copilot-review

Copilot Review

Delegates Copilot babysitting to a background subagent so the main session stays free. The subagent loops internally and closes itself on convergence.

Transport check (before any GitHub step)

Run command -v gh; when it succeeds, run gh auth status; once the PR scope is resolved, run gh api repos/<owner>/<repo> --jq .permissions.push and take true as the pass. When any check fails, run the pr-loop-cloud-transport skill first, route every gh operation in this skill through its substitution matrix, and carry the same routing into the subagent prompt so the spawned watcher inherits it.

When this skill applies

The user is on a PR branch, wants Copilot (the GitHub Copilot reviewer bot) to keep re-reviewing after each push, and wants findings auto-addressed between ticks — but does not want the main conversation consumed by polling.

The Process

Step 0: Opt-out check

Before any other work, run:

python "$HOME/.claude/_shared/pr-loop/scripts/reviews_disabled.py" --reviewer copilot

Exit 0 — Copilot reviews are disabled: respond with the literal line /copilot-review is disabled via CLAUDE_REVIEWS_DISABLED. and stop — do not spawn the subagent, do not call the Copilot reviewer API, do not run any other step of this skill. Exit 1 — continue. Gate semantics live in the reviewer-gates skill (../reviewer-gates/SKILL.md).

Step 1: Gather PR context

From the current repo:

# MCP: pull_request_read(method="get") returns {number, url, head.sha, base.ref, head.ref, isDraft}

Capture number, head.sha, owner/repo (from url), and branch name. Pass these to the subagent so it does not rediscover them.

Step 2: Spawn the background subagent

Invoke the Agent tool with:

• subagent_type: "general-purpose"
• run_in_background: true
• description: "Copilot review loop for PR #<N>"
• prompt: the full instructions in Step 3 (Subagent prompt template), with placeholders filled in from Step 1.