Reply To Pr Conversation Agent Skill

Reply to PR Conversation

Draft a single reply that addresses a processed issue-comment list, confirm with the user, and post it as a new PR issue comment.

Step 1: Run $github-voice Skill

Run the $github-voice skill to load voice rules and the insider-vs-outsider detection.

Step 2: Compose the Reply

Use the processed-item list from conversation context. Each entry has: id, author, original comment body (to quote from selectively), category (fix, skip, answer, or clarify), and per-category payload.

Draft one reply that addresses every item as natural conversational prose. The output is a single piece of prose with flexible length and no rigid section structure.

Use the category to interpret each payload:

• fix: payload is a commit SHA. Mention "fixed in <sha>" where it fits the flow, plus a brief note when the fix diverges from what the commenter suggested.
• skip: payload is the skip reasoning. State it directly.
• answer: payload is answer text prepared upstream. Integrate it as the implementer's own words.
• clarify: payload is a user-directed question. Ask it as-is.

Quote selectively. Use > blockquotes only for the phrase being responded to. A single-topic reply quotes one sentence then responds; a multi-topic reply weaves quotes and responses together. Drop quotes entirely when @mentions plus context make the reply unambiguous.

Quote handling:

• Strip leading > from quoted lines so nested blockquotes don't misattribute.
• Replace fenced-code lines inside a quote with > [code snippet].
• If the author login ends in [bot], omit the suffix from the @ mention.

Apply $github-voice rules. Match the conversation's length and tone. An acknowledgment with emoji is fine when the discussion calls for it; a multi-paragraph response is fine when the items warrant it.

Step 3: Confirm

Output the drafted reply as text for review:

**Draft comment**

<full comment body as it will be posted>

Then use request_user_input to ask whether to post. Offer:

• Post — post the comment
• Cancel — skip posting

Step 4: Post the Comment

Auto-detect owner, repo, and PR number from the current branch if not provided. Write the drafted body to .turbo/pr/<pr_number>-comment.md with apply_patch, then post via the issue-comments REST endpoint:

gh api -X POST \
  "/repos/<owner>/<repo>/issues/<pr_number>/comments" \
  -F [email protected]/pr/<pr_number>-comment.md

Report the posted comment's URL.

Then call update_plan to mark this step completed and continue with the next step of the active workflow.

Rules

• Never close the PR, resolve a thread, or edit existing comments. Only post a new issue comment.
• If the post fails, report the failure and leave the drafted body in the output so the user can post it manually.