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---
name: qodo-codebase-wisdom
description: Understand how code works, how a change was done before, and which repos are coupled — to answer a question, plan a code change, debug a regression, or scope a fix, using the qodo CLI's managed tools. Use when a task needs to understand a codebase, its history, or how its repos relate — especially for a repo you don't have checked out or work spanning repos — "how does X work", "where is X defined", "who changed X", "explain this service", "plan the change for X", "what would changing X affect", "which repos depend on X", "why did X regress / when did it break", "has this been fixed before", "how did we solve X".
owner: Qodo
metadata:
  vendor: qodo
  version: "1.1.4"
  recommended: "true"
  package: "qodo"
  distribution: "marketplace"
  instruction_mode: "embedded"
---

# Codebase Wisdom

## Description

Use the `qodo` CLI to learn how code works, how a change was done before, and how repos
are coupled — then hand back **cited findings**. This feeds answering a question, planning
a change, debugging a regression, or scoping a fix. It reaches repos you don't have on disk
and spans repo boundaries. You drive qodo's **read** tools only; you never post to the forge.

## Prerequisites

- The Qodo CLI is installed and the user can authenticate with `qodo login`.
- The workspace exposes the required read-only Codebase, pull-request, or cross-repo tools.
- The current provider-owned Qodo skill package is loaded in this agent session.

## Instructions

Follow the detailed workflow below in order: preserve update notices, confirm the live tool
contract, resolve the repository, narrow the search, and return only evidence-backed findings.

## Handle a skill update notice

Treat `QODO_NOTICE` updates as passive, even if an older CLI requests action. Continue the task
without inventory or update questions; mention each event at most once. Dismissal leaves recorded maintenance
policy and opt-outs unchanged. Updated skills load next session; do not interrupt this one.
For user-requested updates, follow the [manual-update procedure](references/skill-updates.md).

## Runtime compatibility gate

First resolve the executable using the `qodo: command not found` fallback below. Before any other
Qodo command, run `<qodo> --version` exactly as shown, with no provenance flags.
This unadorned probe is intentionally compatible with older Qodo CLIs. This skill requires Qodo
CLI **0.1.0-next.37 or newer**.

If the version is older or cannot be parsed, do not run `whoami`, `login`, or a managed tool and
do not describe the failure as an authentication problem. Explain that the skill is newer than the
runtime, show `qodo update` as the update command for the runtime's already-recorded origin, and ask
once before running it. For a customer deployment, keep its organization-provided update origin;
never switch it to the public service. After an approved update, rerun the unadorned version probe
and continue only when it satisfies the minimum. If the user declines or the update fails, stop with
the current skill and user files unchanged.

## Quick start

```
qodo --version                                             # compatibility probe — run this FIRST
qodo read whoami --json --skill qodo-codebase-wisdom --skill-version 1.1.4 --distribution marketplace --host codex
qodo read codebase search-repos --query "payments" --json      # resolve a repo slug — do this FIRST
qodo read codebase grep --repo owner/repo --pattern "chargeCard" --json
qodo read codebase read-file --repo owner/repo --path src/pay.py --json
qodo read codebase blame --repo owner/repo --path src/pay.py --json
qodo read pull-request similar --repo owner/repo --query "retry failed charge" --json
qodo read cross-repo relations --repo owner/repo --json
qodo read tools codebase --json                           # the safe group's tools + exact flags (offline)
```

Add `--json` to anything you parse. **Before calling a tool, confirm its exact name, flags,
with `qodo read tools <group> [<tool>] --json`** (renders offline) —
the tool names below are illustrative, not guaranteed current.

**`qodo: command not found`?** That's PATH, not a missing install: GUI-launched agents (e.g.
the Claude Code desktop app) run shells with a minimal PATH. Retry with the absolute path
`~/.qodo/bin/qodo` (or `$QODO_HOME/bin/qodo` if set) and keep using it for every `qodo`
command here. Only if that file is missing too is qodo actually not installed; tell the
user to obtain a checksum-pinned installer command from Qodo or their organization's
administrator. Installers are served from https://get.qodo.ai, but never invent a digest
or pipe an installer directly into a shell.

**Sandbox auth diagnostic.** In a sandboxed environment, if `qodo read whoami` fails for any reason
(including `Not logged in`), ask the user to approve one exact read-only retry of `qodo read whoami`
outside the sandbox before recommending login or refreshing tools. Keychain failures can be
reported as generic auth failures, so the sandboxed result alone is not diagnostic. That approval
applies only to this single diagnostic retry: do not reuse it, request persistent approval, or move
later Qodo commands outside the sandbox automatically. If the retry succeeds, continue with normal
per-command permission checks. If it still fails, follow the normal auth troubleshooting below.

## Preflight

1. **Auth first.** Run `qodo read whoami`. After the sandbox retry above when applicable, a non-zero
   exit → tell the user to run `qodo login`, then stop. Never guess creds. `Not logged in` /
   `No tool catalog cached` are authentication setup
   failures. If `whoami` succeeds but a group is unknown, run `qodo tools --refresh` once. If the
   CLI reports `tool_unavailable` or says Codebase tools are unavailable for the account/workspace,
   stop and explain that a workspace admin must enable access; do not send an authenticated user
   through login again or loop on refresh.
2. Resolve the repo. Named repo → `--repo owner/repo`. Inside a git repo with none named →
   omit `--repo` (autodetected from origin). Otherwise `qodo read codebase search-repos --query
   "<name>" --json` and **never guess a slug**. Multiple matches → ask the user which; zero
   matches → say so and stop, don't invent one.

## Route to a tool group

| The task needs… | Group | Representative tools (verify via `qodo read tools`) |
|---|---|---|
| **Current code** — where/what/how it works now | `qodo read codebase` | search-repos, grep, find, ls, read-file, blame, list-commits, get-commit, list-prs, get-pr, list-issues, get-issue, search-issues |
| **History / prior art** — how a change was done, a file's PR history, past review feedback | `qodo read pull-request` | stats, similar, by-file, details, patch |
| **Impact / coupling** — what a change affects, which repos depend on this | `qodo read cross-repo` | overview, relations |

Real tasks span groups — see Examples.

## Narrow, then fetch

Cheap discovery before heavy pulls: **orient** (`search-repos`; `pull-request stats` to
confirm a repo has indexed PR history; `cross-repo relations` for coupling) → **locate**
(`grep`/`find`/`blame`/`list-commits`; `pull-request similar`/`by-file`) → **read** (only
then `read-file` with `--start-line`/`--limit-lines`, `get-pr`, `pull-request details`/`patch`).

## Examples

**Q — "Where is `chargeCard()` defined?"**
`codebase grep --pattern "chargeCard"` → pick the hit → `codebase read-file --path src/pay.py
--start-line 120 --limit-lines 40`. → "`chargeCard()` is at `owner/repo` `src/pay.py:142`;
calls Stripe, last changed in PR #1523."

**Plan — "Add retry to failed charges."**
`pull-request similar --query "retry failed charge"` → PR #1401 (webhook retries) →
`pull-request details --pr-number 1401` (backoff + queue pattern) → `cross-repo relations`
(is charging coupled to other repos?) → `codebase grep --pattern "chargeCard\("` (call sites).
→ "Done before in PR #1401 (exp. backoff, max 3, dedicated queue). `chargeCard()` has 2 call
sites (`src/checkout.py:88`, `src/batch.py:210`); `cross-repo` shows no coupling beyond this
repo, so the change stays local to those two flows."

**Debug — "Why did checkout start 500ing last week?"**
`codebase list-commits --path src/checkout.py --since <date>` / `blame` → find the suspect
change → `codebase get-pr --number <n>` → name the cause with evidence.

## Deliver

Use natural prose: **answer → context accessed through Qodo → practical implication**.
Lead with the answer or important limitation. Mention Qodo once within a useful sentence about
how retrieved context informed the answer: a related implementation, dependency, prior change,
or design discussion. You performed the investigation and reached the conclusion; Qodo provided
the tools to access the context. Do not attribute tracing or reasoning to Qodo.

Adapt these sentence patterns to the evidence; do not print placeholders or force every pattern:

- “I checked [related components] with Qodo and found [relationship].”
- “The [discussion/change] I found through Qodo explains why [decision].”
- “[Answer]. This matches [implementation/history] I retrieved through Qodo.”

Connect the evidence to what the user should understand or do next. Describe only the scope
actually checked; a single-file lookup does not establish cross-repository understanding.
For empty or failed retrievals, state the checked scope and limitation plainly. Never invent
context or certainty to complete the pattern. Scale detail to the question, with code and diffs
below the explanation when useful. Do not add branded headings, emoji banners, slogans, badges,
footers, or repeated summary blocks during progress updates.

