and asks to inspect or review it, call review_github_pr with post: false.
If the user explicitly asks to publish, post comments, or complete the PR review, call review_github_pr with post: true.
Use graphMode: "strict" by default. Use graphMode: "off" only when the user asks to benchmark non-graph behavior or the local graph is unavailable.
Default to minSeverity: "high" and maxComments: 5 when posting. For previews, maxComments: 10 is acceptable.
Pass repoRoot when the PR checkout is not the current working directory. Pass repoId when the indexed repository id is known.

Full parameter spec for every Memtrace tool: references/mcp-parameters.md (bundled at the memtrace-skills plugin root).

Example User Prompts

"Review this PR with Memtrace: https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/pull/123"
"Use Memtrace to review this pull request and post the findings: https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/pull/123"
"Create the PR, then run Memtrace code review and publish the review comments."

Guardrails

Do not start with generic grep, rg, or manual diff review when review_github_pr is available.
Do not post comments unless the user explicitly requested publication.
After posting comments (post: true), record the PR URL and the posted comment IDs in the session output as the audit trail.
Do not create benchmark-specific or PR-specific findings. The review must come from general Memtrace detectors, graph evidence, and policy ranking.
If the tool reports missing auth, tell the user to run memtrace auth login.
If the tool reports missing GitHub App installation, tell the user to install Memtrace Code Reviewer on that repository.
If the tool reports missing local graph context, tell the user to run memtrace index . from the actual repo root. If the open folder is a parent containing multiple independent repos, do not index the parent unless the user explicitly wants a shared workspace.

Output

Summarize the review_github_pr result with these fields:

Field	Preview (`post: false`)	Posted (`post: true`)
PR URL + repository	yes	yes
Graph state	yes	yes
Findings	count of candidate comments, plus file, line, severity, message per finding	number of comments posted
Posted comment IDs	—	yes — record with the PR URL as the audit trail