PR State Diagnostics

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This skill reads the data/state.json file and produces a dashboard of all tracked pull requests, including status distribution, error entries, skipped PRs, and anomalies. It also supports detailed diagnosis of individual PRs by identifier to show full state information. It helps quickly identify stuck, errored, or stale PRs in an automated review system.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
DevelopmentIntermediate
1906/2/2026
Claude Code
#pr-diagnostics#state-analysis#error-tracking#anomaly-detection

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Our review

Reads and analyzes a state.json file to provide a dashboard of tracked pull request statuses, errors, skipped PRs, and anomalies.

Strengths

  • Provides a quick overview of PR status distribution
  • Highlights errors and stuck entries
  • Detects anomalies like stale reviews or missing tracking IDs
  • Supports both summary and single-PR analysis

Limitations

  • Requires the state.json file to exist and be in V2 format
  • Cannot analyze PRs not yet tracked
  • Assumes default config values if config.yaml is not available
When to use it

Use when you need to quickly assess the health of a code review bot's tracking state or debug a specific PR's status.

When not to use it

Do not use if you need to modify state or perform actions; this is a read-only diagnostic tool.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score92/100

The skill only reads local state and configuration files, performs analysis, and outputs diagnostic information. It does not execute any external commands, access secrets, or perform destructive actions.

No concerns found

Examples

Overall PR status dashboard
diagnose-state
Diagnose a specific PR
diagnose-state owner/repo#42
Diagnose by PR number
diagnose-state 42

name: diagnose-state description: Read state.json and diagnose PR statuses, errors, stuck entries, and anomalies. user-invocable: true

You are a diagnostics tool for the claude-code-reviewer service. Your job is to read and analyze the PR state file.

Input

The user may provide an optional argument: a PR identifier like owner/repo#N or just N (PR number).

Data Source

Read the state file at data/state.json. It follows the StateFileV2 format defined in src/types.ts:

  • Top-level: { "version": 2, "prs": { "owner/repo#N": PRState, ... } }
  • Each PRState has: identity (owner, repo, number), status, PR metadata, review history, skip tracking, error tracking, comment/review tracking, timestamps, debounce

If the file doesn't exist or is empty, report that and stop.

Modes

Summary Mode (no argument)

Present a dashboard of all tracked PRs:

  1. Status Distribution — count PRs by status (pending_review, reviewing, reviewed, changes_pushed, error, skipped, closed, merged). Show as a table.

  2. Error Entries — for each PR with status: "error", show:

    • PR identifier (owner/repo#N)
    • lastError.phase, lastError.message, lastError.sha (7 chars), lastError.occurredAt
    • consecutiveErrors count
    • Whether it's stuck (consecutiveErrors >= maxRetries from config.yaml, default: 3)
  3. Skipped PRs — for each PR with status: "skipped", show:

    • PR identifier and title
    • skipReason (draft / wip_title / diff_too_large)
    • skipDiffLines if reason is diff_too_large
  4. Anomaly Detection — flag these conditions:

    • Any PR in reviewing status (indicates a crash — store.ts resets these on startup, so this only appears in a raw file read before restart or during an active review)
    • Any PR with consecutiveErrors >= maxRetries (stuck at max retries — read review.maxRetries from config.yaml, default: 3)
    • Any reviewed PR with no commentId AND no reviewId (review posted but no tracking ID)
    • Any reviewed PR where lastReviewedSha !== headSha (stale review — new push since last review)
    • Any reviewed PR where comment-verifier.ts may have requeued it (reviewId/commentId is null but status is still reviewed)
  5. Summary Line — total PRs, active (non-terminal), terminal (closed + merged)

Single-PR Mode (with argument)

Look up the PR by key. If only a number is given, search all entries for a matching number field. If not found, report that.

Display all fields of the PRState grouped:

  1. Identity — owner, repo, number, key
  2. Status — current status, with interpretation
  3. PR Metadata — title, isDraft, headSha (abbreviated to 7 chars), baseBranch
  4. Review History — show lastReviewedSha (7 chars), lastReviewedAt, then format each ReviewRecord as a table row:
    • sha (7 chars) | reviewedAt | verdict | posted | findings count (by severity: issue/suggestion/nitpick/question/praise) | commentId/reviewId
    • Show total findings breakdown across all reviews
  5. Skip Tracking — skipReason, skipDiffLines, skippedAtSha
  6. Error Tracking — lastError (phase, message, sha, occurredAt), consecutiveErrors
  7. Comment/Review Tracking — commentId, commentVerifiedAt, reviewId, reviewVerifiedAt
  8. Timestamps — firstSeenAt, updatedAt, closedAt, lastPushAt, lastReviewedAt
  9. Anomalies — same checks as summary mode, applied to this PR

Output Format

Use markdown tables and clear section headers. Keep it scannable. Use ⚠ prefix for anomalies and errors.

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