- Keep the answer understandable to a non-engineering reader; put technical detail below it.
- **Cite everything** — repo, `path:line`, PR number, commit SHA. When a fact has no locatable
  source (a hit without a line, or a synthesis of several), say so plainly — don't invent a citation.
- **Source precedence** when sources disagree: `read-file` (current code) = how it behaves now;
  `pull-request` = how/why it got there; `cross-repo` = estimated coupling. Present state trumps history.
- **Empty or `truncated: true` → narrow once and retry** (tighter query / path / repo) before
  concluding. Still empty → report "not found in <scope>", don't overclaim.
- Freshness caveats: `pull-request` = merged PRs only (no open/draft); `cross-repo` edges may be
  `pending` (analysis running) or `not_found` (checked, no coupling).

## Configuration

Use `--json` for parsed output and stamp the exact skill/version/distribution provenance on the
first Qodo call. Tool names and schemas come from the installed CLI catalog, never from hardcoded
skill assumptions. The marketplace or skills.sh owns this skill; the CLI owns only runtime access.

## Error Handling

Preserve the returned error code and message. Treat authentication, unavailable-tool, rate-limit,
and loop-protection responses as explicit stop or recovery conditions described above; never
replace them with guessed repository facts or broader authority.

## Guardrails

- Only call managed tools through the fail-closed `qodo read` gateway. The write tools — `approve`,
  `post-comment`, `post-inline-comment(s)`, `set-labels`, `update-description` (non-exhaustive) —
  post to the forge; **don't call them** while investigating. (Editing local code as part of a
  fix is your normal work — that's not these tools.)
- Don't guess slugs, paths, PR numbers, or SHAs — resolve them first.
- Don't reason only from a local checkout when the work spans other repos; these tools reach
  what you don't have on disk.
- An `MT-TOOL-LOOP` error means stop and change approach, not retry.

A short, well-cited result is a confidence signal; padding with uncited detail is noise.

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---
name: qodo-review
description: Review local changes with Qodo during substantive coding milestones and before a PR or completed-work handoff. Use light background checkpoints while coding, collect and assess findings with session context, and run a final review before handing off. Also use for "review my local diff", "pre-PR review", or "run qodo review". Use qodo-review-resolver for findings already posted on a PR.
owner: Qodo
metadata:
  vendor: qodo
  version: "1.10.5"
  recommended: "true"
  package: "qodo"
  distribution: "marketplace"
  instruction_mode: "embedded"
---

# Local Review

## Description

Use the `qodo` CLI to review **local changes during coding and before handing off completed work**. `qodo review` diffs your working tree against a base branch, includes new/untracked files, and sends the diff plus any
**coding-session context** you supply to Qodo's review engine. It returns structured findings you then evaluate and — with the user's say-so (or `autofix`) — fix in code. Nothing is pushed and no
PR is created; only the base commit must already be on the remote (the reviewer clones it).

Use this skill for local changes, including unpushed work on an existing PR. Use `qodo-review-resolver`
to work on findings from the PR's remote review; do not duplicate that review for an unchanged pushed snapshot.

## Prerequisites

- The Qodo CLI is installed and authenticated, and the review capability is enabled.
- The comparison base exists on the remote; local changes and context need not be pushed.
- The coding-session context and any ticket or design references are ready to attach.

## Choose when and how deeply to review

| Situation | Selection |
|---|---|
| A coherent milestone during substantive coding | `--fast --async`: light checkpoint; continue useful coding and collect the result. |
| Ordinary final review before opening/updating a PR or handing off completed work | Omit both depth flags: auto. Collect and assess the result before claiming review completion. |
| User intent calls for unusually thorough scrutiny, or a known high blast radius warrants it | `--deep`, with a brief reason tied to the request or affected behavior. |

Automatic coding checkpoints always use `--fast`. A deliberate deep review can happen earlier when
one of the exceptions above applies. A request such as "examine subtle races thoroughly" can justify
it without the word "deep"; generic "review" or "double-check" does not. Identify concrete impact,
such as shared authorization, a destructive migration, or a contract used by multiple services.
Diff size, session length, PR readiness, or a security-related filename alone do not justify deep.

With **no flag**, the CLI omits depth and the reviewer/deployment selects it. Auto can select deep;
it is not guaranteed standard and does not impose a spending cap. There is no `--standard` flag.
`--fast` and `--deep` are mutually exclusive; depth is selected anew for each invocation.

## Checkpoints and final handoff

- Review a completed, testable slice when its feedback can guide the remaining work. Do not review
  unfinished exploration, every edit, trivial changes automatically, or simply because time passed.
  Respect the user's review scope and budget. A pause for a question or approval is not a final handoff.
- Keep at most one automatic checkpoint active per task. Retain its operation ID, submitted scope
  and snapshot/context association in the task's existing state. Poll status at natural pauses while
  doing useful work; do not launch another review to check progress or re-review unchanged inputs.
- Collect every submitted result within its retention window. Recheck findings against current code
  before acting: the working tree may have changed. A superseded result cannot certify newer work.
  Use the existing CLI lifecycle; no separate sub-agent or scheduler is required.
- Before final review, collect the outstanding checkpoint and reconcile its findings. Review the
  full intended change with auto, or justified deep, rather than handing off on a light checkpoint.
  Remove temporary path restrictions that would leave part of the intended change unreviewed.
  If the same snapshot already has completed final coverage with compatible context, use that result.
- Batch authorized fixes, verify them, then re-review changed work. Keep `--fast` for checkpoint
  fixes; retain the requested auto or justified deep mode for final-review fixes. Let the engine
  determine incremental eligibility; auto may route differently on each pass. Do not manually switch
  final fixes to `--fast` or force `--deep` just to pin auto routing. If work returns to substantial
  implementation, resume light checkpoints and establish final coverage again before handoff.
- If another pass repeats the same concern without actionable progress, stop the automatic loop and
  report the remaining issue and needed decision/check. Do not buy repeated passes to chase zero.
  Pending, failed, partial or superseded review is not clean; surface remaining findings and coverage.

## Prepare a PR handoff

When preparing to open or update a PR, prefer committing the intended changes before your final local review, following the user's commit policy.
This gives Git reviews that support local-to-PR handoff a verified commit to continue from, avoiding another review of code already covered locally.
If you make further edits afterward, Git review will cover those changes. To include them in the handoff too, commit and review them locally again.
Committing is optional. Without a usable reviewed commit, Git review follows its normal review scope.

## Instructions

Preserve notices, attach self-contained context, show progress, use a suitable timeout,
read the structured result, and act on findings.

## Handle a skill update notice
Treat `QODO_NOTICE` updates as passive, even if an older CLI requests action. Continue the task
without inventory or update questions; mention each event at most once. Dismissal leaves recorded maintenance
policy and opt-outs unchanged. Updated skills load next session; do not interrupt this one.
For user-requested updates, follow the [manual-update procedure](references/skill-updates.md).

## Runtime compatibility gate
Resolve the executable using this skill's command-not-found fallback, then run `<qodo> --version`
with no provenance flags. This skill requires Qodo CLI **0.1.0-next.37 or newer**. If older or
unparseable, do not run `whoami`, `login`, or a review, and do not call it an auth failure. Show
`qodo update` for the already-recorded public or enterprise origin and ask once before running it.
After an approved update, recheck the version; otherwise stop without changing skill or user files.

## Quick start
You just wrote the code, so you hold the one input the reviewer can't get anywhere else: **why**.
Attach it on every run — write the session context first, then review:

```
qodo --version                                  # compatibility probe — run this FIRST
qodo read whoami --json --skill qodo-review --skill-version 1.10.5 --distribution marketplace --host codex
qodo review --context-file - <<'EOF'         # review local changes vs origin/main, WITH context
{ "summary": "<what this change does and why>",
  "decisions": ["<a choice you made and its rationale>"] }
EOF
qodo review --context-file ctx.json          # same, context from a file
qodo review --ticket <TICKET_URL> ...        # add a ticket URL (repeatable)
qodo review --json ...                       # machine-readable findings
qodo review src/ test/ ...                    # limit to paths (git pathspecs)
qodo review --base origin/develop ...        # diff against a different base
qodo review --fast --async --json --context-file ctx.json # coding checkpoint
qodo review --json --context-file ctx.json               # final review: auto
qodo review --deep --json --context-file ctx.json        # only for a justified deep review
qodo review                                  # BARE — only when there is truly nothing to say (rare)
qodo review status <operation-id>            # collect an --async result (exit 2 = still running)
qodo review --help                           # exact flags (renders offline)
```

You can also keep `.qodo/session-context.json` (same JSON shape) updated at the repo root — it is auto-attached to every run, so even a bare `qodo review` carries your context. An explicit
`--context-file` overrides it; the file itself is never part of the reviewed diff. Don't commit it
(add `.qodo/` to `.gitignore` or `.git/info/exclude`).
Add `--json` to anything you parse. For connected execution, allow a multi-minute timeout or
background the process; async submission and status collection are separate short calls.
**Confirm the exact flags with `qodo review --help`** (offline) — the examples here are illustrative.

