meatcheck

name	meatcheck
description	Request a PR-style review UI for a set of files or a diff and collect inline feedback with file/line anchors from the user.

Meatcheck

Use this skill to request a human-style review of a set of files via meatcheck. When you want targeted feedback, provide --prompt with specific review goals (for example: security, correctness, performance, or API design) so the reviewer knows what to prioritize.

How to invoke

meatcheck <file1> <file2> ...
meatcheck --prompt "Focus on security and error handling" <file1>
meatcheck --diff changes.diff
cat changes.diff | meatcheck
meatcheck --range "path/to/file.go:10-40" <file1>
meatcheck --groups groups.json <file1> <file2> ...

The CLI opens a browser UI with a GitHub-like review layout. The reviewer can select lines/ranges, add inline comments, and click Finish.

Reviewing diffs

Use diff mode when you want feedback scoped to changed lines instead of full files.

# review from a saved patch file
meatcheck --diff changes.diff

# review from git output directly
git diff -- . ':!go.sum' | meatcheck

# review staged changes
git diff --cached | meatcheck --prompt "Focus on regressions and missing tests"

In diff mode:

• Comments anchor to new-file line numbers for added/context lines.
• Deleted lines are shown for context but are not comment targets.
• File and hunk headers come from the unified diff, so prefer standard git diff output.

Grouping files

Use --groups to organize files into named feature groups in the sidebar tree.

meatcheck --groups groups.json <file1> <file2> ...
meatcheck --groups groups.json --diff changes.diff

The JSON file contains an ordered array of groups:

[
  {"name": "Auth", "files": ["auth.go", "middleware.go"]},
  {"name": "API", "files": ["handler.go", "routes.go"]}
]

• Groups appear in the sidebar in the order specified
• Files not assigned to any group appear in an auto-created "Other" group
• Each file has a "Mark as viewed" button to track review progress
• Comment indicators appear next to files with comments

Important

• Run the meatcheck command and wait for the process to finish.
• Do not stop or terminate the process manually; keep it running until it exits on its own.

Output

On finish, the CLI prints TOON to stdout with a list of comments:

comments[2]{end_line,path,start_line,text}:
  29,README.md,29,This is a comment
  40,README.md,40,This is another Example comment

Notes

• Use --host / --port to control binding.
• Use --prompt to tell the reviewer what to focus on.
• Use --diff or pipe a unified diff to render changes.
• Use --range to render only specific sections of a file.
• Use --groups to organize files into named feature groups.
• Use --skill to print this SKILL.md content.