✨ Enhance address-pr-comments with more bots and async productivity

[TechNickAI]

Summary

• Add support for chatgpt-codex-connector[bot] and greptile[bot] - fixes issue where Codex comments were ignored in PR reviews
• Replace line-count sizing with complexity-based assessment (scope, risk, novelty, cross-cutting impact)
• Revamp productive-waiting to encourage product thinking while bots run
• Make reactions the primary feedback signal, replies optional

Changes

New bot support: Any [bot] username posting code review comments now gets processed. Explicit list includes Claude, Cursor, Codex, and Greptile with timing estimates.

Scale with complexity: "A 500-line generated migration is trivial. A 20-line auth change needs careful attention." Assesses conceptual scope, risk/blast radius, novelty, and cross-cutting impact.

Productive waiting: Added "Product thinking (channel your inner AI product manager)" - brainstorm ideas, spot opportunities, think about what users want next. Removed generic research/quality tasks. Added fun facts. Check in before starting large undertakings.

Reactions over replies: Reactions are now the primary training signal. Reply only when: decline reason isn't obvious, fix differs from suggestion, or crediting a great catch.

Testing

Run /address-pr-comments on a PR with comments from multiple bots (Claude, Cursor, Codex) and verify all are processed with appropriate reactions.

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[claude]

Code Review

Overall Assessment

This is a well-crafted enhancement that meaningfully improves the command. The changes are thoughtful, well-documented, and aligned with the project's philosophy of maximizing productivity while waiting for async operations.

Strengths

✅ Extensible bot support - The shift from hardcoded bot names to pattern-based detection ([bot] in username) is excellent. This future-proofs the command as new code review bots emerge.

✅ Complexity-based assessment - The new <scale-with-complexity> section is a significant improvement over line-count heuristics. The four-dimensional assessment (scope, risk, novelty, cross-cutting impact) captures what actually matters.

✅ Productive waiting philosophy - The expanded <productive-waiting> section transforms dead time into value creation. The "Product thinking" subsection is particularly strong - encouraging brainstorming and opportunity spotting keeps the AI engaged productively.

✅ Reactions-first feedback - Elevating reactions to the primary training signal (with replies as optional) is more efficient and reduces noise. The guidance on when replies add value is clear and practical.

✅ Clear documentation - The new sections maintain the project's high standard for LLM-readable prompts with semantic XML tags, clear examples, and goal-focused instructions.

Code Quality Observations

Formatting consistency: Line 20 has a minor inconsistency - closing </objective> tag moved to same line as content. This appears throughout the diff (lines 66, 109, 126, 168, 190, etc.). While not a bug, it breaks from the previous pattern of closing tags on separate lines. Consider maintaining consistency one way or the other.

Example:

# Previous pattern:
this specific case, not just that the issue is "minor" or "not blocking."
</objective>

# New pattern:
this specific case, not just that the issue is "minor" or "not blocking." </objective>

Suggestion: If this was intentional formatting cleanup, consider applying it consistently throughout the file. If unintentional, revert to separate lines for readability.

Potential Enhancements

💡 Bot timing documentation: The new timing estimates (Codex 3-10 min, Greptile up to 15 min) are helpful. Consider documenting these in a more structured way if they'll be referenced algorithmically for adaptive polling.

💡 Productive waiting scope check: The guidance "check in with the user before starting" for large undertakings is good. Consider adding specific examples of what constitutes "significant time" (e.g., ">10 minutes" or ">50 lines of changes").

💡 Bot username validation: The pattern-based approach ([bot] in username) is simple and effective. Consider documenting what happens if a human user has [bot] in their username (edge case, but worth noting behavior).

Security & Performance

🔒 No security concerns identified - all API interactions use existing gh CLI patterns

⚡ No performance concerns - the async processing model is well-designed

Testing Recommendations

The PR description mentions testing with multiple bots, which is the right approach. Suggested test scenarios:

1. Bot detection: Verify new bot usernames (chatgpt-codex-connector[bot], greptile[bot]) are correctly identified
2. Complexity assessment: Test that simple PRs skip productive-waiting as intended
3. Reactions-only flow: Verify that reactions without replies work correctly
4. Follow-up tracking: Test the new completion section with created GitHub issues

Documentation

📝 The changes align well with @rules/code-review-standards.mdc and @rules/prompt-engineering.mdc

✨ The prompt structure follows LLM-to-LLM best practices: semantic XML tags, goal-focused instructions, clear examples

Verdict

Approved with minor formatting suggestion. This PR is ready to merge once you decide on the closing tag formatting preference. The functional changes are solid, well-reasoned, and improve the command's utility significantly.

The shift from passive waiting to productive exploration, combined with smarter bot detection and complexity-aware processing, makes this a meaningful upgrade.

