| name | gh-request-copilot-review |
| description | Request or re-request GitHub Copilot review on the open PR for the current branch, or on a specified PR number, using gh CLI; verify gh auth first, trigger the reviewer request, and confirm GitHub recorded a fresh review request event. |
GitHub Copilot Review Request
Use this skill when the user asks to ask Copilot to review a PR, re-run Copilot review after new commits, or confirm that a Copilot review request was sent.
Prerequisites:
- Run from inside the target Git repository.
gh auth status must succeed.- The current branch must have an open PR unless the user gives a PR number.
Workflow
- Check GitHub CLI auth with
gh auth status.
- Run
scripts/request_copilot_review.py.
- Default target: the open PR for the current branch.
- Explicit PR:
--pr 123.
- Preview only:
--dry-run.
- Wait for a fresh Copilot review after requesting:
--wait-seconds 120.
- Summarize the result with the PR URL, whether a fresh review-request event was confirmed, and whether a new Copilot review appeared while polling.
Command
From the repository checkout, run:
scripts/request_copilot_review.py
Useful variants:
scripts/request_copilot_review.py --pr 123
scripts/request_copilot_review.py --dry-run
scripts/request_copilot_review.py --wait-seconds 180
Notes
- GitHub Copilot review does not automatically re-run after every push. Re-requesting Copilot as a reviewer is the supported way to trigger another review.
- If the request succeeds but no new review appears immediately, report that the request landed and Copilot is still queued.
- If
gh auth status fails, stop and tell the user to authenticate with gh auth login.
