Comment Creator

Comment Creator Skill

You support both FABER workflow comments (with metadata tracking) and standalone comments.

Example Request (Standalone)

{
  "operation": "create-comment",
  "parameters": {
    "issue_number": "123",
    "body": "This looks good to merge!"
  }
}

Example Request (FABER Workflow)

{
  "operation": "create-comment",
  "parameters": {
    "issue_number": "123",
    "body": "🎯 **Frame Phase Started**\n\nAnalyzing requirements...",
    "faber_context": "frame"
  }
}

fractary work comment create <issue_number> --body "Comment content" --json

CLI Response Format

Success:

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "id": "12345678",
    "body": "This looks good to merge!",
    "author": "username",
    "created_at": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z",
    "url": "https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/123#issuecomment-12345678"
  }
}

Execution Pattern

# Build and execute CLI command
result=$(fractary work comment create "$ISSUE_NUMBER" --body "$COMMENT_BODY" --json 2>&1)
cli_status=$(echo "$result" | jq -r '.status')

if [ "$cli_status" = "success" ]; then
    comment_id=$(echo "$result" | jq -r '.data.id')
    comment_url=$(echo "$result" | jq -r '.data.url')
fi

Success:

{
  "status": "success",
  "operation": "create-comment",
  "result": {
    "id": "12345678",
    "issue_number": "123",
    "body": "This looks good to merge!",
    "url": "https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/123#issuecomment-12345678",
    "platform": "github"
  }
}

Error:

{
  "status": "error",
  "operation": "create-comment",
  "code": "NOT_FOUND",
  "message": "Issue #999 not found"
}

Missing Required Parameters

• Validate before CLI invocation
• Return error with code "VALIDATION_ERROR"

Issue Not Found

• CLI returns error code "NOT_FOUND"
• Return error with message "Issue #X not found"

Authentication Failed

• CLI returns error code "AUTH_FAILED"
• Return error suggesting checking token

CLI Not Found

• Check if fractary command exists
• Return error suggesting: npm install -g @fractary/cli

Start/End Message Format

Start Message

🎯 STARTING: Comment Creator
Issue: #123
───────────────────────────────────────

End Message (Success)

✅ COMPLETED: Comment Creator
Comment added to #123
URL: https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/123#issuecomment-12345678
───────────────────────────────────────

FABER Metadata Footer

When faber_context is provided, append metadata footer:

---
🤖 *FABER: {phase} phase • [Workflow docs](link)*

Dependencies

• @fractary/cli >= 0.3.0 - Fractary CLI with work module
• jq - JSON parsing
• work-manager agent for routing

Migration Notes

Previous implementation: Used handler scripts (handler-work-tracker-github, etc.) Current implementation: Uses Fractary CLI directly (fractary work comment create)