Greenlight PR
Drive a PR to green — fix CI, address AI code reviews, iterate until merge-ready.
You are the decision-maker, not the reviewer. AI review bots do the reviewing. You evaluate their feedback, decide what's worth fixing, fix it well, and iterate until clean.
Tool
bashpython3 ~/.claude/skills/greenlight-pr/scripts/gl-snapshot.py [PR]
Returns structured JSON: CI status, review comments (with code context), and recommended actions. State persists in /tmp/gl-{repo}-pr{N}.json.
| Flag | Purpose |
|---|---|
7 | Explicit PR number |
--mark-seen 123,456 | Mark comment IDs as processed |
--retry-failed | Rerun failed CI jobs (budget: 3/SHA) |
--wait-review | Poll until new comments appear (timeout: 5min) |
--timeout 120 | Custom timeout for --wait-review |
--reset | Clear state for fresh start |
Code Review Skill Awareness
The code-review skill posts inline PR comments — just like CodeRabbit or any other bot. Greenlight-pr triages them all the same way.
The difference: code-review signals its status via HTML comment markers in PR comments:
<!-- code-review-status: in_progress -->— review is running<!-- code-review-status: complete -->— review is done, findings posted
Whenever you are about to triage comments or wait for reviews, also check if a code-review is in progress. If it is, wait for it to finish before proceeding (poll every 30s, timeout 10min). This is in addition to the existing --wait-review polling for external bots — both must finish before you triage.
bash# Check if code-review skill is still running COMMENTS=$(gh pr view [PR] --comments --json comments -q '.comments[].body') if echo "$COMMENTS" | grep -q 'code-review-status: in_progress' && \ ! echo "$COMMENTS" | grep -q 'code-review-status: complete'; then # Poll until complete for i in $(seq 1 20); do sleep 30 COMMENTS=$(gh pr view [PR] --comments --json comments -q '.comments[].body') echo "$COMMENTS" | grep -q 'code-review-status: complete' && break done fi
Terminal States
| State | Meaning | Agent behavior |
|---|---|---|
done | CI green, no pending bot reviews, no new comments | Report merge-ready |
stop_pr_closed | PR was merged or closed | Stop |
stop_exhausted_retries | Flaky CI retry budget used up | Escalate to user |
stop_waiting_review_pending | Timed out waiting; external bot review still pending | Report "blocked on external review" and exit cleanly — do not present as finished or merge-ready. Rerun later. |
Main Loop
snapshot = gl-snapshot.py [PR] actions = snapshot.actions loop: if "stop_pr_closed" in actions: return "PR merged or closed" if "stop_exhausted_retries" in actions: return "CI retries exhausted — ask user" if "fix_ci" in actions: for each check in snapshot.ci.failed: if check.classification == "branch": read check.log_excerpt find the failure cause in the code fix it commit → push goto snapshot if "retry_ci" in actions: gl-snapshot.py --retry-failed gh pr checks [PR] --watch --fail-fast goto snapshot if "triage_comments" in actions: check for code-review in progress → wait if needed (see above) run TRIAGE PROCESS (see references/triage-process.md) push fixes gh pr checks [PR] --watch --fail-fast # wait for CI first snapshot = gl-snapshot.py --wait-review # polls with timeout; returns full snapshot check for code-review in progress → wait if needed actions = snapshot.actions # may be stop_waiting_review_pending if timed out continue loop # re-evaluate from wait result if "wait_review" in actions: snapshot = gl-snapshot.py --wait-review # polls with timeout; returns full snapshot check for code-review in progress → wait if needed actions = snapshot.actions # may be stop_waiting_review_pending if timed out continue loop # re-evaluate — do NOT re-snapshot if "wait_ci" in actions: gh pr checks [PR] --watch --fail-fast goto snapshot if "stop_waiting_review_pending" in actions: return "CI green, no actionable comments yet, but external bot review still pending. Rerun later." if "done" in actions: return "CI green, no pending bot reviews, no new comments — merge-ready"
Happy Path Example
Concrete commands for the most common flow: bot posts comments → triage → fix → re-review.
bash# 1. Snapshot python3 ~/.claude/skills/greenlight-pr/scripts/gl-snapshot.py 42 # → actions: ["triage_comments"], new_comments: [{id: "123", body: "...", code_context: "..."}] # 2. Triage (see references/triage-process.md) # Read comments, spawn sub-agents, decide FIX/DISAGREE/DEFER # Fix the code... # 3. Commit and push git add -A && git commit -m "Address review: fix X, Y" && git push # 4. Reply to each comment gh api repos/owner/repo/pulls/42/comments/123/replies -f body="Fixed — description. See abc1234" # 5. Post round summary gh pr comment 42 --body "## Greenlight — Round 1 **Fixed (2):** X, Y **Disagreed (1):** Z — reasoning" # 6. Mark as seen python3 ~/.claude/skills/greenlight-pr/scripts/gl-snapshot.py --mark-seen 123,456,789 # 7. Wait for bot re-review, then re-snapshot gh pr checks 42 --watch --fail-fast python3 ~/.claude/skills/greenlight-pr/scripts/gl-snapshot.py --wait-review python3 ~/.claude/skills/greenlight-pr/scripts/gl-snapshot.py 42 # → new round: check actions again
What counts as a comment
The snapshot only returns inline review comments with code_context (the diff hunk). It ignores:
- Big walkthrough/summary comments that bots post at the top of the PR
- Issue-level comments (not attached to a line of code)
- Your own replies
If CodeRabbit auto-marks a comment as "Addressed in commit X", you don't need to reply again unless you want an audit trail.
Recovery after interruption
State persists in /tmp/gl-{repo}-pr{N}.json. If a session is interrupted, just re-run the snapshot — it picks up where you left off with all processed comment IDs intact.
Triage Process (overview)
The full process with sub-agent prompts and decision trees is in references/triage-process.md. Summary:
Phase 1 — EVALUATE spawn sub-agents to evaluate each comment each returns: verdict (FIX/DISAGREE/DEFER) + reasoning + confidence Phase 2 — SYNTHESIZE collect sub-agent results resolve conflicts (agents may disagree) filter: only HIGH/MEDIUM confidence FIXes that pass quality check Phase 3 — ACT implement fixes (one commit, grouped) reply to every comment individually post round summary as PR comment gl-snapshot.py --mark-seen <ids>
Guardrails
- Think before fixing. Don't blindly apply every bot suggestion.
- No workarounds. If you can't fix it properly, disagree or defer.
- No over-engineering. Push back on suggestions that add complexity without solving real problems.
- Always reply. Every inline comment gets a reply. Every round gets a summary.
- Wait for re-review. After every push,
--wait-reviewthen re-snapshot. - Know when to stop. 3+ rounds of only nit/duplicate comments → done.
- Escalate. Product decisions → stop and ask user.
References
references/triage-process.md— Sub-agent prompts, decision pseudocode, quality checks, reply templatesreferences/ci-classification.md— Branch vs flaky heuristicsreferences/known-bots.md— AI review bot catalog and re-review patterns
AZ Skill Feedback
If this skill was broken, confusing, outdated, missing context, or notably good, submit 1–3 specific, safe sentences:
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