Review a pull request for a Factory work item — history and context first, then verdict — and mark the review complete
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tessl review fix ./mastracode/factory/factory-skills/factory-review/SKILL.mdReview the pull request behind this Factory work item — build its history and context first, then judge correctness, tests, scope, and pattern-consistency — and finish by posting a verdict handoff and requesting the stage transition.
You are working in a bound Factory session. Complete the full review in one pass, then make factory_transition_work_item your terminal step — one transition request, repeated only if the governed transition rejects it and only with the rejection reason addressed. Never wait for or solicit human input mid-run; every judgment call is yours to resolve.
Decision rule: at every fork — is this pattern deviation deliberate, is this test gap acceptable, is this scope creep — pick the answer the history and codebase conventions best support, proceed, and record the decision as an assumption for the terminal handoff. Requested changes and decisions a human must make go in the handoff's open questions.
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Parse the PR reference from $ARGUMENTS. Then:
gh pr view <number> --json title,body,commits,files,labels,number,headRefName,author and gh pr diff <number> for the change itself.fixes #N, closes #N) — they often explain why the PR exists better than its description.gh pr list --author <login> --state merged --limit 100 --json number --jq length). This frames the review attention needed, not the verdict.gh pr checks — CI status (build, typecheck, tests). Still-running CI is noted, not blocking.Gate failures don't stop the review — they become findings for the verdict.
For each significantly changed file: git log --oneline -20 -- <file>, git blame on the changed regions' pre-PR state, and linked PRs/issues from commit messages. Understand why the current code exists before judging the change to it.
Read around the changed lines: the module architecture, the contracts the changed code participates in, callers and data flow, and any AGENTS.md/README conventions in the touched packages. Then judge the approach: does it fit the existing design, or fight it? If the history shows a simpler or more consistent approach, flag it.
Weigh the findings and commit to one verdict:
Do not hedge between the two — pick the verdict the evidence supports and record borderline judgment calls as assumptions.
First, post the review handoff as your final message in the conversation. It must open with the verdict line: Verdict: approve or Verdict: request changes, followed by:
Then make your terminal factory_transition_work_item call. Take the current stage and expectedRevision from the factory-phase signal. Request stage: "done" (review board) for both verdicts — the transition marks the review pass complete; what to do about requested changes is the human's call from the handoff.
rationale (max 1000 chars) — one or two sentences: review complete, verdict, and the headline reason.
The transition is governed by the server's rules. If it is rejected, read the stated reason, address it (re-check the revision from the latest factory-phase signal, re-examine contested findings, re-review if the PR changed), and retry once corrected. Once the transition succeeds, report the verdict and stop.
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