Crit crit-cli

Use when working with crit CLI commands, review files, addressing review comments, leaving inline code review comments, sharing reviews via crit share/unpublish, pushing reviews to GitHub PRs, or pulling PR comments locally. Covers crit comment, crit share, crit unpublish, crit pull, crit push, review file format, and resolution workflow.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/integrations/github-copilot/skills/crit-cli" ~/.claude/skills/tomasz-tomczyk-crit-crit-cli-de0d65 && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: integrations/github-copilot/skills/crit-cli/SKILL.md

source content

Crit CLI Reference

If a plan was just written and the user said
/crit
or
crit
, invoke the
/crit
command — do not use this reference skill. This skill covers CLI operations like
crit comment
,
crit pull/push
, and
crit share
.

Review File Format

After a crit review session, comments are in the review file (see

crit status

for the path). Comments have three scopes:

Line comments (
```
scope: "line"
```
) — tied to specific lines in a file, stored in
```
files.<path>.comments
```
File comments (
```
scope: "file"
```
) — about a file overall, stored in
```
files.<path>.comments
```
with
```
start_line: 0
```
Review comments (
```
scope: "review"
```
) — general feedback not tied to any file, stored in
```
review_comments
```

{
  "review_comments": [
    {
      "id": "r_f1e2d3",
      "body": "Overall the architecture looks good",
      "scope": "review",
      "author": "User Name",
      "resolved": false,
      "replies": [
        { "id": "rp_b4a5c6", "body": "Thanks, addressed the minor issues", "author": "Copilot" }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "files": {
    "path/to/file.go": {
      "comments": [
        {
          "id": "c_a1b2c3",
          "start_line": 5,
          "end_line": 10,
          "body": "Comment text",
          "quote": "the specific words selected",
          "anchor": "The sessions table needs a complete rewrite...",
          "author": "User Name",
          "resolved": false,
          "replies": [
            { "id": "rp_c7d8e9", "body": "Fixed by extracting to helper", "author": "Copilot" }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Reading comments

Line comments are grouped per file with
```
start_line
```
/
```
end_line
```
referencing source lines in that file
File comments are in the same per-file array but have
```
start_line: 0, end_line: 0, scope: "file"
```
Review comments are in the top-level
```
review_comments
```
array (not tied to any file)
```
quote
```
(optional): the specific text the reviewer selected — narrows the comment's scope within the line range. When present, focus your changes on the quoted text rather than the entire line range
```
anchor
```
(present on line comments): the full text of the commented lines when the comment was placed. When your edits shift line numbers, use the anchor text to locate the current position of the content rather than trusting
```
start_line
```
/
```
end_line
```
which may be stale after edits
```
drifted
```
: if
```
true
```
, the original content was removed or heavily rewritten — the line numbers are approximate at best
```
resolved
```
:
```
false
```
or missing — both mean unresolved. Only
```
true
```
means resolved.
Address each unresolved comment by editing the relevant file at the referenced location
Before acting on a comment, check its
```
replies
```
array — if you have already replied, the reviewer may be following up conversationally rather than requesting a new code change

Replying to comments

After addressing a comment, reply to it using the CLI:

crit comment --reply-to c_a1b2c3 --author 'Copilot' 'Fixed by extracting to helper'
crit comment --reply-to r_f1e2d3 --author 'Copilot' 'All issues addressed'

This adds a reply to the comment thread. Works for both file comment IDs (e.g.

c_a1b2c3

) and review comment IDs (e.g.

r_f1e2d3

). Only use

--resolve

when the user explicitly asks you to resolve a comment — never resolve proactively.

Multi-file disambiguation: Comment IDs are unique per session, but if you encounter an error like "comment found in multiple files", use

--path

to specify which file:

crit comment --reply-to c_a1b2c3 --path src/auth.go --author 'Copilot' 'Fixed the null check'

--json

bulk mode, use the

file

field on the reply entry:

echo '[{"reply_to": "c_a1b2c3", "file": "src/auth.go", "body": "Fixed"}]' | crit comment --json --author 'GitHub Copilot'

Review-level comment IDs (

r_XXXXXX

) are globally unique and never need disambiguation.

Plan mode comments

When reviewing plans (via

crit plan

or the ExitPlanMode hook), the review file is stored in

~/.crit/plans/<slug>/

. Use

--plan <slug>

crit comment

finds the right file:

crit comment --plan my-plan-2026-03-23 --reply-to c_a1b2c3 --author 'Claude Code' 'Updated the plan'

The

--plan

flag resolves to the plan storage directory automatically. The slug is shown in the review feedback prompt. Always use
--plan
when responding to plan review comments — without it,

crit comment

looks in the project root and won't find the comments.

