tomevault-io Review with Crit
Review and revise code changes, plans, live pages (running dev servers, staging URLs), or local HTML files using crit for inline comment review.
Step 1: Pass arguments to crit
The CLI auto-detects the review mode from its arguments. Do not ask the user which mode to use. Pass arguments through:
crit <arguments> # file, dir, URL, .html — CLI auto-detects mode
crit --pr <num|url> # GitHub PR (range mode)
crit --range <base>..<head> # commit range (range mode)
crit # no args → branch diff
If no arguments, check conversation context:
- A plan file was written earlier in this conversation →
crit <plan-file> - Otherwise → bare
crit(branch diff)
Step 2: Launch crit and block until review completes
CRITICAL — you MUST run this step. Do NOT skip it. Do NOT proceed without it.
Tell the user upfront: "Opening crit for review — leave inline comments in the browser and click Finish Review when done."
Then run crit via run_shell_command — it blocks until the user clicks "Finish Review", then the tool call completes:
crit <plan-file> # specific file
crit # git mode
If a crit server is already running from earlier in this conversation, crit automatically connects to it. Starting from scratch, it spawns the daemon, opens the browser, and blocks until the user clicks "Finish Review".
Do NOT proceed until run_shell_command returns. Do NOT ask the user to type anything. Do NOT read the review file early. The tool call completing is how you know the human is done reviewing.
Step 3: Read the review output
When crit completes, read stdout and follow its instructions. Check stderr for approved: true or approved: false.
Fallback (mid-round re-entry, plan hooks, or headless workflows): crit comments / crit comments --json. Use crit comments --plan <slug> for plan-mode reviews.
Step 4: Address each review comment
For each unresolved comment:
- Understand what the comment asks for
- If it contains a suggestion block, apply that specific change
- Revise the referenced file (plan or code file from the diff) using
replace - Reply with what you did:
crit comment --reply-to <id> --author 'Gemini' '<what you did>'(reply bodies support markdown) - Do not pass
--resolve. Resolving is the reviewer's call. Only add--resolveif the user explicitly asks.
Editing the plan file triggers Crit's live reload — the user sees changes in the browser immediately.
echo '[
{"reply_to": "c_a1b2c3", "body": "Fixed"},
{"reply_to": "c_d4e5f6", "body": "Refactored as suggested"}
]' | crit comment --json --author 'Gemini'
Step 5: Signal completion and start next round
CRITICAL — you MUST run this step. Do NOT skip it. Do NOT proceed without it.
The finish prompt on stdout includes the command to run again — use it to start a new round.
On subsequent calls, crit automatically signals round-complete first, then blocks until the next "Finish Review" click.
Tell the user: "Changes applied. Review the diff in your browser and click Finish Review when ready."
Do NOT proceed until run_shell_command returns. When it does, return to Step 3. If the user finishes with zero comments, the review is approved — stop the loop and proceed.
crit share <file>
Always relay the full output to the user — copy the URL (and QR code if --qr was used) directly into your response. Don't make them dig through tool output.
To remove a shared review:
crit unpublish [file...]
crit share --qr <file>
Source: tomasz-tomczyk/crit — distributed by TomeVault.