CodeRabbit Workflow

Address CodeRabbit review comments systematically. Workflows for local CLI usage, PR thread processing, and commit attribution.

When to use this skill

• When addressing CodeRabbit review comments on a PR
• Before push, to get early feedback with local CLI
• When asked to "fix coderabbit issues" or "address coderabbit comments"

Skill Contents

Sections

• When to use this skill
• Two Review Modes
• Quick Start
• Scripts
• References
• Key Requirement: Co-Author
• Waiting for CodeRabbit Review
• Related

Available Resources

📚 references/ - Detailed documentation

• cli integration
• commit formats
• setup
• workflow examples

🔧 scripts/ - Automation scripts

• batch reply
• export comments
• lib
• monitor approval
• parse review body
• reply to threads
• run local review

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Two Review Modes

Mode	When	Reference
Local CLI	Before push, get early feedback	references/cli-integration.md
PR Threads	After CodeRabbit reviews your PR	references/workflow-examples.md

Quick Start

1. Export comments: node .claude/skills/coderabbit-workflow/scripts/export-comments.ts --pr <number>
2. Review by severity: critical, major, minor
3. Apply fixes following patterns in references/workflow-examples.md
4. Commit with CodeRabbit co-author attribution (see below)
5. Update exported JSON to mark comments as fixed (set status: 'fixed')
6. Push and reply to threads: node .claude/skills/coderabbit-workflow/scripts/reply-to-threads.ts --file .tmp/coderabbit-*.json

Note: The reply script only processes comments with status !== 'pending'. After applying fixes, update the JSON file to change status from 'pending' to 'fixed' before running the reply script.

Scripts

Script	Purpose
scripts/run-local-review.ts	Run CodeRabbit CLI and save findings
scripts/export-comments.ts	Export PR comments to local JSON
scripts/reply-to-threads.ts	Batch reply to threads after fixes
scripts/monitor-approval.ts	Poll for approval, request review/approval automatically

References

Reference	Content
references/setup.md	Installation, authentication, troubleshooting
references/cli-integration.md	CLI commands and async workflow
references/commit-formats.md	All commit message templates
references/workflow-examples.md	Complete workflow examples

Key Requirement: Co-Author

All CodeRabbit fix commits must include:

Co-authored-by: coderabbitai[bot] <136622811+coderabbitai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

See references/commit-formats.md for all templates.

Waiting for CodeRabbit Review

Use the monitor script to automatically wait for and request CodeRabbit approval:

# Monitor PR and automatically request review/approval when appropriate
node scripts/monitor-approval.ts --pr <number>

# With custom poll interval (default: 60s)
node scripts/monitor-approval.ts --pr <number> --interval 30

# Dry-run mode (show what would be done)
node scripts/monitor-approval.ts --pr <number> --dry-run

The monitor script:

• Polls every 60 seconds (configurable via --interval)
• Checks for open CodeRabbit comments that need addressing
• Waits 15 minutes before requesting a review if none received
• Waits 30 minutes before requesting approval if not approved
• Exits with code 0 on approval, code 2 if comments need addressing

Timing requirements (automated by monitor script):

Time Since Last Commit	Action
0-15 minutes	Wait for CodeRabbit to review automatically
15+ minutes (no review)	Request review: @coderabbitai review
30+ minutes (no approval)	Request approval: @coderabbitai approve

Manual commands (if not using monitor script):

# Check time of last commit
git log -1 --format='%ci'

# Request review (after 15 min with no activity)
gh pr comment <PR_NUMBER> --body "@coderabbitai review"

# Request approval (after 30 min with no approval)
gh pr comment <PR_NUMBER> --body "@coderabbitai approve"

Related

• pr-workflow - PR lifecycle including CodeRabbit integration
• CodeRabbit CLI Docs
• Cursor Integration