GitHub

Platform-specific commands for responding to PR review comments on GitHub.

Detect

The repository uses GitHub if git remote -v shows github.com URLs.

Fetch unresolved review comments

gh api repos/<org>/<repo>/pulls/<number>/comments \
  --jq '[.[] | {id, path, line, body, user: .user.login, html_url, in_reply_to_id}]'

For PR-level (issue) comments:

gh api repos/<org>/<repo>/issues/<number>/comments \
  --jq '[.[] | {id, body, user: .user.login, html_url}]'

The html_url field is the permalink to the comment — use it when replying to link back to the original comment.

Fetch PR diff for context

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

Reply to a review comment

gh api repos/<org>/<repo>/pulls/<number>/comments \
  --method POST \
  --field body="<reply>" \
  --field in_reply_to=<comment-id>

Reply to a PR-level comment

gh api repos/<org>/<repo>/issues/<number>/comments \
  --method POST \
  --field body="<reply>"

Resolve a comment thread (mark as resolved)

GitHub does not support resolving individual comments via the API directly. Threads are resolved through the web UI or when a review is submitted. After pushing fixes, the reviewer typically resolves their own threads.