| name | openpress-apply-comments |
| description | Use when applying, resolving, clearing, or inspecting pending open-press @openpress-comment markers, including requests like /apply-comments, apply comment, resolve comments, read comments and modify the document, or remove resolved comment markers. |
open-press Apply Comments
This is the workflow skill for turning pending @openpress-comment markers into source edits. A comment is resolved only when the requested source change has been made and the marker has been removed.
Responsibilities
- List pending
@openpress-comment markers.
- Read the decoded comment note, hint, source path, and nearby source.
- Apply the requested edit as a small source change.
- Remove the marker after the edit is complete.
- Leave ambiguous or failed comments in place.
- Verify before reporting completion.
Boundary
- Use
openpress for the canonical source/generated path table when unsure.
- Edit source, not generated output.
- Default to editing the source file that contains the marker.
- Route domain-heavy work to the owning skill:
openpress-create-pages for page prose, hierarchy, captions, claims, tone, narrative, page theme, and page components.
openpress-create-slide for deck narrative, slide density, slide-style templates, theme tokens, core Object API composition, Tailwind semantic styling, and reusable UI primitives.
openpress-diagram-drawing for diagram semantics.
- Do not rewrite unrelated sections while resolving one comment.
Workflow
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Discover comments.
rg "@openpress-comment" press -n
If decoded notes are needed and the framework helper exists, use it:
node --input-type=module -e 'import { listCommentMarkers } from "./packages/core/engine/react/comment-marker.mjs"; console.log(JSON.stringify(await listCommentMarkers({ root: process.cwd() }), null, 2));'
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Pick the requested scope.
- If the user names one comment, resolve only that comment.
- If the user says apply comments without an id, process pending comments in source order.
- Handle comments one at a time; do not batch unrelated rewrites under one marker.
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Inspect the target.
- Read the source file that contains the marker.
- Inspect nearby lines before editing.
- Use the marker hint and rendered-object metadata when present, but verify against source.
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Apply the edit.
- Make the smallest source change that satisfies the comment.
- Preserve local style, component APIs, and MDX structure.
- If the request is ambiguous, ask for clarification and leave the marker in place.
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Remove the resolved marker.
- Delete the
@openpress-comment marker only after the source edit is complete.
- Do not clear a marker just because it was read.
- Clear a marker without applying only when the user explicitly asks.
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Verify.
npm run build
build validates structure and renders the full output. When iterating fast on the inner steps:
node engine/cli.mjs validate .
node engine/cli.mjs export .
Completion Report
Report:
- which comment ids were resolved,
- which files changed,
- which comments remain because they were ambiguous or failed,
- which verification commands ran and whether they passed.
Common Mistakes
- Do not edit
public/openpress/, dist-react/, .deploy/, or .openpress/.
- Do not remove unresolved comments.
- Do not rewrite broad sections unless the comment explicitly asks for that.
- Do not claim the browser changed until the source has been exported when export is required.