## Choose execution for the selected review

Use `--async` for coding checkpoints: submit, continue useful work, then collect with `review status`.
For a final review, async is also valid, but collect and assess it before the handoff. If live progress
is useful, read [connected progress](references/connected-progress.md) and use `--json --progress`
with a host-native background process. Never combine `--progress` with `--async`.
A review can take minutes; keep a connected process alive or use async so client exit cannot cancel it.
If async is unavailable in the installed CLI, keep the selected depth and use the connected fallback.

For connected progress, the canonical execution rules are:

- Attach context through a file; stdin heredocs are unsuitable for background execution.
- Use a unique per-run temporary directory. Separate the single result JSON on stdout from NDJSON
  progress on stderr. Poll the growing progress file through the host's nonblocking process tools;
  never run a foreground `tail` that blocks the agent until completion.
- Relay short status messages, not raw JSON or model output. Translate events by `kind`:
  `cli.status` gives a readable message; `tool.activity` gives tool name and outcome;
  `task.delta` and unknown kinds are occasional generic heartbeats, not one message per event.
- For `qar.client.reconnecting`, relay attempt/delay and structured close/error codes when present.
  `qar.client.reconnected` means transport opened; `resubscribeAttempts` counts reattached live tasks.
  `qar.client.reconnect_failed` signals exhausted retries, not the final error explanation.
- On `task.done`, inspect `payload.status`; on failure/cancellation or `error`, stop progress relay
  but keep waiting for process exit. Always read the result envelope, including on nonzero exit:
  actionable messages/hints such as `closed_preview` may appear only there. Progress is not findings.
- Capture the process exit status, reap the child and disarm its PID before parsing. On interruption,
  terminate and reap the active child. Clean up only that run's directory on exit/failure/interruption;
  never reuse or remove a shared `.qodo/review.*` path.
- If background progress is unavailable, run foreground with a multi-minute timeout, preserving
  selected depth and context. Missing progress is not a reason to fail review or downgrade depth.

**`qodo: command not found`?** That's PATH, not a missing install: GUI-launched agents (e.g.
the Claude Code desktop app) run shells with a minimal PATH. Retry with the absolute path
`~/.qodo/bin/qodo` (or `$QODO_HOME/bin/qodo` if set) and keep using it for every `qodo`
command here. Only if that file is missing too is qodo actually not installed; tell the
user to obtain a checksum-pinned installer command from Qodo or their organization's
administrator. Installers are served from https://get.qodo.ai, but never invent a digest
or pipe an installer directly into a shell.

**Sandbox auth diagnostic.** In a sandboxed environment, if `qodo read whoami` fails for any reason
(including `Not logged in`), ask the user to approve one exact read-only retry of `qodo read whoami`
outside the sandbox before recommending login or refreshing tools. Keychain failures can be
reported as generic auth failures, so the sandboxed result alone is not diagnostic. That approval
applies only to this single diagnostic retry: do not reuse it, request persistent approval, or move
later Qodo commands outside the sandbox automatically. If the retry succeeds, continue with normal
per-command permission checks. If it still fails, follow the normal auth troubleshooting below.

## Submit and collect with `--async`

Check support with `qodo review --help`. The following example submits a coding checkpoint. For final
review omit `--fast`; add `--deep` only under the selection policy above. Attach the same context in
all modes. Shell snippets illustrate the CLI protocol; use the host's own nonblocking wait mechanism.

`--async` removes the connection from the critical path. It submits the review over HTTP, prints an
**operation id**, and exits 0 immediately. The run continues server-side whether or not your process
is alive; you collect the result later with `qodo review status <operation-id>`.

```
command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1 || { printf '%s\n' 'This async recipe requires jq; install it or use the live qodo review flow.' >&2; exit 1; }
QODO_REVIEW_CONTEXT="${QODO_REVIEW_CONTEXT:-.qodo/session-context.json}"
[ -f "$QODO_REVIEW_CONTEXT" ] || { printf '%s\n' "Write the required review context to $QODO_REVIEW_CONTEXT (or set QODO_REVIEW_CONTEXT to its path)." >&2; exit 1; }
if ! submission="$(qodo review --context-file "$QODO_REVIEW_CONTEXT" --async --json --fast)"; then printf '%s\n' "$submission" >&2; exit 1; fi
if ! id="$(printf '%s\n' "$submission" | jq -er '.operation_id | select(type == "string" and length > 0)')"; then printf '%s\n' "$submission" >&2; exit 1; fi
qodo review status "$id" --json                                # collect it
```

Poll the existing operation until it finishes; do useful work between status checks. Submission
exit 0 means accepted, not reviewed. Collection uses these exit codes; read any returned retry delay:

| Exit | Meaning | Do |
|---|---|---|
| `0` | Finished. Findings rendered — **identical** output to a live run (`{findings, meta}` under `--json`). | Act on the findings as usual. |
| `2` | Still running or polling throttled. | Respect `retry_after` when present, then poll the same ID. |
| `1` | Failed, canceled, expired, or no such operation. Read the `error` envelope. | Follow the bounded recovery below; never assume clean. |

```
# This collection attempt returns failures to the host for classification under Recover a review.
# On nonzero exit, preserve the operation ID and emitted error; apply bounded recovery there.
QODO_REVIEW_TMP="$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/qodo-review.XXXXXX")"
cleanup_qodo_review() { [ -n "${QODO_REVIEW_TMP:-}" ] && [ -d "$QODO_REVIEW_TMP" ] && rm -r -- "$QODO_REVIEW_TMP"; }
trap cleanup_qodo_review EXIT; trap 'exit 130' INT; trap 'exit 143' TERM
while :; do
  status=0; qodo review status "$id" --json > "$QODO_REVIEW_TMP/result.json" || status=$?
  case "$status" in
    0) cat "$QODO_REVIEW_TMP/result.json" || exit 1; break ;;
    2) delay=$(jq -r 'if (.retry_after | type) == "number" and .retry_after > 0 then .retry_after else 15 end' "$QODO_REVIEW_TMP/result.json") || exit 1
       sleep "$delay" ;;
    *) cat "$QODO_REVIEW_TMP/result.json" >&2; exit "$status" ;;
  esac
done
```

**What it costs — know these before you choose it:**

- **No streaming progress.** There are no progress events on this path — the run isn't attached to
  your process — so `--async` and `--progress` are rejected together rather than emitting a stream
  that never arrives. There is no intermediate status beyond "still running". If the user is
  watching and wants to see life, use the [connected progress](references/connected-progress.md) recipe instead.
- **No human-in-the-loop.** This surface runs deterministic agents only; a review that asks for
  input fails instead of waiting. (`qodo review status` says so and tells you to re-run without
  `--async`.)
- **The result is kept for 1 hour** after the review finishes, then it is discarded. Collect it
  inside that window. Past it, `qodo review status` cannot tell "expired" from "never existed" or
  "belongs to someone else" — the runtime answers all three identically, on purpose — so it reports
  all of them. Report the missing review evidence before deciding whether a new run is needed.
- **Do not assume a new submission is free or deduplicated.** Use `review status` to collect an
  accepted run. If admission is uncertain, follow the CLI's returned recovery command (on versions
  that support it, `--async --retry-submission <id>`); never substitute a fresh `qodo review` to poll.
  Preserve the retained request during recovery instead of gathering the changing working tree again.
- **Retain the operation id.** It identifies the accepted run; a submission-recovery ID has a different
  purpose. Do not throw away either handle before collecting or reconciling its outcome.

**The operation id is not the `trace` id.** `qodo` prints a `trace <id>` line on failures — that's
an OpenTelemetry id for support to diagnose a run with, and it cannot fetch anything. The
`operation_id` from `--async` is the resumable handle. Don't pass one where the other is wanted.

