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review pr

- `$ARGUMENTS`: The PR number or URL to review

Claude Code Knowledge Pack7/10/2026

Overview

Arguments

  • $ARGUMENTS: The PR number or URL to review

Your task

Review the specified pull request and provide feedback.

Step 1: Checkout the PR

First, checkout the PR using:

gh pr checkout $ARGUMENTS

Step 2: Gather PR context

Get the PR details:

gh pr view $ARGUMENTS
gh pr diff $ARGUMENTS

Step 3: Review the code changes

Use the Task tool with subagent_type: "code-reviewer" to perform a thorough code review of the changes. Pass the diff and changed files to the agent for analysis.

The code-reviewer agent will analyze:

  • Code quality and best practices
  • Potential bugs or issues
  • Security concerns
  • Performance considerations
  • Documentation and comments

Step 4: Present the review

After the code review is complete, present the review to the user using this format:

## PR Review

**Recommendation**: APPROVE | REQUEST_CHANGES | COMMENT

### Summary
[1-2 sentence overview of what this PR does]

### Actionable Feedback (N items)
- [ ] `file.py:42` - Description of issue or required change
- [ ] `notebook.ipynb` (in cell with `some_code = ...`) - Description

### Detailed Review

#### Code Quality
[Analysis of code patterns, readability, maintainability]

#### Security
[Any security considerations]

#### Suggestions
[Optional improvements]

#### Positive Notes
[What was done well]

Guidelines:

  • Use checkboxes for actionable items so authors can track progress
  • For Jupyter notebooks, reference code snippets instead of cell numbers
  • Be specific with file:line references where possible

Step 5: Ask about posting the review

Use the AskUserQuestion tool to ask the user:

  • Whether they want to post this review to GitHub
  • What review action to take: APPROVE, REQUEST_CHANGES, or COMMENT

Step 6: Post the review (if approved)

If the user confirms, post the review using:

gh pr review $ARGUMENTS --body "YOUR_REVIEW_BODY" --approve|--request-changes|--comment

When posting to GitHub, wrap the Detailed Review section in a collapsible <details> tag to reduce noise:

## PR Review

**Recommendation**: APPROVE | REQUEST_CHANGES | COMMENT

### Summary
[summary]

<details>
<summary>Actionable Feedback (N items)</summary>

- [ ] items...

</details>

<details>
<summary>Detailed Review</summary>

[full review content]

</details>

Use the appropriate flag based on the user's choice:

  • --approve for APPROVE
  • --request-changes for REQUEST_CHANGES
  • --comment for COMMENT only

Important: The gh pr review command produces no output on success. Only run this command once - do not retry if there is no output, as that indicates success.