Review context

This skill should be used when the user asks to 'show open reviews', 'continue the review', 'resume review work', 'what reviews are pending', or after context compaction or session handover. Loads existing review state from .nota/ threads — does not extract new comments from source code.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add urso/nota --skill review-context

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One thing to look at

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SKILL.md

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Review Context — Loading Open Reviews

Load the current state of code reviews from .nota/ thread files. Useful after context compaction, handover, or when context about ongoing reviews has been lost.

Step 1: List open threads

bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/list-open.sh

If no threads listed, there are no open reviews.

The output is tab-separated: ID STATUS GOAL TITLE

Step 2: Read thread contents

For each thread from Step 1:

bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/read-open.sh <thread-id>

This shows the full thread with all comments.

Step 3: Check relationships

For each open thread, check if it has dependencies or references. If so, read those threads too for context:

bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/find-review.sh --refs-of <thread-id>
bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/find-review.sh --deps-of <thread-id>

Thread format

Each .nota/*.xml file contains a thread:

ID: Unique identifier (e.g. l:abc123... for local, gh:123 for GitHub)
Status: open, resolved, or wontfix
Goal: Intent — review, discuss, impl, explain, refactor, test, doc, propose, critique
Group: Optional grouping name (e.g. pr-487, auth-refactor)
Tags: Optional comma-separated labels for filtering
Anchor: Optional code location (file:line @ commit)
depends-on: Optional comma-separated thread IDs this thread is blocked by
Comments: Ordered list of messages with author, timestamp, and content

Run bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/nota.sh behavior for all known goals and their expected behaviors.

After loading

Summarize open items including dependency relationships, continue addressing in-progress work, or answer questions about review status. Never mark a thread resolved without user confirmation.