Leaving Comments with crit comment CLI

Use

crit comment

to add review comments to the review file programmatically — no browser needed:

# Review-level comment (general feedback, not tied to any file)
crit comment --author 'Copilot' '<body>'

# File-level comment (about a file overall, no line numbers)
crit comment --author 'Copilot' <path> '<body>'

# Line comment (single line)
crit comment --author 'Copilot' <path>:<line> '<body>'

# Line comment (range)
crit comment --author 'Copilot' <path>:<start>-<end> '<body>'

# Reply to an existing comment
crit comment --reply-to <id> --author 'Copilot' '<body>'

Examples:

crit comment --author 'Copilot' 'Overall architecture looks solid'
crit comment --author 'Copilot' src/auth.go 'This file needs restructuring'
crit comment --author 'Copilot' src/auth.go:42 'Missing null check on user.session — will panic if session expired'
crit comment --author 'Copilot' src/handler.go:15-28 'This error is swallowed silently'
crit comment --reply-to c_a1b2c3 --author 'Copilot' 'Added null check on line 42'
crit comment --reply-to r_f1e2d3 --author 'Copilot' 'All issues addressed'

Rules:

Always use
--author 'Copilot'
(or your agent name) so comments are attributed correctly
Always use single quotes for the body — double quotes will break on backticks and special characters
Paths are relative to the current working directory
Line numbers reference the file as it exists on disk (1-indexed), not diff line numbers
Comments are appended — calling
```
crit comment
```
multiple times adds to the list, never replaces
No setup needed —
```
crit comment
```
creates the review file automatically if it doesn't exist
Do NOT run
crit
after leaving comments — that triggers a new review round

Bulk commenting (recommended for multiple comments)

When leaving 3+ comments, use

--json

to add them all in one atomic operation:

echo '[
  {"body": "overall feedback", "scope": "review"},
  {"path": "session.go", "body": "restructure", "scope": "file"},
  {"file": "src/auth.go", "line": 42, "body": "Missing null check"},
  {"file": "src/auth.go", "line": "50-55", "body": "Extract to helper"},
  {"reply_to": "c_a1b2c3", "body": "Fixed — added null check"},
  {"reply_to": "r_f1e2d3", "body": "Done"}
]' | crit comment --json --author 'GitHub Copilot'

JSON schema per entry:

Field	Type	Required	Description
`file`	string	yes (line comment) / no (reply)	Relative file path. For replies, disambiguates when the same ID exists in multiple files
`path`	string	alt for `file`	Alias for `file` ; when used with no `line` , infers file-level
`line`	int/string	yes (line comment)	Start line ( `42` ) or range ( `"45-47"` )
`end_line`	int	no	End line (defaults to `line` )
`body`	string	yes	Comment text
`author`	string	no	Per-entry override (falls back to `--author` )
`scope`	string	no	`"review"` , `"file"` , or omit to infer from context
`reply_to`	string	yes (reply)	Comment ID (e.g. `"c_a1b2c3"` or `"r_f1e2d3"` )
`resolve`	bool	no	Only set when user explicitly asks to resolve — never resolve proactively

Scope inference when

scope

is omitted:

Has
```
reply_to
```
→ reply
No
```
file
```
/
```
path
```
and no
```
line
```
→ review-level
Has
```
path
```
but no
```
line
```
→ file-level
Has
```
file
```
/
```
path
```
and
```
line
```
→ line-level

Benefits over individual

crit comment

calls:

Atomic — one write to the review file, no partial state
Faster — single process invocation instead of N
Safer — no race conditions with concurrent crit processes

GitHub PR Integration

crit pull [pr-number]                                    # Fetch PR review comments into the review file
crit push [--dry-run] [--event <type>] [-m <msg>] [pr]  # Post review comments as a GitHub PR review

Requires

gh

CLI installed and authenticated. PR number is auto-detected from the current branch, or pass it explicitly.

Event types for

--event

comment

(default),

approve

request-changes

. Use

-m

to add a review-level body message.

Sharing Reviews

If the user asks for a URL, a link, to share their review, or to show a QR code, use

crit share

crit share <file> [file...]   # Upload and print URL
crit share --qr <file>        # Also print QR code (terminal only)
crit unpublish                # Remove shared review

Examples:

crit share <file>                                # Share a single file
crit share <file1> <file2>                       # Share multiple files
crit share --share-url https://crit.md <file>  # Explicit share URL

Rules:

No server needed —
```
crit share
```
reads files directly from disk
--qr
is terminal-only — only use when the user has a real terminal with monospace font rendering. Do not use in mobile apps (e.g. Claude Code mobile), web chat UIs, or any environment where Unicode block characters won't render correctly
Comments included — if the review file exists, comments for the shared files are included automatically
Relay the output — always copy the URL (and QR code if
```
--qr
```
was used) from the command output and include it directly in your response to the user. Do not make them dig through tool output
State persisted — share URL and delete token are saved to the review file
Unpublish reads the review file — uses the stored delete token to remove the review