Great work! 🎉

[TechNickAI]

Thanks for the thorough review! Regarding the closing tag formatting - this is controlled by the linter/formatter. The project uses automated formatting to maintain consistency, so manual adjustments would be overwritten on the next format run. The functional changes are what matter here. ✨

[claude]

Code Review - PR #28

Excellent enhancements to the address-pr-comments command! The changes significantly improve the command's intelligence and practical utility. Here's my detailed review:

✅ Strengths

1. Extensible Bot Support
The shift from explicit bot handling to pattern-based detection ([bot] username matching) is smart:

• Future-proofs against new code review bots
• Maintains explicit documentation for known bots with timing estimates
• Good balance between flexibility and clarity

2. Complexity-Based Assessment
The <scale-with-complexity> section is a significant improvement over line-count heuristics:

• Correctly identifies that a 500-line migration ≠ 20-line auth change
• Four-factor assessment (scope, risk, novelty, cross-cutting) is comprehensive
• Practical guidance prevents over-engineering simple PRs

3. Productive Waiting Philosophy
Love the shift from generic research to product thinking:

• "Channel your inner AI product manager" is engaging and actionable
• Concrete examples help the LLM understand what to do
• Checking in before large undertakings prevents scope creep

4. Reactions as Primary Signal
Reducing reply noise while maintaining training signal is well-reasoned:

• Clear criteria for when replies add value
• Acknowledges that reactions often suffice
• Reduces API calls and keeps PR comment threads cleaner

🔍 Potential Issues & Suggestions

1. Bot Detection Edge Cases
Line 47-50: The pattern "any username containing [bot]" might be too broad:

New bots may appear - any username containing `[bot]` that posts code review comments
should be processed. Check the comment body structure to determine if it's a code
review.

Concern: What if a human account has [bot] in the name? Or a non-review bot comments?

Suggestion: Add validation - check that the comment structure matches code review patterns (contains suggestions, line references, or review-specific language) before auto-processing.

2. Polling Interval Coordination
Lines 117-121: The polling logic has potential inefficiency:

Poll bot status every 60-90 seconds while waiting. Check between productive-waiting
activities rather than sleeping idle. If all remaining bots are slow (Greptile, Codex),
extend to 2-3 minute intervals to reduce API calls.

Issue: "Check between productive-waiting activities" assumes activities complete in predictable intervals. If documentation exploration takes 5 minutes, the command won't poll during that time.

Suggestion: Make polling explicit - "Set a background timer to poll every 60-90s regardless of productive-waiting activity status" or restructure to alternate between short productive tasks and polling.

3. Conflict Resolution Timing
Lines 59-68: The conflict resolution check happens early, but conflicts can emerge during review:

After pushing fixes, re-check for merge conflicts (the base branch may have advanced
while you were working)

This is mentioned in execution-model but not in conflict-resolution section.

Suggestion: Add to <conflict-resolution>: "Re-check for conflicts after each push - the base branch may advance during review."

4. Follow-up Issue Creation
Lines 143-155: Productive-waiting suggests creating GitHub issues, but completion section just lists them:

- Draft GitHub issues for follow-up work discovered during review
...
- Links to any follow-up GitHub issues created during the review

Missing: No guidance on issue format, labeling, or linking to parent PR.

Suggestion: Add a <follow-up-issues> section with structure:

When creating follow-up issues from productive-waiting:
- Title: Verb-first, reference parent PR number
- Body: Link to parent PR, explain why this is follow-up not blocking
- Labels: Apply "follow-up" or "technical-debt" labels if they exist

5. Whitespace-Only Changes
Lines 19-20, 58-59, 106-107: Several closing tags moved to end of line without functional reason:

-this specific case, not just that the issue is "minor" or "not blocking."
-</objective>
+this specific case, not just that the issue is "minor" or "not blocking." </objective>

Impact: Reduces readability for humans, no benefit for LLM parsing.

Suggestion: Revert these whitespace changes. Keep closing tags on separate lines for better diff clarity in future edits.

🎯 Alignment with Project Standards

Git Interaction (rules/git-interaction.mdc): ✅

• Command doesn't commit automatically - waits for user confirmation per philosophy
• No use of --no-verify flags
• Changes are made but left uncommitted for user review

Prompt Engineering (rules/prompt-engineering.mdc): ✅ Mostly excellent

• Clear XML structure with semantic tags
• Goal-focused rather than over-prescriptive
• Good use of examples without anti-patterns
• Minor issue: Some numbered lists where semantic structure would be clearer

Heart-Centered AI Philosophy: ✅

• "Celebrate that the PR is ready to merge. A well-triaged PR is a beautiful thing." - shows presence and care
• Productive-waiting emphasizes creation over criticism
• Acknowledges bot learning through training signals

🔐 Security Considerations

No security concerns identified. The command:

• Uses read-only GitHub API calls appropriately
• Doesn't execute arbitrary code from PR comments
• Bot detection is safe (worst case: ignores a comment)

⚡ Performance Considerations

Positive:

• Adaptive polling reduces API calls
• Parallel productive-waiting maximizes async throughput
• Processing fast bots first is smart

Watch: Extended polling intervals (2-3 min) for slow bots might feel unresponsive if productive-waiting tasks complete quickly.