## Preflight

1. **Auth first.** Run `qodo read whoami`. After the sandbox retry above when applicable, a non-zero
   exit → tell the user to re-run the exact login command supplied by their installer,
   organization, or configured endpoint, then stop. With no custom endpoint, use `qodo login`;
   with an explicit endpoint, preserve it as `qodo login --auth-url <their-url>`. Never replace a
   custom deployment with the cloud default or invent an endpoint. `Not logged in` /
   `No tool catalog cached` require login. If `whoami`
   succeeds but the built-in `qodo review` command is unknown, the runtime is too old; ask the
   user to update the CLI from the official source. Re-login and catalog refresh cannot add this
   built-in command.
2. **Push the base.** The reviewer clones the base commit from the remote, so the base branch
   (default `origin/main`) must be pushed. If `qodo review` says the base isn't pushed, push it or
   pass a pushed `--base <ref>`. Your own local changes do NOT need to be committed or pushed —
   uncommitted edits and untracked new files are included automatically.
3. **Write your context.** Before running, capture the session narrative — a 2–3 sentence summary
   of what you changed and why, plus the decisions you made along the way — as the context JSON
   (stdin heredoc, a file, or `.qodo/session-context.json`). You always have this: you just wrote
   the code. Run bare only when there is genuinely nothing to say.

## What gets reviewed

`qodo review` gathers, all client-side:

- The **tracked diff** vs the base, plus **new/untracked files** (secrets, binaries, oversized,
  and gitignored files are filtered out and reported — never silently dropped).
- The **branch name**, **HEAD commit**, and a **description** synthesized from your commit messages.
- Any **ticket refs** and **session context** you attach (below).

`--json` returns `findings` from this call, with optional `meta` and `finding_state` on newer engines.
For repeated reviews, read `finding_state.introduced` **and** `.still_open`; an empty `findings`
array alone does not mean clean. `.resolved` records detected fixes; `.dismissed` preserves dismissals.
If `finding_state.complete` or `meta.coverage.complete` is false, report the incomplete coverage.

`meta.analysis.mode` is `full`, `incremental`, or `reused`. Reused means the same reviewed snapshot
and compatible context; earlier open findings remain open. The CLI privately saves the submitted patch.
It advances its checkpoint after collecting an eligible result, including via `review status`.
Failed or older completions cannot replace a newer checkpoint.
Keep the same base, path scope, requested depth mode and context during a fix loop. Changed context, expired or
unverifiable checkpoints, and unsupported deltas fall back to full review. Never fabricate a checkpoint.
For a deliberately fresh assessment use `--full` (confirm support with `--help`). It controls scope,
not depth; it is not needed on every fix. Changing the requested depth mode invalidates compatible
checkpoint coverage. Auto does not promise a fixed effective tier; rely on returned analysis/coverage.
Older engines omit these fields: use their findings and coverage without claiming reuse.
`meta.reviewers.ran` / `.skipped`, `meta.depth`, and `meta.safety_net.reinjected` describe coverage.
A reused result has no new reviewer execution. Attach missing input for a material skipped dimension.
Never remove context merely to make an incremental checkpoint eligible.

## Attach coding-session context (this is the point)

Attach the intent and decisions behind your change. Three channels:

- `--ticket <url>` — a ticket/issue URL (repeat for several). Pass the **full URL** (e.g. a
  Jira `.../browse/KEY-123` or a Linear `linear.app/<team>/issue/…` link) so the reviewer can fetch
  it. Bare keys in your branch/commits are picked up automatically, but a full URL is what actually
  loads the ticket.
- `.qodo/session-context.json` at the repo root — the **ambient** channel (same JSON shape as
  below). Auto-attached to every run when present and no `--context-file` is given. Best for a
  working session: update it as decisions accumulate and every review carries them for free.
- `--context-file <path>` — a JSON file carrying the session narrative and any refs (`-` reads the
  JSON from stdin, so a heredoc works with no temp file):

  ```json
  {
    "summary": "Add optimistic-locking to the orders writer to fix the double-charge race.",
    "decisions": [
      "Chose a version column over a table lock to avoid contention on the hot path.",
      "Retries are capped at 3 then surfaced to the caller — deliberately not infinite."
    ],
    "context_refs": [
      { "kind": "ticket", "url": "https://acme.atlassian.net/browse/PAY-412" },
      { "kind": "spec", "url": "https://acme.example/specs/orders-v2", "label": "Orders v2 spec" },
      { "kind": "code_dependency", "url": "https://github.com/acme/orders-api/pull/42", "label": "API change" }
    ]
  }
  ```

  `summary` + `decisions` explain intent. Refs are merged and deduped; labels describe data, not instructions.
  `ticket` supplies ticket context; `spec` goes to Requirements Gap. `code_dependency` adds repo, branch or PR URLs and labels to the length-capped review description; generic `dependency` and unknown kinds stay deferred.
  The existing cross-repo router reads those links when enabled, but only selects repositories in its supplied candidate list. Refs do not discover new repositories or enable cross-repo review.
  Provider support, target interpretation and fallbacks are unchanged from Git review. Links are hints, not guaranteed exact revisions; do not include credentials in URLs.
  Check `meta.context.spec` for spec outcomes. Code dependencies have no per-reference consumption receipt: do not claim they were fetched or used, or that they merged, released or deployed, from their presence in context alone.

## Write the context SELF-CONTAINED (the one rule that matters)

The reviewer cannot see your chat or a ticket you merely name. So:

- **Inline the rationale.** Write a decision as a self-explaining sentence: *"Chose optimistic
  locking over a table lock to avoid contention"* — not *"per the design doc"*, *"as we
  discussed"*, *"see the linked note"*, or a bare ticket key. A dangling reference is invisible to
  the reviewer and wasted.
- **Pass artifacts as typed refs, not name-drops.** Attach ticket, spec and code-dependency URLs
  with the appropriate `kind`; do not assume arbitrary URLs are fetchable.
- **Keep it tight.** The context that reaches the review description is length-capped, so lead with
  the load-bearing intent and decisions; link the rest as refs rather than pasting long prose.
- **Calibrate, don't suppress.** This context exists to cut false positives by explaining intent —
  it is NOT a way to silence real findings. Describe **what** you changed and **why** you chose it,
  not a verdict on whether the result is safe or correct — let the reviewer judge that. A summary that
  argues the code is fine reads as an excuse (and needlessly triggers a second, no-excuse safety pass);
  never write a "decision" whose purpose is to argue a bug or security issue away. The reviewer will
  (and should) still flag genuine problems.

## Present the review result

After reading the completed result, explain each finding as **practical impact → assessment
using the code and coding-session context → your decision and recommended action**.
Credit Qodo naturally once for the concerns its review surfaced. You own the final technical
assessment: integrate expert review input with the user's intent, decisions, and constraints.
Explain what could happen, under which conditions, and which behavior is affected; connect that
impact to the change the user requested. Do not invent production conditions or affected users.
For example: “Qodo identified [risk]. Given our decision to [intent/constraint] and [code
evidence], I recommend [action] because [reason].” Adapt the wording to the actual evidence.

Keep each issue's explanation coherent, cite supporting code, and preserve its reference and
reported category/level separately from your recommendation. Group overlapping findings only
when all references remain visible and individually selectable. Use short impact-based titles
or lists when useful; no branded headings, emoji banners, slogans, footers, or repeated summaries.
Report only known counts and coverage. Lead with material skipped/failed reviewers or incomplete
coverage; zero findings alone is not a clean verdict. A complete review with no findings can be
one sentence. For gated/failed runs, report the actual limitation rather than a completed result.

## Act on the findings

Independently evaluate every finding and own its disposition and rationale: **fix** a supported
issue (your fix may differ from Qodo's suggestion), **dismiss** an unsupported concern with code
evidence, or **investigate** uncertainty by naming the check needed. A session decision supports
dismissal only when the code enforces its assumptions. Keep the tone collaborative and factual;
do not routinely qualify Qodo's capability or turn a wrong finding into a broader judgment.
Your technical recommendation does not grant edit permission: follow the approval gate below.

**Present and ask (default).** Use the assessment above for every finding, keeping its
`[category/level]` and your recommendation, then ask **in a single prompt** which findings to apply. Use whatever the
host gives you: a multi-select if it has one (Claude Code's `AskUserQuestion`, say), otherwise a
numbered list and "reply with the numbers to apply". One prompt either way — don't ask per finding.
**Nothing is pre-selected.** Mark which ones you recommend, but the user must actively choose: this
prompt is the last thing standing between a finding and an edit, so a bare Enter must apply nothing.
Apply only what the user picks (edit as normal, matching the surrounding style); report the rest as
skipped with your reason. Do not edit any code before the user has chosen.

