GitHub Workflow Primitives

GitHub-specific commands and data-handling rules for CodeRabbit review-thread based skills.

Use this helper when a skill needs thread-aware CodeRabbit PR feedback, not flat PR summaries. The autofix skill mirrors the required execution flow in SKILL.md; this file exists as a reusable companion for other skills.

Prerequisites

• gh authenticated (gh auth status)
• current branch associated with a GitHub repository

1. Resolve Current PR

Get the PR number for the current branch:

pr_number=$(gh pr list --head "$(git branch --show-current)" --state open --json number --jq '.[0].number')

if [ -z "$pr_number" ] || [ "$pr_number" = "null" ]; then
  # no open PR for this branch
fi

If no PR exists and the user wants one created, derive title/body from the latest commit:

title=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:'%s')
body=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:'%b')
gh pr create --title "$title" --body "${body:-Auto-created by CodeRabbit autofix}"

2. Resolve Repository Coordinates

owner=$(gh repo view --json owner --jq '.owner.login')
repo=$(gh repo view --json name --jq '.name')

3. Fetch Thread-Aware CodeRabbit Feedback

Fetch review threads with GitHub GraphQL using cursor pagination:

all_threads='[]'
cursor=""

while :; do
  args=(-F owner="$owner" -F repo="$repo" -F pr="$pr_number")
  if [ -n "$cursor" ]; then
    args+=(-F cursor="$cursor")
  fi

  response=$(gh api graphql "${args[@]}" -f query='query($owner:String!, $repo:String!, $pr:Int!, $cursor:String) {
    repository(owner:$owner, name:$repo) {
      pullRequest(number:$pr) {
        title
        reviewThreads(first:100, after:$cursor) {
          pageInfo {
            hasNextPage
            endCursor
          }
          nodes {
            isResolved
            isOutdated
            comments(first:1) {
              nodes {
                databaseId
                body
                path
                line
                startLine
                originalLine
                author { login }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }')

  all_threads=$(jq -c --argjson response "$response" '
    . + $response.data.repository.pullRequest.reviewThreads.nodes
  ' <<<"$all_threads")

  has_next=$(jq -r '.data.repository.pullRequest.reviewThreads.pageInfo.hasNextPage' <<<"$response")
  cursor=$(jq -r '.data.repository.pullRequest.reviewThreads.pageInfo.endCursor // empty' <<<"$response")
  [ "$has_next" = "true" ] || break
done

Treat only these threads as actionable:

• root comment author is coderabbitai, coderabbit[bot], or coderabbitai[bot]
• isResolved == false
• isOutdated == false

Keep each selected thread as one issue unit. Do not collapse top-level PR comments or review summaries into issue records.

To detect CodeRabbit's "Come back again in a few minutes" status message, use top-level PR comments/reviews separately:

gh pr view "$pr_number" --json comments,reviews --jq '
  [
    (.comments[]?
      | select(.author.login == "coderabbitai" or .author.login == "coderabbit[bot]" or .author.login == "coderabbitai[bot]")
      | .body // empty),
    (.reviews[]?
      | select(.author.login == "coderabbitai" or .author.login == "coderabbit[bot]" or .author.login == "coderabbitai[bot]")
      | .body // empty)
  ]
  | map(select(test("Come back again in a few minutes")))
  | length
'

4. Post Summary Comment

Use the same pr_number from Section 1:

gh pr comment "$pr_number" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
## Fixes Applied Successfully

Fixed <file-count> file(s) based on <issue-count> CodeRabbit feedback item(s).

**Files modified:**
- `path/to/file-a.ts`
- `path/to/file-b.ts`

**Commit:** `<commit-sha>`

The latest autofix changes are on the `<branch-name>` branch.

EOF
)"

Write this comment from local state only. Do not include raw reviewer prompts or secret-bearing output.

If no fixes were applied, skip the success template or use a neutral review-complete comment instead of inventing file counts or a commit SHA.

5. Optional Reaction

If useful, react to the main CodeRabbit comment with 👍 after the summary is posted.