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OCR Review-to-Approval Loop

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Drive a PR to an approved code review by looping OCR's multi-agent review and address steps. Runs /ocr:review then /ocr:address repeatedly until the review verdict is APPROVE, then one final /ocr:address for leftover suggestions, posting every review and every address round to the GitHub PR as comments. Use when the user asks to 'review and address in a loop', 'iterate review until approved', 'auto review-and-fix this PR', 'loop /ocr:review and /ocr:address', or to take a changeset all the way to a clean APPROVE with the default reviewer team. Wraps the /ocr:review (.ocr/commands/review.md) and /ocr:address (.ocr/commands/address.md) skills; needs a feature branch with an open GitHub PR and the gh CLI for posting.

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OCR Review-to-Approval Loop

What This Skill Does

Orchestrates an autonomous review → address → re-review loop on a pull request, using OCR's existing multi-agent review pipeline, until the review reaches an APPROVE verdict — then runs one final address pass for leftover suggestions. Every review and every address round is posted to the GitHub PR as a comment, producing a transparent, reviewable audit trail.

It is a thin orchestrator over two skills it does not reimplement:

  • /ocr:review → .ocr/commands/review.md (the 8-phase multi-agent review that emits a verdict)
  • /ocr:address → .ocr/commands/address.md (corroborate feedback against code, then implement)

When to Use

  • "Review and address in a loop until it's approved."
  • "Iterate /ocr:review and /ocr:address on this PR."
  • "Auto review-and-fix PR #N to a clean approval."

When NOT to Use (use the underlying skills directly)

  • A single review with no auto-fixing → /ocr:review.
  • Addressing one existing review's feedback → /ocr:address.
  • There is no PR / not on a feature branch (this skill commits and posts).

Prerequisites

  • On a non-default git branch with an open GitHub PR (the loop commits + pushes each round).
  • gh CLI installed and authenticated (for posting; skip with --no-post).
  • OCR set up in the repo (.ocr/ exists, ocr CLI available). Run /ocr:doctor if unsure.
  • A green-ish working tree: any uncommitted changes will become part of what is reviewed.

Arguments

/ocr-review-loop [pr] [--team <spec>] [--max-rounds N] [--no-final-suggestions] [--no-post]
  • pr (optional): PR number. Default: the open PR for the current branch.
  • --team <spec> (optional): reviewer team override (reviewer-id:count,...), forwarded to /ocr:review. Default: the project's default team (ocr team resolve).
  • --max-rounds N (optional): safety cap on review rounds. Default: 5. The loop never runs forever.
  • --no-final-suggestions (optional): stop at APPROVE; skip the final suggestions pass.
  • --no-post (optional): run locally; do not post to GitHub. Present the trail in-chat instead.

The Loop (core algorithm)

Execute this inline, to completion, in the conversation. Do not schedule across turns or background the work. Drive each review's phases 4→7 within one turn (OCR's "don't strand the pipeline" rule). See reference/loop-mechanics.md for the exact CLI/session details and the GitHub comment templates.

0. Preconditions. Resolve the PR and branch; refuse to run on the default branch. Confirm gh (unless --no-post) and OCR setup. Resolve the reviewer team (default unless --team).

1. Review-address loop. Starting at round = 1, while the verdict is not APPROVE and round <= max-rounds:

  1. Review — invoke /ocr:review (default team, or --team). It runs the full pipeline and finalizes rounds/round-{round}/final.md + round-meta.json with a verdict.
  2. Post the review to the PR, headed OCR review — Round {round}. (skip if --no-post)
  3. Gate on the verdict (read it from round-meta.json / final.md):
    • APPROVE → exit the loop (proceed to step 2 below).
    • NEEDS DISCUSSION → STOP the loop. This is a human gate — surface the clarifying questions to the user and await direction. Do not fabricate a fix.
    • REQUEST CHANGES → continue.
  4. Address — invoke /ocr:address on rounds/round-{round}/final.md. Corroborate every item against the actual code; implement the blockers and should-fixes (these clear the gate); decline incorrect feedback with evidence; you MAY defer pure suggestions to the final pass. Verify (typecheck + lint + tests) until green, then commit (atomic, conventional) and push.
  5. Post the address round to the PR: what was addressed, declined (with reasoning), and deferred. (skip if --no-post)
  6. round += 1; loop.

2. Final suggestions pass (only after APPROVE, unless --no-final-suggestions): invoke /ocr:address once more to clear remaining suggestions, verify, commit, push, and post a final address comment that includes a loop-summary table (round → verdict → outcome).

3. Stop conditions. If round exceeds max-rounds without APPROVE, stop and report the outstanding blockers — never loop indefinitely. If APPROVE was reached on round 1, skip the loop body and go straight to the final suggestions pass.

Guardrails (critical — do not skip)

  • Bounded. Honor --max-rounds (default 5). If not approved by then, stop and surface why.
  • NEEDS DISCUSSION is a human gate. Pause and ask; never invent a resolution for genuine ambiguity.
  • Corroborate, don't obey. Per .ocr/commands/address.md: verify each finding against the code; implement valid items; decline wrong feedback with evidence. Don't gold-plate — fix only what the review actually raised.
  • Never push red. Run the project's typecheck + lint + tests before every commit; fix failures before pushing.
  • Branch safety. Refuse to run on the default branch; this skill commits and pushes.
  • Faithful reporting. Report verdicts and outcomes honestly. If a blocker genuinely can't be fixed (needs a product/architecture decision), stop and say so rather than forcing APPROVE.
  • New round, same session. Each iteration is a new OCR review round in the same session (a closed session starts round-{n+1}), reusing discovered-standards.md / context.md.

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