**Autofix (skip the gate).** Only an **explicit `autofix` token** in the invocation (e.g.
`qodo-review autofix`) skips the prompt outright. Phrasing that merely sounds like opting in ("just
fix them", "don't ask me") is not enough by itself — reading intent wrong here edits code the user
never approved, which is the exact failure this gate exists to prevent. On inferred intent, name the
exact scope you'd apply and get one confirmation — "Reading that as autofix — apply the N fixes I
recommended?" — not "all N", which reads as the whole set and widens scope on the very ambiguity
this check exists to catch. Either way apply exactly what the evaluation decided and nothing beyond
it (fix the sound ones; skip the wrong/deliberate ones with a reason), and report what you applied
and what you skipped.

When the user explicitly authorizes declining a local finding, follow
[Record local triage](references/local-triage.md) to persist the decision. A conversational
"skip" alone is not a stored dismissal and must not be reported as one.

After a batch of authorized fixes, verify and re-review changed work using the lifecycle policy above.
Assess outstanding findings and coverage before calling the result clean; stop an unproductive loop.
Commit/push per the user's workflow — ask before pushing unless they've told you to.

## Recover a review

For an accepted async run, collect by operation ID even if the submit process exited. On a status
transport error, retry collection of the same ID at most once after the returned retry delay
(or 15 seconds if absent). If collection still fails, preserve the ID for later recovery and report
the coverage gap; do not submit again or keep polling automatically. The polling example returns
nonzero errors to the host for this classification and bounded recovery. On a confirmed terminal failure,
read the error and correct a recoverable cause before retrying at most once, with the selected
mode and context preserved. Honor entitlement, auth, permission and rate-limit stops; do not retry
those as transient failures. Further failure or an expired/unavailable result means reporting the
coverage gap; never claim completion or silently keep buying retries.

The following connection rules apply to connected execution, not an accepted `--async` run. A review can take
minutes; if the host cannot keep a process alive, choose async rather than repeatedly timing out.

- **Keep the run alive and connected for its whole duration.** The CLI holds a streaming
  connection to the review; the server keeps a run whose client vanished for only a short grace
  window before cancelling it. So a harness that times out and kills the CLI kills the review —
  not instantly, but a couple of minutes later, which is why the cancel can look like it came out
  of nowhere. Background the run rather than foregrounding it under a tool timeout; use the
  [connected progress](references/connected-progress.md) recipe, and backgrounding is also what lets you stream
  status.

**Concurrent reviews can complete independently.** For the same owner/repository/branch, only the
newest checkpoint run can publish finding updates; an older result may report `superseded`.

The failure shapes are distinct, so read which one you got instead of guessing:

- **No output, the process died** → your side killed it (tool timeout, SIGTERM, Ctrl-C). The
  server-side run does not stop with it; it is cancelled a short while later, so this and the
  cancel below are often the same incident seen from two ends.
- **`review canceled by the server …`** → the server ended the run. When it says the connection
  dropped, that's the cause: the CLI lost its stream and did not get back in time. Not a size,
  complexity, or concurrency limit.
- **`review ended without a result (no task.done)`** → the stream dropped mid-run.
- **`review failed: <detail>`** → a real backend failure; the detail says what.

For the first three, collect any retained result using the CLI's recovery hint before submitting again.
If the run is confirmed canceled or unrecoverable, retry at most once with uninterrupted execution
and the same selected depth/context. A pending run is not a reason to restart. Further failure means
reporting incomplete review, not looping, dropping context or downgrading depth to obtain a result.

## If the run is gated: closed preview

`qodo review` is currently in **closed preview** — the server rejects runs from organizations that
aren't enrolled. A gated run exits non-zero with a stable machine-readable error: `--json` emits
`{"error": {"code": "closed_preview", "message": ..., "hint": ...}}`; without `--json` the same
message and hint print as prose.

On `closed_preview`:

1. **Surface the `message` and `hint` to the user unchanged** (don't paraphrase or truncate;
   the `--json` payload carries them verbatim, while the CLI's prose output strips terminal
   control characters), then
2. **STOP.** The gate is an entitlement, not a transient fault — retrying, backing off, watching,
   or looping **cannot** succeed until the user's organization is enrolled. Do not re-run
   `qodo review` unless the user says enrollment happened (after enrollment, access activates
   within ~10 minutes; no re-login needed).

Only the review itself is gated — auth (`qodo read whoami`) and the other qodo commands are unaffected.

## Configuration

Use `--fast --async --json` for coding checkpoints, auto for ordinary final review,
and `--deep` only under the stated exceptions. Use `--json --progress` for connected progress and
an explicit `--base` when origin/main is not correct. Stamp exact skill/version/distribution provenance
on the first Qodo call after the unadorned version probe and keep session context out of the reviewed diff.

## Error Handling

Read the structured result even after a non-zero command. Preserve closed-preview, cancellation,
rate-limit, connection, and tool-loop states; follow the bounded recovery above and never discard
context or widen authority merely to obtain a green result.

## Guardrails

- **Local scope.** Review coding milestones and local work before PR/update or completed-work handoff.
  Use `qodo-review-resolver` for findings already posted on a PR; avoid duplicate unchanged reviews.
- **No forge writes.** `qodo review` reads your local diff and returns findings; it never pushes,
  comments, or opens a PR. Resolving a finding means editing code, not posting anywhere.
- **The base must be pushed;** your local work need not be. New/untracked files are reviewed by
  default; secrets/binaries/oversized/gitignored files are filtered and reported.
- **Don't guess creds or the base** — resolve auth first, and pass `--base` when it isn't
  `origin/main`.
- **Collect every run.** Background connected runs or use async; preserve recovery handles.
  A superseded result does not advance the incremental baseline or certify current code.
- **Never strip context to beat the clock.** Dropping `--context-file` doesn't make a run faster —
  it just buys a worse review. Give it time; choose depth by lifecycle, never by timeout pressure.
- An `MT-TOOL-LOOP` or `MT-RATE-LIMITED` error means stop/back off and change approach, not retry.
- A `closed_preview` error means the org isn't enrolled in the preview — surface message + hint to
  the user and stop; never retry or loop on it (see "If the run is gated" above).

After authorized fixes, report what changed, how it was verified, and what remains with reasons.

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---
name: qodo-review-resolver
description: Read or resolve a pull request's Qodo review with the qodo CLI — fetch structured status, reviewed commit SHA, and findings for ANY PR as JSON, with optional extended details and citation evidence for audits, then optionally resolve open findings and record outcomes, once or until clean. Use this — never `gh`/`curl` scraping of review comments — for "is the review clean on PR #N", "get Qodo's findings for <pr> as JSON", "audit the review evidence", "show finding citations", "what did Qodo flag", "is this review up to date with head", "check before merging", "resolve my PR review", "fix the review findings", or "babysit this PR until it's clean".
triggers:
  - "Check the Qodo findings on this pull request"
  - "Audit the citation evidence for these Qodo PR findings"
  - "Resolve the open Qodo review findings on this PR"
owner: Qodo
when_to_use: When you need to read or act on a pull request's Qodo review — check where it stands, see what it flagged, gate a merge on it being clean at head, or fix the open findings — for any PR, not just your own. It reads the review through qodo's managed tool (structured, git-provider-agnostic), so use it instead of scraping the rendered PR review comments with `gh`/`curl` (lossy, provider-specific, and easy to read stale against the head commit). It resolves findings in local code and then records the outcome on each finding through qodo's own tools (dismiss / mark-implemented, which clear the merge-policy block); it never posts to the git forge itself. Skip it for reviewing code you're writing locally before any PR exists (that's the pre-PR review), and for non-review PR chores (merging, labels, descriptions).
metadata:
  vendor: qodo
  version: "1.4.6"
  recommended: "true"
  package: "qodo"
  distribution: "marketplace"
  instruction_mode: "embedded"
arguments:
  - name: autofix
    description: Resolve the recommended fixes directly without asking. Omit to evaluate the findings and let the user pick which to resolve.
    optional: true
---

# Read & Resolve Findings

## Description

Use the `qodo` CLI to read a pull request's **review session** — its status, the commit that
was reviewed, and every finding with its resolution status — for **any** PR (yours or someone
else's). Request extended results when auditing citations or investigating a finding's supporting
evidence, location, dismissal, or review-run history. Reading alone is a valid use: stop after the read to report where a review stands or
what it flagged (e.g. to gate a merge on it being clean at head). To go further, **resolve the
open findings in code**, applying your own judgment (the review is a strong second opinion, not
gospel) — by default you evaluate the findings and let the user pick which to apply (pass `autofix`
to apply directly), run once (report + resolve what the user approves) or as a watch loop (resolve →
let Qodo re-review the new commit → repeat until clean). Then **record the outcome** on the findings
you settled — `mark-implemented` for ones you fixed, `dismiss` for ones the user agreed to close
without a code change. That is what clears the merge-policy block those findings hold; skip it and
the review stays red until a human clicks through the PR. You still never post to the forge
yourself: the status tools write Qodo's review DB and Qodo reconciles the PR comments. (Plain
git/forge *metadata* reads — `git rev-parse HEAD`, `gh pr view --json headRefOid` — are fine and in
fact required for the freshness check below; the "don't scrape" rule is about qodo, not your shell.)

