Reply Comments

Reply to Review Comments

Reply to PR review comments after addressing the feedback. Use this after /review-comments to close the feedback loop.

Usage

/reply-comments
/reply-comments 123    # Specific PR number

Instructions

1. Find the PR

If no PR number provided, get it from the current branch:

gh pr view --json number,url,title,headRepositoryOwner,headRepository \
  --jq '{number, url, title, owner: .headRepositoryOwner.login, repo: .headRepository.name}'

2. Fetch Review Comments

Get all review comments with their thread/resolution status:

# Get inline code review comments
gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pr_number}/comments \
  --jq '.[] | {id, path, line, body, user: .user.login, in_reply_to_id, created_at}'

3. Get Recent Commits

Check what was recently committed to understand which comments were addressed:

# Get recent commit messages and changed files
git log --oneline -10
git diff HEAD~1 --name-only

4. Identify Addressed Comments

For each review comment, determine if it was addressed by:

• Checking if the file/line was modified in recent commits
• Matching commit messages to comment content (e.g., "address review feedback")
• Looking for code changes that match suggested fixes

5. Compose Replies

Use different tones based on the reviewer:

AI Bots (amazon-q-developer[bot], copilot[bot], github-actions[bot], etc.):

• Terse, factual responses
• Just state what was done
• Examples:
  • "Fixed."
  • "Done."
  • "Changed to use const."
  • "Added null check."
  • "Not applicable - already handled by X."

Human Reviewers (anyone without [bot] suffix):

• Short but polite responses
• Acknowledge their feedback
• Examples:
  • "Good catch, fixed!"
  • "Thanks - updated."
  • "Done, good suggestion."
  • "Makes sense, changed it."
  • "Addressed in latest commit."

For comments NOT addressed (intentionally skipped):

• "Keeping as-is because {brief reason}."
• "Intentional - {brief explanation}."

6. Post Replies

Reply to each comment:

gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pr_number}/comments/{comment_id}/replies \
  -f body="{reply_text}"

7. Resolve Threads (if addressed)

Use GraphQL to resolve review threads where changes were made:

# First, get the thread ID for the comment
gh api graphql -f query='
  query($owner: String!, $repo: String!, $pr: Int!) {
    repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) {
      pullRequest(number: $pr) {
        reviewThreads(first: 100) {
          nodes {
            id
            isResolved
            comments(first: 1) {
              nodes {
                databaseId
                body
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
' -f owner="{owner}" -f repo="{repo}" -F pr={pr_number}

# Then resolve each thread that was addressed
gh api graphql -f query='
  mutation($threadId: ID!) {
    resolveReviewThread(input: {threadId: $threadId}) {
      thread {
        isResolved
      }
    }
  }
' -f threadId="{thread_id}"

8. Summary

Report what was done:

Replied to 6 comments:
- amazon-q-developer[bot]: 3 (all resolved)
- @username: 2 (2 resolved, 1 kept as-is)
- copilot[bot]: 1 (resolved)