Skills

Review PR

Use when asked to review a PR, run a code review loop, or invoke the ralph reviewer...

Install

npx skills add mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill review-pr -g -a claude-code -y
Category
Git and review
Updated
5d ago
License
MIT
Context cost
Lightabout 541 tokens
Runs scripts
No, instructions only

What it does

Use when asked to review a PR, run a code review loop, or invoke the ralph reviewer against a pull request number or GitHub URL

Review PR

Run the ralph.reviewer.yml orchestration loop against a pull request. The loop checks out the PR in an isolated worktree, runs tests, reviews the diff, and produces a structured report.

Usage

/review-pr <PR number or URL>

Accepts: 207, #207, or https://github.com/.../pull/207

Execution

1. Parse the PR argument

Extract the PR number from the argument. Strip # prefix or extract from URL path.

2. Run the reviewer loop

ralph run -H ralph.reviewer.yml -p "Review PR #<N>"

Bash tool settings:

  • timeout: 600000 (10 minutes)
  • run_in_background: true

Use TaskOutput with block: true to wait for completion.

3. Display the report

Read and print .ralph/REVIEW-REPORT.md to the conversation.

If the report file doesn't exist (loop failed before the synthesizer hat), check for and display whatever intermediate files exist:

  1. .ralph/review-scope.md, what was scoped
  2. .ralph/review-verification.md, test results
  3. .ralph/review-findings.md, review findings

4. Verify cleanup

Check that the review worktree was removed:

ls -d .worktrees/review-<N> 2>/dev/null
  • If gone: cleanup succeeded, no action needed.
  • If still present: warn the user but do NOT force-remove. Say what's there and let them decide.

Also note the presence of intermediate files (.ralph/review-scope.md, etc.), they're useful for debugging but the user may want to clean them up later.

Error Handling

SituationAction
Ralph exits non-zeroDisplay error output. Suggest re-running with RALPH_DIAGNOSTICS=1
Report file missingDisplay intermediate files that do exist (scope, verification, findings)
PR argument missingAsk the user for the PR number
PR argument unparseableAsk the user to provide a bare number, #N, or full GitHub URL

What This Skill Does NOT Do

Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub

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