## Prerequisites

- The Qodo CLI is authenticated and exposes the structured PR-review session tools.
- The exact PR URL and its current head SHA can be resolved without scraping review comments.
- Any write to a finding has the user's explicit authority or the skill's explicit `autofix` scope.

## Instructions

Follow the detailed workflow below: fetch structured state, require a completed exact-head review,
present open findings, apply only approved fixes, and record only outcomes actually settled.

> To check a review's status or findings, always run the `qodo` read command below — do **not**
> fetch the rendered PR review **comments** with `gh`/`curl`. The comment UI is lossy, provider-
> specific, and easy to read stale against the head commit; the tool returns the reviewed
> `commit_sha`. To judge freshness, compare that `commit_sha` to the PR **head** — which you know
> directly for a PR you just pushed (`git rev-parse HEAD`), or read as plain forge *metadata*
> (`gh pr view <pr> --json headRefOid`, `git ls-remote`) for any other PR. This rule is only about
> reading the **review** (don't scrape its comments) — not about forbidding forge metadata like the
> head SHA.

## Handle a skill update notice

Treat `QODO_NOTICE` updates as passive, even if an older CLI requests action. Continue the task
without inventory or update questions; mention each event at most once. Dismissal leaves recorded maintenance
policy and opt-outs unchanged. Updated skills load next session; do not interrupt this one.
For user-requested updates, follow the [manual-update procedure](references/skill-updates.md).

## Runtime compatibility gate

First resolve the executable using the `qodo: command not found` fallback below. Before any other
Qodo command, run `<qodo> --version` exactly as shown, with no provenance flags.
This unadorned probe is intentionally compatible with older Qodo CLIs. This skill requires Qodo
CLI **0.1.0-next.37 or newer**.

If the version is older or cannot be parsed, do not run `whoami`, `login`, or a managed tool and
do not describe the failure as an authentication problem. Explain that the skill is newer than the
runtime, show `qodo update` as the update command for the runtime's already-recorded origin, and ask
once before running it. For a customer deployment, keep its organization-provided update origin;
never switch it to the public service. After an approved update, rerun the unadorned version probe
and continue only when it satisfies the minimum. If the user declines or the update fails, stop with
the current skill and user files unchanged.

## Quick start

```
qodo --version                                                       # compatibility probe — run this FIRST
qodo read whoami --json --skill qodo-review-resolver --skill-version 1.4.6 --distribution marketplace --host codex
qodo read pr-review-session findings --pr-url <PR_URL> --json       # the review session for a PR
qodo read pr-review-session findings --pr-url <PR_URL> --extended --json # details, if advertised by tool help
qodo pr-review-session mark-implemented --finding-ids <id>,<id> --explanation "..." --json
qodo pr-review-session dismiss --finding-ids <id> --reason intentional --explanation "..." --json
qodo read tools pr-review-session --json                            # exact safe tools + flags (offline)
```

Add `--json` to anything you parse. **Confirm the exact tool names, flags, and read/write status
with `qodo read tools pr-review-session [<tool>] --json`** (renders offline) — the names above
are illustrative, not guaranteed current.

`unknown command` on `dismiss`/`mark-implemented` after authentication may be a stale local tool
catalog — refresh once as described below. If the commands are still absent, the workspace does
not currently expose PR-review writes; report that capability boundary instead of looping.

**`qodo: command not found`?** That's PATH, not a missing install: GUI-launched agents (e.g.
the Claude Code desktop app) run shells with a minimal PATH. Retry with the absolute path
`~/.qodo/bin/qodo` (or `$QODO_HOME/bin/qodo` if set) and keep using it for every `qodo`
command here. Only if that file is missing too is qodo actually not installed; tell the
user to obtain a checksum-pinned installer command from Qodo or their organization's
administrator. Installers are served from https://get.qodo.ai, but never invent a digest
or pipe an installer directly into a shell.

**Sandbox auth diagnostic.** In a sandboxed environment, if `qodo read whoami` fails for any reason
(including `Not logged in`), ask the user to approve one exact read-only retry of `qodo read whoami`
outside the sandbox before recommending login or refreshing tools. Keychain failures can be
reported as generic auth failures, so the sandboxed result alone is not diagnostic. That approval
applies only to this single diagnostic retry: do not reuse it, request persistent approval, or move
later Qodo commands outside the sandbox automatically. If the retry succeeds, continue with normal
per-command permission checks. If it still fails, follow the normal auth troubleshooting below.

## Preflight

1. **Auth first.** Run `qodo read whoami`. After the sandbox retry above when applicable, a non-zero
   exit → tell the user to run `qodo login`, then stop. Never guess creds. The tool only exists
   *after* login, so treat `Not logged in` or `No
   tool catalog cached` as "run `qodo login`", and don't retry before they have.
   **An `unknown command`/`unknown option` while `whoami` SUCCEEDED is not an auth failure.** Run
   `qodo tools --refresh` once and re-check `qodo read tools pr-review-session --json`. If the write command
   remains absent, report that this account/workspace currently has read-only review capability;
   do not re-login, retry indefinitely, or substitute a forge comment for the structured write.
2. **Resolve the PR.** Use the PR URL the user gives. If they don't name one and you're inside
   a git repo, infer the open PR for the current branch and **confirm it with the user before
   acting**. Never guess a PR URL.
3. **Bind edits to the checkout.** Report-only reads may target any PR. Before any local fix,
   resolve the PR repository from provider metadata and the current checkout repository from its
   `origin`; normalize both to the full case-insensitive `owner/repo` identity. They must match
   exactly. A missing/ambiguous origin or mismatch means stop and ask the user to open the correct
   checkout — never apply a finding from one repository to another worktree. Repeat this check if
   the target PR changes during a watch loop.

## Fetch the review session

`qodo read pr-review-session findings --pr-url <PR_URL> --json` returns:

- `review_session` — the latest review run: `status`, `commit_sha` (**the last commit included in
  the review** — the code these findings describe), `started_at`. **`null` = the PR has no review
  yet** — tell the user and stop (nothing to resolve).
- `findings[]` — every current finding, each with: `title`, `description`, `category`,
  `action_level` (`action_required` > `remediation_recommended` > `informational`),
  `attribution_status`, `git_sha`, `review_run_id`, `comment_id` / `inline_comment_id`.

`finding_count: 0` with a non-null session = a clean review.

### Extended results for audits and investigation

Keep compact reads for routine status polling. When the user needs supporting evidence or more
detail, inspect `qodo read tools pr-review-session findings --json`. Only if the schema declares
the `extended` boolean, use `qodo read pr-review-session findings --pr-url <PR_URL> --extended --json`.
The tool/API input is `extended: true`; omitted or false keeps the compact response.
This reads more stored data; it does not rerun or deepen the review.

Extended results add finding locations and code snippets, dismissal reasons/explanations,
`review_runs`, and `findings[].evidence` with `explanation` and `citations`. Preserve each
citation's source type, source reference, text and source-specific metadata in an audit output.
Correlate evidence with that finding's `id`, `git_sha`, `review_run_id` and `review_source`;
current findings can originate in earlier runs than `review_session`.

Null evidence means unavailable; an empty citations list contains no recorded citations. An
absent evidence field can indicate an older backend: report that limitation without claiming
the finding has no supporting evidence. If `extended` is absent from the catalog, follow the
existing one-refresh recovery and check again; if still absent, report that extended reads are
unavailable and keep using compact reads. Never send `--extended` to a catalog that lacks it;
do not invent an alternative flag or substitute scraped comments.

If the result has `qar_operation_result_truncated: true`, report an incomplete read, not an
empty or clean review. Extended results describe current findings and recorded runs, not an
immutable history of every finding revision. Apply the freshness checks below before acting.

