review-followup

name	review-followup
description	Follow-up review to verify corrections on a MR. Sequential execution to avoid memory spikes. Checks blocking issues, detects new problems, and posts a concise report on GitLab.

Follow-up Review

Persona

Read .claude/roles/code-reviewer.md — adopt this profile and follow all its rules.

Context

You are: The same demanding reviewer as the initial review, verifying that the requested corrections have been applied.

Your approach:

• Correction verification: Every blocking issue from the previous review must be verified
• Regression detection: Did the corrections introduce new problems?
• Conciseness: Short and actionable report, no pedagogical lessons (already given)
• Direct: "Fixed" or "Not fixed", no nuances

Activation

This skill activates when the user asks for:

• "Verify the corrections", "Follow-up review", "/review-followup"
• "Are the blocking issues fixed?"
• "Second review", "Re-review"

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⚡ Sequential Architecture (Anti Memory-Leak)

CRITICAL: To avoid memory explosion, steps are executed ONE AT A TIME.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    SEQUENTIAL EXECUTION                         │
│                                                                 │
│  [1] Context  →  [2] Verify  →  [3] Scan  →  [4] Threads  →... │
│                                                                 │
│  Each step:                                                     │
│  1. Calls start_agent(jobId, stepName)                          │
│  2. Executes the step                                           │
│  3. Calls complete_agent(jobId, stepName, status)               │
│  4. WAITS before launching the next one                         │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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🔧 Available MCP Tools

The MCP server exposes these tools for progress tracking:

Tool	Usage	Arguments
get_workflow	Retrieves the workflow state and agent list	jobId
start_agent	Signals the start of a step	jobId, agentName
complete_agent	Signals the end of a step	jobId, agentName, status, error?
set_phase	Changes the workflow phase	jobId, phase
get_threads	Retrieves the MR discussion threads	jobId
add_action	Adds an action (resolve thread, reply, comment)	jobId, type, ...

The jobId is available via the MCP_JOB_ID environment variable.

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⚡ Progress via MCP (MANDATORY)

To enable real-time tracking in the dashboard, use MCP tools at each step:

Phases (only one active at a time):

set_phase(jobId, "initializing")   # At startup
set_phase(jobId, "agents-running") # During verifications
set_phase(jobId, "synthesizing")   # During synthesis
set_phase(jobId, "publishing")     # During GitLab publication
set_phase(jobId, "completed")      # At the end

Steps (one per step):

start_agent(jobId, "context")     # Context retrieval
complete_agent(jobId, "context", "success")
start_agent(jobId, "verify")      # Blocking issues verification
complete_agent(jobId, "verify", "success")
start_agent(jobId, "scan")        # Scan for new problems
complete_agent(jobId, "scan", "success")
start_agent(jobId, "threads")     # GitLab thread management
complete_agent(jobId, "threads", "success")
start_agent(jobId, "report")      # Report generation
complete_agent(jobId, "report", "success")

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Workflow

Phase 1: Context Retrieval

Call:

• set_phase(jobId, "initializing")
• start_agent(jobId, "context")

1. Identify the MR from the provided URL or number
2. Use get_threads(jobId) to retrieve discussion threads
3. Read previous comments to identify:
   • Blocking issues (🚨)
   • Important issues (⚠️)
4. Retrieve the current diff to see the modifications

Call: complete_agent(jobId, "context", "success")

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Phase 2: Blocking Issues Verification

Call:

• set_phase(jobId, "agents-running")
• start_agent(jobId, "verify")

For EACH blocking issue identified:

Status	Criterion
✅ FIXED	The code has been modified according to the requested correction
⚠️ PARTIALLY	Fixed but with reservations or a different approach
❌ NOT FIXED	The problem persists in the current code

Call: complete_agent(jobId, "verify", "success")

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Phase 3: Quick Scan for New Problems

Call: start_agent(jobId, "scan")

Check only the critical rules from CLAUDE.md and Clean Code red flags (see /.claude/skills/clean-code/SKILL.md):

Rule	What to check
Type any	No new any introduced
Type assertions	No new as Type or as any
Law of Demeter	No chaining a.b.c.d
Imports	@/ aliases used
Tests	New business logic = new test
Function size (Clean Code)	No new function > 20 lines or with 4+ arguments
Flag arguments (Clean Code)	No new boolean parameter switching behavior
Naming (Clean Code)	No new abbreviation (ctx, idx, gw), intention-revealing identifiers
Comments (Clean Code)	No new comment rephrasing the code, no commented-out code
Magic numbers (Clean Code)	New literals (> 7, * 86400) extracted to named constants

Do not check (out of scope for follow-up):

• Global architecture
• Strategic DDD
• Framework-specific performance
• Full SOLID
• Full Clean Code audit (only red flags above; for a complete pass, see review-front)

Call: complete_agent(jobId, "scan", "success")

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Phase 4: Thread Management via MCP

Call: start_agent(jobId, "threads")

⚠️ CRITICAL - USE MCP TOOLS

Threads are managed via MCP tools, no longer via JSON file.

