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Review all orchestration PRs before merge - per-PR checks, cross-PR consistency, and coordinated approval

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/rossoctl/rossoctl/blob/HEAD/.claude/skills/orchestrate:review/SKILL.md

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flowchart TD
    START(["/orchestrate:review"]) --> GATHER["List open orchestration PRs"]:::orch
    GATHER --> PER_PR["Per-PR review"]:::orch
    PER_PR --> CROSS["Cross-PR consistency checks"]:::orch
    CROSS --> DRAFT["Draft review summary"]:::orch
    DRAFT --> APPROVE{User approves?}
    APPROVE -->|Yes| SUBMIT["Post reviews via gh api"]:::orch
    APPROVE -->|No| REVISE["Revise reviews"]:::orch
    REVISE --> DRAFT
    SUBMIT --> STATUS["Update phase-status.md"]:::orch
    STATUS --> DONE([Review complete])

    classDef orch fill:#FF9800,stroke:#333,color:white
    classDef check fill:#FFC107,stroke:#333,color:black
    class APPROVE check

Follow this diagram as the workflow.

Orchestrate: Review

Phase 7 quality gate. Review all orchestration PRs created by phases 2-6 before merge. Checks each PR individually, then validates cross-PR consistency, and submits reviews after user approval.

When to Use

  • After all orchestration phases (2-6) have created their PRs
  • Before merging any orchestration PRs into the target repo
  • When /orchestrate review is invoked from the router

Prerequisites

  • scan-report.md and plan.md exist in /tmp/rossoctl/orchestrate/<target>/
  • Phases 2-6 are complete (or at least the phases that were planned)
  • PRs are open on the target repo

Phase 1: Gather

List open PRs for the target repo and collect metadata:

# List open PRs created by orchestration (look for orchestrate-related branch names or labels)
gh pr list --repo <org>/<repo> --state open --json number,title,headRefName,additions,deletions,files

For each PR, fetch the diff:

gh pr diff <number> --repo <org>/<repo>

Record PR metadata in a working table:

PRTitleBranchFiles+/-
#N...orchestrate/...N+X/-Y

Phase 2: Per-PR Review

For each PR, run the github:pr-review checklist:

Commit Conventions

  • Signed-off (Signed-off-by: trailer present)
  • Emoji prefix on commit message (if repo convention requires it)
  • Imperative mood in subject line
  • Body explains "why" not just "what"

PR Format

  • Title under 70 characters
  • Summary section in PR body
  • Links to relevant issues or plan

Area-Specific Checks

PR PhaseChecks
precommit (Phase 2).pre-commit-config.yaml valid YAML, hooks match detected languages, no conflicting formatters
tests (Phase 3)Test files follow naming conventions, fixtures are reusable, no hardcoded secrets in tests
ci (Phase 4)Actions SHA-pinned, permissions least-privilege, no secrets in logs, workflows valid YAML
security (Phase 5)CODEOWNERS paths exist, SECURITY.md has contact info, LICENSE matches repo intent
replicate (Phase 6)Skills have frontmatter, SKILL.md files are valid markdown, paths reference target repo correctly

Security Review

  • No secrets, tokens, or credentials in diff
  • No overly permissive file permissions
  • No eval, exec, or injection-prone patterns in scripts
  • Container images use specific tags (not :latest)

Phase 3: Cross-PR Consistency

Check alignment across all orchestration PRs:

Pre-commit ↔ CI Alignment

  • Linters configured in .pre-commit-config.yaml (Phase 2) should match lint steps in CI workflows (Phase 4)
  • Example: if pre-commit runs ruff, CI should also run ruff (or at least not run a conflicting linter like flake8)
# Extract pre-commit hooks
grep "repo:\|id:" .repos/<target>/.pre-commit-config.yaml 2>/dev/null
# Compare with CI lint steps
grep -A5 "lint\|check\|format" .repos/<target>/.github/workflows/*.yml 2>/dev/null

Tests ↔ CI Alignment

  • Tests added in Phase 3 should be executed by CI workflows added in Phase 4
  • Check that test commands in CI match the test framework detected
# Test framework from Phase 3
grep -r "pytest\|go test\|vitest\|jest" .repos/<target>/.github/workflows/*.yml 2>/dev/null

CODEOWNERS ↔ Paths

  • Paths in CODEOWNERS (Phase 5) should cover directories created by earlier phases
# Check CODEOWNERS paths exist
cat .repos/<target>/CODEOWNERS 2>/dev/null | grep -v "^#" | awk '{print $1}' | while read path; do
  ls .repos/<target>/$path 2>/dev/null || echo "MISSING: $path"
done

Skills ↔ Repo Paths

  • Skills replicated in Phase 6 should reference correct paths for the target repo
  • Skill frontmatter should be valid
# Check skill files have valid frontmatter
find .repos/<target>/.claude/skills -name "SKILL.md" -exec head -5 {} \; 2>/dev/null

Phase 4: Draft

Present a review summary to the user. Format:

# Orchestration Review: <target>

## Per-PR Verdicts

| PR | Title | Verdict | Issues |
|----|-------|---------|--------|
| #N | precommit: ... | approve | 0 |
| #N | tests: ... | request-changes | 2 |
| #N | ci: ... | approve | 0 |
| #N | security: ... | comment | 1 |
| #N | replicate: ... | approve | 0 |

## Issues Found

### PR #N: <title>
1. **[severity]** Description of issue
   - File: `path/to/file`
   - Recommendation: ...

## Cross-PR Consistency

| Check | Status | Notes |
|-------|--------|-------|
| Pre-commit ↔ CI lint | aligned/misaligned | details |
| Tests ↔ CI execution | aligned/misaligned | details |
| CODEOWNERS ↔ paths | aligned/misaligned | details |
| Skills ↔ repo paths | aligned/misaligned | details |

Present this to the user and wait for approval before submitting.

Phase 5: Submit

After user approval, post reviews via GitHub API:

# For each PR, post the review
gh api repos/<org>/<repo>/pulls/<number>/reviews \
  --method POST \
  -f event="APPROVE" \
  -f body="Orchestration review: all checks passed. ..."

# Or for request-changes:
gh api repos/<org>/<repo>/pulls/<number>/reviews \
  --method POST \
  -f event="REQUEST_CHANGES" \
  -f body="Orchestration review: issues found. ..."

For PRs with inline comments, use the review comments API:

gh api repos/<org>/<repo>/pulls/<number>/reviews \
  --method POST \
  -f event="REQUEST_CHANGES" \
  -f body="..." \
  --input comments.json

Where comments.json contains file-level comments.

Status Update

Update phase-status.md when complete:

# Update phase-status.md
sed -i '' 's/| review .*/| review | complete | -- | YYYY-MM-DD |/' /tmp/rossoctl/orchestrate/<target>/phase-status.md

Related Skills

  • orchestrate -- Parent router
  • github:pr-review -- Per-PR review checklist (invoked during Phase 2)
  • orchestrate:scan -- Scan report used for cross-referencing
  • orchestrate:plan -- Plan used to verify all phases were executed