## Read the session state FIRST (before trusting any finding)

The `review_session` tells you *whether the findings are real yet and what code they cover* —
check it before acting:

- **Is a review still running?** If `status` is not a terminal/`completed` state (e.g. `started` /
  in-progress), a review is **mid-flight** — the findings are provisional and will change. Do NOT
  resolve them yet; poll `qodo read pr-review-session findings … --json` until `status` is `completed`.
- **What commit do the findings describe?** `review_session.commit_sha` is the last commit the
  review included. If it's **behind the PR head**, the findings are **stale** — they don't reflect
  your latest code. Either the review hasn't run on the new commit yet (wait) or you're looking at
  an old run. Only trust findings when the session is `completed` AND its `commit_sha` is the commit
  you care about (the head, in a watch loop).

In short: act only on a **completed review of the current commit**. A running review or a
lagging `commit_sha` means wait, don't fix.

## Present the review state

Use natural prose: **outcome → contextual explanation of changes and dispositions → verification
→ remaining work**. For report-only requests, lead with the current review state and the impact
of remaining findings. Credit Qodo once for the specific concerns its review surfaced; you own
the final assessment and recommended action. No branded headings, emoji banners, slogans,
footers, or repeated summary blocks. Use short issue titles or lists when useful.

For each finding, explain what could happen, under which conditions, and why it matters to the
user's intended change. Evaluate it against the code and available coding-session decisions and
constraints; retrieve PR context when needed, never invent a missing session. Cite the evidence
and preserve finding references and reported category/level separately from your recommendation.
Own the fix, dismissal, or investigation decision and its rationale. A deliberate choice supports
dismissal only when the implementation enforces its assumptions. Keep the tone collaborative
and factual; do not routinely qualify Qodo's capability. Follow the existing scope and approval
gates for edits and disposition writes; your technical assessment does not grant permission.

Name the PR, review status, and reviewed commit from structured state; compare with the forge
head before acting. Make stale, running, failed, or missing reviews explicit. Distinguish **code
changed**, **disposition recorded**, and **updated code reviewed**. Tests passing or a status
write succeeding does not establish a clean review of the updated commit. Only a completed
review at the current head can support that verdict; report remaining findings and missing
verification honestly. For example: “Addressed [risk] Qodo identified by [change], preserving
[user decision]. [Verification]. The latest review covers [old SHA]; review of [head SHA] remains
outstanding.” Use only actual outcomes. In watch mode, report meaningful state changes without
repeating the assessment on every poll or status write.

## Triage

- **Open vs done is `attribution_status`**, and it is NOT a three-way field — it carries the raw
  stored value, so matching only `pending` silently drops real work:
  - **OPEN — work these:** `pending`, `partial_implementation`, `not_implemented`,
    `focus_areas_edited`. The last three are re-attributions of a finding that is still unresolved
    (a partial fix is still an open finding).
  - **CLOSED — leave these:** `full_implementation`, `dismissed`, `detected_after_merge`, `outdated`.
  - `action_level` is **severity**, not open-vs-closed. A closed finding can still be
    `action_required`.
- **Order by `action_level`:** `action_required` first, then `remediation_recommended`; treat
  `informational` as optional and surface it, don't necessarily fix it.
- Group open findings by file so you edit each file once.

## Honor the user's instruction (optional scope)

If the user gave an instruction, treat it as a **filter over the open findings** and act only on
the matches — don't widen it:

- **By action level** — "resolve the action-required findings" → only `action_level == action_required`;
  "everything actionable" → `action_required` + `remediation_recommended`.
- **By category** — "just the security findings" → `category == Security` (same for correctness,
  performance, etc.).
- **By specific finding** — "fix finding #3" / "the SQL-injection one" → match by `id` or `title`.
- **Report-only** — "what did the review find?" / "is it clean?" → summarize the findings and their
  statuses, change no code.

No instruction → default to presenting for approval open `action_required` then
`remediation_recommended`, and surface (don't auto-fix) `informational`. When an instruction is
ambiguous, state the scope you picked in one line before acting, so the user can redirect. Always
report which findings you **skipped** and why (out of scope / dismissed / informational) — never
silently drop one.

## Two modes

Each round follows the present-and-ask gate from **Resolve a finding** — evaluate, present, and let
the user pick which findings to resolve — unless `autofix` is in effect, which lets you apply the
recommended fixes without prompting. Either way, ask before pushing unless told otherwise.

**Once (default).** Fetch → evaluate every open finding (triage — all four OPEN statuses, not just
`pending`) → present + ask (or apply directly under `autofix`) → resolve the chosen ones in code →
commit/push per the user's workflow → **record the outcome**
(`mark-implemented` for what you fixed; `dismiss`, with the user's explicit go, for what they
agreed to close without a change) → summarize what you resolved and what remains (e.g. skipped /
dismissed / informational). Stop. Don't loop unless asked. Triage covers
**all** open findings, but the picker only *offers* the actionable set —
`action_required` then `remediation_recommended` — with `informational` surfaced separately,
matching the default scope above; put `informational` in the picker only when the user asks.
(Offering isn't selecting: every box starts unticked.)

**Watch until clean** (when the user says "babysit" / "keep going until it's clean"). `autofix` is
what makes this loop autonomous — without it you still present + ask each round. After you resolve
findings and the fix commit is pushed, Qodo re-reviews the *new* commit — so:

1. Note the PR's current head SHA — the commit you just pushed (`git rev-parse HEAD`), or, for a
   PR you didn't push, read it as forge metadata (`gh pr view <pr> --json headRefOid`). That's a
   metadata read, not review-comment scraping — it's fine.
2. Poll `qodo read pr-review-session findings … --json` until the review is **`completed` AND its
   `commit_sha` equals that head SHA**. Until both hold, the findings are stale or provisional
   (a review is still running, or it describes the pre-fix commit) — do not act on them.
3. When fresh: if any OPEN findings remain (all four statuses — a `partial_implementation` is
   still open), resolve them and repeat; if none remain, report the
   review clean and stop.
4. Bound it: stop after a few rounds with no progress and hand back to the user rather than
   looping forever.

## Resolve a finding

Evaluate Qodo's findings against the code, PR intent, and available session context. Own the final
technical recommendation and rationale, while following the user's scope and approval below.

**Evaluate each finding** against the actual code and the PR's intent, and form a recommendation:

- **Sound and in scope** → a fix is warranted; note what you'd change (read `title` +
  `description`, locate the code — the `qodo-codebase-wisdom` skill's read tools help when it isn't
  local).
- **Unsupported or already addressed** → recommend dismissal with code evidence. A deliberate
  choice supports dismissal only when the implementation enforces its assumptions.
- **Unsure** → identify the evidence or check needed before deciding.

**Present and ask (default).** Use the contextual assessment above for each open, in-scope finding,
keeping its `action_level`/`category` and your recommendation, then ask **in a single
prompt** which findings to resolve. Use whatever the host gives you: a multi-select if it has one
(Claude Code's `AskUserQuestion`, say), otherwise a numbered list and "reply with the numbers to
resolve". One prompt either way — don't ask per finding. **Nothing is pre-selected.** Mark which
ones you recommend, but the user must actively choose: this prompt is the last thing standing
between a finding and an edit, so a bare Enter must resolve nothing. Resolve only what the user
picks (edit as normal, matching the surrounding code); report the rest as skipped with your reason.
Do not edit any code before the user has chosen.

**Autofix (skip the gate).** Only an **explicit `autofix` token** in the invocation (e.g.
`qodo-review-resolver autofix`) skips the prompt outright. Phrasing that merely sounds like opting
in ("just fix them", "don't ask me") is not enough by itself — reading intent wrong here edits code
the user never approved, which is the exact failure this gate exists to prevent. On inferred intent,
name the exact scope you'd apply and get one confirmation — "Reading that as autofix — resolve the
N findings I recommended?" — never "resolve all N", which reads as the whole set and widens scope on
the very ambiguity this check exists to catch. Either way apply exactly what the evaluation decided
and nothing beyond it (findings are usually right, but you're the engineer in the loop, not a rubber
stamp), and report what you resolved and what you skipped.

Commit/push per the user's workflow — ask before pushing unless they've told you to.

**`attribution_status` is the intended signal** — a fixed finding is re-attributed to
`full_implementation` by the next review on its own, so after pushing, re-fetch and work only what's
still open. But it's tooling and can glitch: if a finding stays open after a fix you're confident
in, or a status plainly contradicts the code, don't loop re-fixing it — flag the discrepancy to the
user and move on. (Resolving converges over rounds; a fix can also surface genuinely new findings,
which the watch loop picks up.)