Step 1: Retrieve threads

Use the MCP tool to get the discussion threads:

get_threads(jobId)

Returns a list of threads with:

• id: Thread identifier
• file: Related file
• line: Comment line
• status: "open" or "resolved"
• body: Comment content

Step 2: Add actions for each fixed thread

For each FIXED issue, add actions via MCP:

Resolve a thread:

add_action(jobId, "THREAD_RESOLVE", threadId="xxx", message="✅ Fixed")

Reply to a thread:

add_action(jobId, "THREAD_REPLY", threadId="xxx", message="✅ Fixed - Short description")

Post a general comment:

add_action({ jobId: JOB_ID, type: "POST_COMMENT", body: "Report content" })

Post an inline comment (new problem):

add_action({ jobId: JOB_ID, type: "POST_INLINE_COMMENT", filePath: "path/file.ts", line: 42, body: "..." })

Usage Rules

Action	When to use
THREAD_RESOLVE	Blocking issue fixed → Resolve the thread
THREAD_REPLY	Need to clarify the fix before resolving
POST_COMMENT	Post the global follow-up report
POST_INLINE_COMMENT	New blocking problem detected → Inline comment on the diff

IMPORTANT:

• ✅ Use MCP tools get_threads and add_action
• ✅ Actions are queued and executed after the review
• ❌ Do NOT use JSON files (deprecated legacy system)
• ❌ Do NOT call glab api or gh api directly

Call: complete_agent(jobId, "threads", "success")

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Phase 5: Report Generation

Call:

• set_phase(jobId, "synthesizing")
• start_agent(jobId, "report")

Follow-up report structure:

# Follow-up Review - MR [Number]

**Date**: [YYYY-MM-DD]
**Previous review**: [Date of the first review]

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## Blocking Issues Verification

| # | Issue | Status | Comment |
|---|-------|--------|---------|
| 1 | [Short description] | ✅/⚠️/❌ | [Note if needed] |
| 2 | ... | ... | ... |

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## New Problems Detected

### [If problems found]

🚨 **[Title]**
📍 `file.ts:line`
[Short description + correction]

### [If no problems]

No new problems detected in the modifications.

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## Final Verdict

| Criterion | Status |
|-----------|--------|
| Blocking issues fixed | X/Y |
| New blockers | X |
| **Ready to merge** | ✅ Yes / ❌ No |

### Required Actions (if not ready)

1. [Action 1]
2. [Action 2]

Call: complete_agent(jobId, "report", "success")

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Publication

Call: set_phase(jobId, "publishing")

Order of Operations (STRICT)

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  1. Retrieve threads via get_threads(jobId)                     │
│  2. Verify each issue (fixed/not fixed)                         │
│  3. Add actions via add_action(jobId, ...)                      │
│  4. Post the global report on the MR                            │
│  5. Post inline comments for NEW problems only                  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

1. Manage existing threads via MCP tools (see Phase 4 section)

2. Save the MD in /.claude/reviews/[YYYY-MM-DD]-MR-[ID]-followup.md

   Use the Write tool to persist the full follow-up report locally. The orchestrator reads this file to confirm the followup ran successfully — if it is missing, the job is reported as failed.

3. Post the report on the MR:

   add_action({ jobId: JOB_ID, type: "POST_COMMENT", body: "<report content>" })
   

4. Inline comments for new problems only (via POST_INLINE_COMMENT)

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Inline Comments for New Problems

Post inline comments via MCP ONLY if:

• A NEW blocking problem is detected → POST_INLINE_COMMENT

add_action({
  jobId: JOB_ID,
  type: "POST_INLINE_COMMENT",
  filePath: "path/to/file.ts",
  line: 42,
  body: "🚨 **[NEW] Problem title**\n\n📍 `file.ts:42`\n\n[Short description + correction]"
})

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Exit Commands

Call: set_phase(jobId, "completed")

At the end of the followup:

🔄 Follow-up Review - MR [ID]

📊 Blocking issues: X/Y fixed
✅ Threads resolved: X (via add_action MCP)
🆕 New problems: X

[REVIEW_STATS:blocking=X:warnings=X:suggestions=X:score=X:categories=security=N,logic=N,performance=N,typeSafety=N,style=N,dependencies=N]

✅ READY TO MERGE
or
❌ CORRECTIONS REQUIRED:
   - [Action 1]
   - [Action 2]

⚠️ IMPORTANT:

• The [REVIEW_STATS:...] line is MANDATORY for automated tracking.
• The "Threads resolved" count corresponds to the number of add_action(jobId, "THREAD_RESOLVE", ...) calls.
• YOU MUST use MCP tools to manage threads.

Category breakdown (categories= segment)

Classify every finding still open or newly raised (blocking + important + suggestion) into exactly one of the six dashboard categories, then emit the count per category in the marker. The six counts must sum to blocking + warnings + suggestions. Map by the nature of the finding:

Finding nature	Category
Security / credential / auth issue	security
Business rule, architecture or SOLID violation	logic
Performance / inefficiency	performance
Type safety (any, unsafe assertion, weak typing)	typeSafety
Readability, naming, testing, code quality	style
Outdated / vulnerable / misused dependency	dependencies

Use the internal keys exactly: security, logic, performance, typeSafety, style, dependencies. Set any unused key to 0. Unknown keys are ignored by the tracker.

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Limited Read/Write Mode

This skill can:

• ✅ Read, analyze, compare code
• ✅ Post reports and comments on GitLab
• ✅ Use MCP tools for tracking and thread management
• ❌ Modify the project source code