🧪 Testing Recommendations

Since this is a command file without explicit tests, validation should focus on:

1. Multi-bot scenario: Test PR with comments from Claude, Cursor, Codex, and Greptile
2. Timing variations: Verify polling works when bots complete at different times
3. Edge cases:
   • PR with only human comments
   • PR with hotfix/ branch
   • PR with merge conflicts
   • Bot comment with unconventional format
4. Follow-up issues: Verify GitHub issue creation during productive-waiting

📊 Overall Assessment

Rating: 8.5/10

This is a well-crafted enhancement that meaningfully improves the command's capabilities. The complexity-based assessment and productive-waiting features are particularly valuable innovations. Main areas for improvement:

1. Tighten bot detection validation (prevent false positives)
2. Clarify polling/productive-waiting coordination
3. Add structure for follow-up issue creation
4. Revert unnecessary whitespace changes

Recommendation: Approve with minor revisions. The core improvements are solid and ready to ship.

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Reviewed against project standards from CLAUDE.md, git-interaction.mdc, prompt-engineering.mdc, and code-review-standards.mdc

[claude]

Code Review: Enhance address-pr-comments

This is a well-executed enhancement that significantly improves the command's flexibility and usability. The changes are thoughtful and align well with the project's prompt engineering standards.

Strengths

Extensible bot support: The shift from hardcoded bot lists to pattern-based detection ([bot] in username) is excellent. This future-proofs the command as new code review bots emerge without requiring code changes.

Complexity-based assessment: Replacing line-count heuristics with conceptual complexity (scope, risk, novelty, cross-cutting impact) is a significant improvement. The 500-line migration vs. 20-line auth example perfectly illustrates why this matters.

Productive waiting guidance: The product thinking section is particularly strong - it transforms idle wait time into value creation. The examples ("Now that we have this notification system, we could build...") clearly demonstrate the desired behavior.

Reaction-first feedback: Making reactions the primary signal and replies optional reduces noise while maintaining effective bot training. This is a good UX improvement for the executing LLM.

Proper prompt structure: The changes follow the project's prompt engineering standards well - XML tags, clear sections, goal-focused rather than over-prescriptive.

Observations & Suggestions

Pattern consistency (minor): Lines 83-108 show good structural consistency in describing bot support. All bot descriptions follow the same format, which helps LLM comprehension per prompt-engineering.mdc.

Documentation reference at line 18: The @rules/code-review-standards.mdc reference is excellent for composability - allows the command to build on established patterns without duplication.

Clarity over brevity: The expanded <productive-waiting> section (lines 132-162) prioritizes clear examples over token efficiency, which aligns perfectly with the project's "clarity over brevity" principle from prompt-engineering.mdc.

Potential edge case: Lines 98-100 mention checking "comment body structure" to determine if a [bot] comment is a code review. Consider adding a brief example or pattern of what distinguishes code review comments from other bot comments (e.g., release notes, CI status updates). This would help the executing LLM avoid false positives.

Poll interval logic: Lines 124-126 describe adaptive polling intervals. The logic is sound, but you might want to specify what "slow bots" means more precisely - currently it says "Greptile, Codex" but the general pattern could be clearer (e.g., "bots that typically take >5 minutes").

Scope management: Lines 160-162 include good guardrails about checking with the user before large productive-waiting tasks. This prevents the command from scope-creeping, which is important for maintaining focus on PR merging.

Version Bumps

Both version bumps look appropriate:

• Command version: 1.5.0 → 1.6.0 (minor version for new bot support and features)
• Plugin version: 8.6.0 → 8.7.0 (minor version for enhanced capability)
• Marketplace version: 9.2.0 → 9.3.0 (minor version for plugin update)

Testing Recommendations

The PR description mentions testing with multiple bots (Claude, Cursor, Codex). Consider also testing:

• A PR with only human comments (to verify the [bot] pattern doesn't create false positives)
• A PR with a new/unknown [bot] username to verify the extensible detection works
• A simple PR (config change) vs. complex PR (auth changes) to verify the complexity assessment scales appropriately

Security & Performance

No security concerns. The command uses gh api properly and doesn't introduce any injection risks. Poll interval adjustments (60-90s, extending to 2-3min) are reasonable and won't hammer the API.

Conclusion

This is a strong enhancement that makes the command more capable, flexible, and aligned with the project's prompt engineering philosophy. The changes demonstrate good understanding of LLM-to-LLM communication patterns.

Recommendation: Approve and merge. The minor observations above are suggestions for future consideration, not blocking issues.

Great work on the complexity-based assessment and productive-waiting sections in particular - those add real value to the command's execution quality.