Comment Lister

Comment Lister Skill

You provide filtered access to issue comments with support for limits.

Example Request

{
  "operation": "list-comments",
  "parameters": {
    "issue_id": "123",
    "limit": 5
  }
}

fractary work comment list <issue_number> --json

CLI Response Format

Success:

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "comments": [
      {
        "id": "IC_kwDOQHdUNc7PGiVo",
        "body": "This is a test comment",
        "author": "johndoe",
        "created_at": "2025-10-31T12:34:56Z",
        "updated_at": "2025-10-31T12:34:56Z",
        "url": "https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/123#issuecomment-987654"
      }
    ],
    "count": 1
  }
}

Execution Pattern

# Execute CLI command
result=$(fractary work comment list "$ISSUE_ID" --json 2>&1)
cli_status=$(echo "$result" | jq -r '.status')

if [ "$cli_status" = "success" ]; then
    comments=$(echo "$result" | jq '.data.comments')
    count=$(echo "$result" | jq '.data.count')
fi

Success:

{
  "status": "success",
  "operation": "list-comments",
  "result": {
    "issue_id": "123",
    "comments": [
      {
        "id": "IC_kwDOQHdUNc7PGiVo",
        "author": "johndoe",
        "body": "This is a test comment",
        "created_at": "2025-10-31T12:34:56Z",
        "updated_at": "2025-10-31T12:34:56Z",
        "url": "https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/123#issuecomment-987654"
      }
    ],
    "count": 1,
    "limit": 10
  }
}

Empty result:

{
  "status": "success",
  "operation": "list-comments",
  "result": {
    "issue_id": "123",
    "comments": [],
    "count": 0,
    "limit": 10
  }
}

Error:

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

Missing Issue ID

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

Issue Not Found

• CLI returns error code "NOT_FOUND"
• Return error JSON 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 Lister
Issue: #123
Limit: 10
───────────────────────────────────────

End Message (Success)

✅ COMPLETED: Comment Lister
Retrieved 5 comments from issue #123
───────────────────────────────────────

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 list)

The CLI handles:

• Platform detection from configuration
• Authentication via environment variables
• API calls to GitHub/Jira/Linear
• Response normalization