pr-review

type	skill
name	PR Review
description	Review pull requests against team standards and best practices
skillSlug	pr-review
phases	["R","V"]
generated	"2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z"
status	filled
scaffoldVersion	2.0.0

PR Review

Review pull requests for the @dotcontext/cli project against established patterns and quality standards.

When to Use

• Reviewing a PR before merge
• Validating changes during the Review (R) or Validation (V) phases
• Checking that a PR meets the project's architectural and testing standards

PR Review Process

1. Understand the Change Scope

Check which areas are affected:

# View changed files grouped by area
git diff main...HEAD --stat

Map changes to project layers:

• src/services/mcp/ -- MCP server and gateway tools
• src/services/<domain>/ -- Service layer business logic
• src/generators/ -- Scaffold generation
• src/workflow/ -- PREVC workflow system
• src/utils/ -- Shared utilities
• src/index.ts -- CLI command definitions
• .context/ -- Documentation and scaffolding content

2. Verify the Commit History

This project uses Conventional Commits:

<type>(<scope>): <description>

Check that:

• Each commit has a valid type (feat, fix, refactor, docs, test, chore)
• Scope matches the primary area of change (see commit-message skill for scope list)
• Messages are in imperative mood ("add", not "added")
• Breaking changes use ! suffix and BREAKING CHANGE: footer

3. Architecture Review

Service Layer Compliance

• New services follow the directory-per-service pattern under src/services/
• Services export through index.ts barrel files
• Constructor accepts options object; async init is a separate method
• Dependencies are injectable (like contextBuilder in AIContextMCPServer)

MCP Tool Changes

• Zod schemas have .describe() on every parameter
• Gateway handler covers all actions in the enum (no unreachable branches)
• Responses use createJsonResponse/createErrorResponse from response.ts
• New types exported through gatewayTools.ts barrel
• Total MCP tool count remains manageable (currently 9)
• Tool description strings include all action names for AI discovery

Generator Changes

• Generators use v2 frontmatter (scaffoldVersion: "2.0.0")
• force flag is respected (skip existing when false)
• Result type includes generated/skipped counts
• Templates are in templates/ subdirectory

Workflow Changes

• Phase transitions follow PREVC order
• Scale-dependent phases are correctly skipped
• Gate logic is enforced unless explicitly bypassed

4. Code Quality Checks

• No any types; use unknown + type guards
• No console.log in MCP server code (use process.stderr.write)
• File paths use path.join()/path.resolve(), never string concatenation
• Optional dependencies (tree-sitter) handled with graceful fallback
• Error messages are user-friendly (CLI) or structured JSON (MCP)

5. Testing Verification

# Run all tests
npm test

# Build check
npm run build

• New services have .test.ts files
• Tests mock external dependencies (jest.mock() for AI providers, fs)
• Temp directories used (fs.mkdtemp) and cleaned up (afterEach)
• Mock CLIInterface and TranslateFn provided where needed
• MCP handler tests call handler functions directly (not through transport)

6. i18n Completeness

• New user-facing strings added to both en and pt-BR in src/utils/i18n.ts
• Translation keys use dot notation (commands.new.description)
• CLI output uses t() function, not hardcoded strings

7. Documentation Impact

• CHANGELOG.md updated if the change is user-facing
• README.md updated if public CLI commands or MCP tools changed
• .context/docs/ updated if architecture changed significantly
• MCP tool description strings updated if actions added/removed

Common PR Issues

Missing Barrel Exports

New types or handlers added in src/services/mcp/gateway/*.ts but not re-exported through gateway/index.ts and gatewayTools.ts.

Inconsistent Error Handling

MCP handlers that throw instead of returning createErrorResponse(). CLI commands that swallow errors silently.

Untested Edge Cases

• What happens when .context/ directory does not exist?
• What happens when tree-sitter is not installed?
• What happens with empty or malformed frontmatter?
• What happens with relative vs. absolute paths?

Breaking MCP Compatibility

Renaming or removing an MCP tool action without a migration path. Always add new actions alongside old ones, then deprecate.

PR Description Template

When creating PRs for this project:

## Summary
- What this PR does (1-3 bullet points)

## Changes
- List of key changes by file/area

## Test plan
- [ ] Unit tests pass: `npm test`
- [ ] Build succeeds: `npm run build`
- [ ] Manual verification: `npx tsx src/index.ts <command>`
- [ ] MCP tool tested (if applicable)