Gh Ghent

gh-ghent — Agentic PR Monitoring

Prerequisite: gh extension install indrasvat/gh-ghent

All commands require: --pr <N> --format json --no-tui

Get PR number: gh pr view --json number -q .number

First Command After PR Creation Or Review-Fix Push

PR=$(gh pr view --json number -q .number)
gh ghent status --pr $PR --await-review --solo --logs --format json --no-tui

This is the single blessed command for PR review handling. Use it:

• immediately after PR creation
• again after every push that addresses review or CI feedback

Use narrower commands (comments, checks, resolve, reply, dismiss) only when:

• the user asked for a narrow operation directly
• status already identified the next specific action
• status failed and you need targeted fallback inspection

It waits for CI, performs bounded review monitoring, and returns everything in one response:

• threads with is_bot
• checks with log excerpts
• reviews
• review_monitor
• is_merge_ready

Drop --solo for org repos with required review policies. Always include --await-review when review comments may still arrive. --await-review understands Codex-owned PR body review signals when Codex is enabled on the repo: eyes means the reviewer is still active, thumbs up can end the wait early, and the final status fetch still checks all threads, reviews, stale blockers, and CI. Without Codex, it keeps the conservative thread/review polling behavior. Do not switch to bare --watch after the first cycle if review comments still matter — --watch is CI-only and can miss follow-up bot comments. Drop --logs only on narrow re-checks where CI failure detail is definitely not needed.

Response Shape (status)

{
  "is_merge_ready": false,
  "comments": {
    "threads": [{"id": "PRRT_...", "path": "foo.go", "line": 42,
                  "comments": [{"author": "coderabbitai", "is_bot": true, "body": "..."}]}],
    "unresolved_count": 2,
    "bot_thread_count": 2,
    "unanswered_count": 1
  },
  "checks": {
    "overall_status": "pass",
    "checks": [{"name": "CI", "conclusion": "success", "annotations": [], "log_excerpt": ""}]
  },
  "reviews": [{"author": "alice", "state": "APPROVED"}],
  "stale_reviews": [{"id": "PRR_...", "author": "coderabbitai", "state": "CHANGES_REQUESTED", "commit_id": "abc123", "is_stale": true}],
  "review_monitor": {
    "phase": "settled",
    "confidence": "high",
    "activity_count": 3,
    "wait_seconds": 154
  }
}

Decision Order

Act on the first matching condition — fix it, then re-run status:

1. Exit code 2 → auth / rate limit / not-found error. Fix credentials.
2. checks.overall_status == "failure" → Fix CI. Log excerpts and annotations are inline.
3. checks.overall_status == "pending" → Re-run the same status --await-review command. Do not switch to --watch while review comments may still appear.
4. comments.unanswered_count > 0 → Bot sweep (see below).
5. stale_reviews | length > 0 → Dismiss only those stale blockers: gh ghent dismiss --pr <N> --message "superseded by current HEAD" (optionally --bots-only).
6. comments.unresolved_count > 0 → gh ghent resolve --pr <N> --all
7. review_monitor.phase == "timeout" or review_monitor.confidence == "low" → Treat result as provisional. If you just pushed fixes, re-run the same status --await-review command after the push settles.
8. is_merge_ready == true and review_monitor.confidence != "low" → Merge / stop.

Anti-Footgun Rule

When review comments may still arrive:

• use gh ghent status --await-review ...
• after every fix push, use gh ghent status --await-review ... again
• do not start with comments or checks if a full PR-state decision is needed
• do not switch to gh ghent checks --watch
• do not switch to gh ghent status --watch

Bare --watch is only for CI-only waiting when review state is irrelevant.

Bot Sweep (when unanswered_count > 0)

The status result already contains the full threads. Do not make a second comments call unless you need a narrower filtered view.

1. Read threads from comments.threads[] where comments[0].is_bot == true
2. Fix code → push
3. Per thread: gh ghent reply --pr <N> --thread PRRT_... --body "Fixed" --resolve
4. Re-check with the same command: gh ghent status --pr <N> --await-review --solo --logs --format json --no-tui
5. Repeat until is_merge_ready == true and review_monitor.confidence != "low"

Solo Mode

Add --solo only when the repo owner is the authenticated user on a personal (non-org) repo. Never auto-add for org repos. If merge readiness is false only because approval is missing on a personal repo, retry with --solo.

Commands

Default for agents: start with status, not comments or checks.

Exit Codes

Exit 2 = auth failure, rate limit, or resource not found.

Other Patterns

# Merge-readiness gate (silent exit 0 if ready, exit 1 + full output if not)
gh ghent status --pr <N> --quiet --solo

# Drill-down: bot threads only
gh ghent comments --pr <N> --bots-only --unanswered --format json --no-tui

# Group by file for batch fixing
gh ghent comments --pr <N> --group-by file --format json --no-tui

# Compact status (minimal tokens for polling loops)
gh ghent status --pr <N> --compact --format json --no-tui

# Clear stale blocking bot reviews after a superseding push
gh ghent dismiss --pr <N> --bots-only --message "superseded by current HEAD" --format json --no-tui

References

• Command Reference — all flags, full output schemas
• Agent Workflows — step-by-step patterns
• Exit Codes — branching logic
• Review Cycle Example — read, fix, resolve, reply walkthrough
• CI Monitor Example — watch CI, extract errors, fix, re-check