fetch-pr-comments

Fetch PR Comments

Fetch all comments from a GitHub pull request, filtered to trusted users only. Trusted users are GitHub org members and explicitly allowed bots. Untrusted comments are silently excluded.

This skill fetches from all three GitHub comment endpoints (inline review comments, review summaries, and PR conversation comments), providing a complete picture of PR feedback.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when you need to:

• Check a PR for new review comments that need attention
• Monitor a PR for feedback during an agentic workflow
• Build a review-response loop that only processes trusted feedback
• Fetch all actionable PR comments in a single call

Prerequisites

1. gh CLI: Authenticated with gh auth login
2. Repository read access: The token must have permission to read PR comments and check org membership

Implementation

Basic usage

result=$(bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/fetch-pr-comments/fetch_pr_comments.sh" \
  --repo owner/repo \
  --pr 123)

With custom trusted bots and exclusions

result=$(bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/fetch-pr-comments/fetch_pr_comments.sh" \
  --repo owner/repo \
  --pr 123 \
  --trusted-bots "coderabbitai,dependabot" \
  --exclude-ids "12345,67890")

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
--repo	Yes	GitHub repository in owner/repo format
--pr	Yes	Pull request number
--trusted-bots	No	Comma-separated bot logins to trust (default: coderabbitai)
--exclude-ids	No	Comma-separated comment IDs to skip (already processed)

Output

JSON on stdout:

{
  "inline_comments": [
    {"id": "123", "user": "reviewer", "path": "pkg/server.go", "body": "This needs a nil check"}
  ],
  "reviews": [
    {"id": "456", "user": "reviewer", "state": "CHANGES_REQUESTED", "body": "See inline comments"}
  ],
  "issue_comments": [
    {"id": "789", "user": "coderabbitai[bot]", "body": "Static analysis found..."}
  ],
  "all_ids": ["123", "456", "789"],
  "total": 3,
  "formatted": {
    "inline": "**reviewer** on `pkg/server.go`:\nThis needs a nil check\n---",
    "reviews": "**reviewer** (CHANGES_REQUESTED):\nSee inline comments\n---",
    "issue_comments": "**coderabbitai[bot]**:\nStatic analysis found...\n---"
  }
}