pr-review-comments

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Posts review findings from a JSON file as inline comments on a GitHub Pull Request, attaching each comment to its file and line. Use when you have a list/JSON of review findings (each with a file path, line number, and a message such as summary/failure_scenario) and want them published on a PR as inline review comments. Triggers include "post these review comments on the PR", "associate comments to files in the PR", "publish review findings to PR

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PR Review Comments

Publish a JSON array of review findings as inline comments on a GitHub Pull Request, each anchored to its file and line. Uses the GitHub API through the authenticated

gh

CLI, so no token handling is needed.

Prerequisites

```
gh
```
CLI installed and authenticated (
```
gh auth status
```
). The script auto-detects the repo with
```
gh repo view
```
; pass
```
--repo OWNER/REPO
```
to override.
The PR number to comment on.
A JSON file: an array of objects. Required keys per object:
```
file
```
,
```
line
```
. Message comes from
```
summary
```
and/or
```
failure_scenario
```
(combined into the body), or an explicit
```
body
```
. See references/json-schema.md for the full schema and a sample.

Key constraint: only diff lines are commentable

GitHub only accepts an inline comment if the target line is part of the PR's diff.

line

is the line number in the new file (use

side: "LEFT"

for removed lines). The script fetches the PR diff, validates every finding against the actual hunks, and skips any whose line is outside the diff — reporting them at the end so nothing is lost silently. There is no way to attach a line comment to an unchanged, undiffed line.

Workflow

Confirm the JSON path and the PR number. If the repo isn't obvious, run
```
gh repo view
```
.
Dry-run first to see what will be posted and what gets skipped:
bash
```
scripts/post_pr_comments.py --pr <N> --json <path> --dry-run
```
Review the "Postable" / "Skipped" counts with the user. If lines were skipped because the diff moved, the line numbers in the JSON may be stale — reconcile before posting.

Post for real, choosing the mode (see below):

bash

# Grouped (default): one PR review bundling all comments
scripts/post_pr_comments.py --pr <N> --json <path> --event COMMENT

# Individual: one separate inline comment per finding
scripts/post_pr_comments.py --pr <N> --json <path> --mode individual

Report back the created review/comment URLs and the list of any skipped findings.

Choosing the mode

Mode	Endpoint	Use when
`grouped` (default)	`POST /pulls/{n}/reviews`	Publishing a set of findings as one review. One notification; can set `--event APPROVE \| REQUEST_CHANGES \| COMMENT` .
`individual`	`POST /pulls/{n}/comments`	Adding standalone comments incrementally, or when each finding should be its own thread/notification.

Default to

grouped

with

--event COMMENT

unless the user wants a verdict or separate threads.

Options reference

--pr N              PR number (required)
--json PATH         JSON array of findings (required)
--repo OWNER/REPO   Override auto-detected repo
--mode grouped|individual   Default: grouped
--event COMMENT|APPROVE|REQUEST_CHANGES   Grouped-mode verdict (default COMMENT)
--review-body TEXT  Top-level summary body for the grouped review
--commit SHA        Commit to anchor to (default: PR head SHA)
--dry-run           Validate and print payloads without posting

Notes

Multi-line range comments: include
```
start_line
```
(and optional
```
start_side
```
) in the JSON object alongside
```
line
```
; the script passes them through.
Always
```
--dry-run
```
before a real post on an unfamiliar PR — stale line numbers are the most common failure and the dry-run surfaces them as "skipped" without side effects.
The script is the reliable path; don't hand-roll
```
gh api
```
calls for this — it handles diff validation, repo/commit detection, and body assembly consistently.