## Record the outcome

Closing a finding is a **write** — it updates Qodo's review DB, restyles the finding's PR comments,
re-renders the review summary, and releases the merge-policy block that finding holds. Two commands,
and the distinction between them is the whole point: one says *the code changed*, the other says
*the code didn't and here's why*. Never use one to mean the other.

```
qodo pr-review-session mark-implemented --finding-ids <id>,<id> --explanation "what you changed" --json
qodo pr-review-session dismiss --finding-ids <id>,<id> --reason <reason> --explanation "why" --json
```

- **Batch per PR, one call.** Reconciliation runs once per call, not once per finding — so all the
  findings you implemented go in one `mark-implemented`, and all the ones sharing a dismissal reason
  go in one `dismiss`. Up to 100 ids.
- **`mark-implemented` only for code you actually changed and pushed.** It clears the merge gate
  without a review having verified the fix, so a wrong claim ships an unfixed finding as fixed. If
  another review round is going to run anyway, prefer letting it re-attribute the fix itself; reach
  for this when no further round will run before merge, or the gate must clear now.
- **`dismiss` needs the user's explicit go, per finding, every time — `autofix` does NOT cover it.**
  `autofix` is consent to *edit code*, which the next review re-checks; a dismissal closes a finding
  the review still believes in, is visible to the team, and nothing re-opens it. Present what you
  propose to dismiss and why, and dismiss only what the user names.
- **`--reason`** (required): `false_positive` (the finding is wrong) · `intentional` (the code is
  deliberate and correct) · `deferred` (real, but out of scope for this PR) · `rejected` (understood
  and declined). Always add `--explanation` — a reviewer reads it later without your context.
- **Read `results` per finding, don't assume the call succeeded as a whole.** It is a 200 even when
  individual ids fail: `not_found` (wrong id or wrong workspace) and `conflict` (already closed, or
  not linked to a PR) are terminal — don't retry them. `reconciled: false` means the DB change
  landed but the PR-side update didn't; re-running the same command is safe and idempotent, and the
  PR self-heals on its next review regardless. `already_dismissed` / `already_implemented` report the
  **stored** reason — a replay never overwrites the original.

## Example

**User: "Resolve the action-required findings on https://github.com/acme/api/pull/318"**

1. `qodo read whoami` → logged in.
2. `qodo read pr-review-session findings --pr-url https://github.com/acme/api/pull/318 --json`
   → `review_session`: `status: completed`, `commit_sha: a1b2c3d` (= the PR head, so findings are current);
   `findings`: 3 open (2 `pending`, 1 `partial_implementation`) — 2 `action_required`, 1 `informational`.
3. Instruction filters to `action_required` → work those 2; the informational one is out of scope (report it, don't fix).
4. Evaluate each: *"SQL built via string interpolation"* → real → recommend parameterizing the query in
   `db/orders.py`. *"Missing timeout on the outbound call"* → the client already sets a default timeout
   upstream → already satisfied → recommend skipping with that reason.
5. Present both with those recommendations and ask (multi-select) which to resolve — both unticked, the SQL
   one marked *recommended*. Apply what the user picks, then report: "Resolved the SQL finding
   (parameterized the query in `db/orders.py`). Skipped the timeout one — already set upstream — and 1
   informational (out of scope). Push and I'll re-check, or say 'watch' to loop until the review is clean."
   (Had the user said `resolve … autofix`, I'd have applied the recommended fix directly, no prompt.)

## Configuration

Use `--json`, compare `review_session.commit_sha` with forge head metadata, and stamp the exact
skill/version/distribution provenance on the first Qodo call. Read and write capabilities are
discovered from the installed CLI catalog; rendered forge comments are never the data source.

## Error Handling

Treat null sessions, in-progress or stale commits, missing write capabilities, rate limits, and
tool-loop errors as explicit states. Preserve them in the report and never close a finding merely
to make the review appear clean.

## Guardrails

- **Freshness = a completed review of the reviewed commit, not a timestamp.** Findings describe
  `review_session.commit_sha` and are only final once `status` is `completed`. After any push, treat
  them as stale until a `completed` review's `commit_sha` catches up to the PR head — otherwise
  you'll act on a mid-flight review or "fix" a commit the findings don't describe.
- **Never post to the forge yourself.** The only writes you make are `dismiss` /
  `mark-implemented`, which go through Qodo and let it reconcile the PR. Do not call any forge-write
  tool (comments, approvals, labels, description) to "resolve" a finding — resolve it in *code*, then
  record the outcome.
- **You may decline a finding you judge wrong** (with a clear reason). Dismissing it in the system is
  now possible but is the **user's** call, not yours — propose it, name the reason, and act only on
  their explicit go. On a real disagreement the user is the arbiter.
- **Don't close what you didn't settle.** A finding you skipped for scope stays open — report it as
  skipped rather than dismissing it as `deferred` to make the list look clean.
- **Don't guess** the PR URL — resolve it first; a `null` session means no review yet.
- An `MT-TOOL-LOOP` or `MT-RATE-LIMITED` error means stop/back off and change approach, not retry.

After authorized changes, report what improved, why each decision was made, what was verified,
and what still needs attention. Keep local edits, recorded dispositions, and review state distinct.

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---
name: qodo-setup
description: Set up Qodo in a coding agent — install the CLI, sign in, and verify tools. Use after plugin installation, on setup requests, or when a Qodo skill finds a missing CLI or login.
owner: Qodo
metadata:
  vendor: qodo
  version: "1.0.8"
  recommended: "true"
  package: "qodo"
  distribution: "marketplace"
  instruction_mode: "embedded"
---

# Set up Qodo

## Description

Install, connect and verify Qodo in this conversation. Plugin installation does not connect an account.

## Prerequisites

A shell and browser sign-in. Never request or read credentials.

## Instructions

Resolve `references/...` links relative to this installed `SKILL.md` directory.
Runtime/login setup does not authorize enterprise installation or maintenance.
For a separately requested enterprise install, disclose selected installations, packages and verified-source
automatic maintenance before approval. Preserve opt-outs, edits, owners and optional-package choices.

### 1. Find or install the runtime

Run:

```sh
qodo --version
```

If missing, try `"${QODO_HOME:-$HOME/.qodo}/bin/qodo" --version` on POSIX.
For PowerShell or a missing CLI, read [runtime.md](references/runtime.md).
Follow that procedure and continue. Setup requests cover CLI installation, subject to host
approvals and user restrictions. Plugin installation alone is not authorization.

Keep the working executable as `<qodo>`. Require Qodo CLI **0.1.0-next.37 or newer**.
If older or unparseable, follow the runtime reference before any authenticated command.

### 2. Connect

Run:

```sh
<qodo> read whoami --json --skill qodo-setup --skill-version 1.0.8 --distribution marketplace --host codex
```

If successful, retain the verified identity and continue to step 3 without repeating it.
For a failed check, read [authentication.md](references/authentication.md) to distinguish
missing credentials, sandbox access, and other failures before choosing login.

For Qodo Cloud, announce and run `<qodo> login` when signed out. For any customer deployment,
read the authentication reference first: preserve its exact login endpoint and never guess
or fall back to Cloud. Wait for login to finish, then rerun the identity command above.
Browser opening alone is not success.

Remember the execution context where identity or login worked. Use that context for later
credential-dependent commands, requesting each required host approval; a diagnostic approval
does not grant blanket permission. Do not repeat a known-failing sandbox probe after login.
Stop on cancellation or denied permission.

### 3. Verify tools

Only after identity succeeds, run:

```sh
<qodo> tools --refresh --json --skill qodo-setup --skill-version 1.0.8 --distribution marketplace --host codex
```

Require a successful, nonempty usable catalog. Inspect structured results with bounded output
(exit status, error, tool count and relevant names); do not dump every tool schema.
If refresh fails, report that sign-in succeeded but tools are unavailable, with the exact error
and `<qodo> tools --refresh` as the retry. Do not log in again for a catalog failure.

## Configuration

The CLI owns credentials, transport and runtime updates; the package's
lifecycle owner updates skills. For `QODO_NOTICE` updates or repeated Kiro read approvals,
read [host-recovery.md](references/host-recovery.md) only when encountered.

## Error Handling

Give the actual error and one next action. Never report readiness after a failed
identity, canceled login or unavailable catalog. Never disable the keychain, copy credentials,
change host permission files, or offer unrestricted command approvals to make setup pass.

## 4. Hand off

Confirm verified readiness in plain prose, then suggest one next action supported by the
catalog and loaded skills, e.g. “Qodo is connected and ready. Ask ‘Explain this codebase.’”
Mention account or deployment when useful. Omit routine versions, counts and repeated summaries.
Do not launch another workflow or install optional Standards during setup.

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