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Summary

For small, ambient/agent-generated docs PRs, the reviewer-request fallback in create_pr/SKILL.md always landed on dannyneira whenever suggest_reviewers.py found no CODEOWNERS/git-blame owner — the common case for these runs (e.g. the docs-seo-audit PR #652). Per the reporting Slack thread, the default should instead prefer the run's requester, then a secondary human fallback, before paging dannyneira.

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.agents/skills/create_pr/SKILL.md

  • Documents and implements a new reviewer-resolution priority chain for the "Request reviewers (required)" snippet: (1) CODEOWNERS/git-blame owner, (2) the run's requester, resolved via this repo's own .agents/skills/create_pr/resolve_reviewer.py, (3) a secondary human fallback (hongyi-chen, "HYC"), (4) dannyneira as the final safety net — never removed.
  • This specific requester (Slack id U0A1Z732333) resolves to GitHub rachaelrenk via this repo's own checked-in reviewer_overrides.json — the reviewer below reflects that.

.agents/skills/create_pr/test_request_reviewers.py

  • Extends the regression tests (which execute the documented snippet verbatim) to cover: requester resolution taking priority, falling through to the secondary fallback when the requester is unresolved or absent, the final dannyneira safety net remaining reachable, and the existing partial-resolution/rejection edge cases (renamed to reference hongyi-chen where the default fallback target changed).

.github/workflows/release-docs-update.yml

  • Applies the same secondary-fallback tier (hongyi-chen before dannyneira) to the "Assign last docs PR reviewer" step. This scheduled/dispatched workflow has no run requester to prefer (it isn't tied to any particular person the way an ambient create_pr skill run is), so only the HYC-before-dannyneira tier applies here; dannyneira remains the final safety net if both the last-reviewer heuristic and hongyi-chen are unavailable.

Verification

Ran the regression suite, which extracts and executes the documented bash snippet against a stubbed gh and suggest_reviewers.py (plus, for two cases, the real checked-in resolve_reviewer.py + reviewer_overrides.json — no stub standing in for that call):

python3 .agents/skills/create_pr/test_request_reviewers.py -v

All 10 tests pass, including the new test_hyc_rejection_falls_through_to_final_fallback, the corrected test_unrelated_reviewer_does_not_mask_fallback_failure (both fallbacks rejected → hard failure), and test_real_resolver_resolves_seeded_requester / test_real_resolver_falls_through_for_unknown_requester against the real resolver.

Also ran python3 .agents/skills/create_pr/resolve_reviewer.py --user U0A1Z732333 directly, confirming it resolves to rachaelrenk, and validated the release-docs-update workflow's read-back/fallback logic against a stubbed gh reproducing a HYC rejection, confirming it now falls through to dannyneira. trunk isn't vendored in this sandbox so trunk check/trunk fmt could not be run here.

Re-ran the final mergeability gate after pushing: mergeable: MERGEABLE, base main current, rachaelrenk still on reviewRequests.

Unverified claims

None — this is a skill-doc and CI-workflow change with no new UI, CLI flag, or product-facing claim to verify against source.

Additional context

  • A companion change to the factory-agents-level scripts/reviewer_overrides.json (adding hongyi-chen / "HYC" and rachaelrenk entries) is being opened separately against warpdotdev/factory-agents, since that file covers the wider roster for the whole factory pipeline and is independent of this repo's own override map.

Rework changes

  • .agents/skills/create_pr/SKILL.md:315 (the documented scripts/factory-resolve-reviewer is not callable from a normal docs checkout) — Implemented. That script lives in the separate factory-agents repo, which isn't checked out alongside a plain warpdotdev/docs clone, so the requester tier always failed and silently fell through to HYC. Vendored a docs-repo-local resolver (new file, same directory as this SKILL.md: resolve_reviewer.py) and a seeded override map (reviewer_overrides.json, with the rachaelrenk and hongyi-chen entries), updated the SKILL.md snippet and prose to call it, and added tests that run the real (non-stubbed) resolver + override file rather than a temp-file stand-in.
  • .agents/skills/create_pr/SKILL.md:375 (a HYC rejection must still reach dannyneira) — Implemented. The empty-resolution branch only retried the settled-on fallback (the requester tier's result, or HYC) and stopped there if it was rejected, never advancing to dannyneira. Refactored that branch into a reusable request_fallback helper and added a follow-up check that advances REVIEWERS to dannyneira and re-verifies it via read-back whenever the prior tier was rejected.
  • release-docs-update.yml:249 (silent gh pr edit no-op isn't caught) — Implemented, in the same workflow file listed above. Added a reviewRequests read-back (has_reviewer) after the gh pr edit call in the "Assign last docs PR reviewer" step; when the intended reviewer isn't actually present, it now requests and re-verifies dannyneira as a hard fallback, regardless of gh's exit code.
  • test_request_reviewers.py:226 (test asserted the broken HYC-rejection behavior) — Implemented, in the same regression-test file listed above. Replaced test_unrelated_reviewer_does_not_mask_fallback_failure with test_hyc_rejection_falls_through_to_final_fallback (asserts dannyneira is requested and confirmed present after a HYC rejection) and repurposed the old test name to cover the case where both HYC and dannyneira are rejected (a genuine hard failure). Also added two tests that exercise the actual checked-in resolver + override map (not stubs).

Originating thread: https://warpdev.slack.com/archives/C09BVK0PL3Y/p1787900556500469

Co-Authored-By: Warp agent@warp.dev

…r fallback

For small, ambient/agent-generated docs PRs with no clear code owner, the
reviewer-request chain now tries the run's requester (Slack-first resolved,
same as factory-github-ops) and a secondary human fallback (hongyi-chen,
"HYC") before paging dannyneira as the final safety net. Applies the same
priority tier to the release-docs-update.yml scheduled reviewer assignment,
minus the requester tier (that workflow has no run requester to prefer).

Co-Authored-By: Warp <agent@warp.dev>
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Overview

This PR updates the docs create_pr reviewer-request fallback and the release-docs workflow to prefer the requester or HYC before dannyneira, plus regression tests for the copied shell snippet.

Concerns

  • The requester resolver is documented as a docs-repo-relative command even though the resolver and overrides live outside this repo, so the requester tier will silently fall through where that script is unavailable.
  • The create_pr snippet never tries the final dannyneira safety net when the secondary fallback cannot be requested; it retries the same secondary reviewer and fails.
  • The new tests encode that incorrect failure behavior instead of covering HYC rejection falling through to the final fallback.

Security

  • The skill text commits a real requester Slack ID into repository documentation; keep that mapping in the private override source or use a placeholder.

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The full priority chain, in order: (1) the CODEOWNERS/git-blame owner from `suggest_reviewers.py`; (2) the run's requester, resolved the same Slack-first way `factory-github-ops` resolves any requester (`scripts/factory-resolve-reviewer --user <requester_slack_id> --repo warpdotdev/docs`, which checks `reviewer_overrides.json` first, then a public-email search); (3) a secondary human fallback, currently `hongyi-chen` ("HYC"); (4) `dannyneira`. This repo has no `reviewer_overrides.json` of its own — the factory-agents-level `scripts/reviewer_overrides.json` is the source of truth for step 2's override lookups.

**TODO for a human:** the requester behind this chain's design (Slack id `U0A1Z732333`) did not resolve to a GitHub handle automatically (no public email and no override on file). Confirm their GitHub username and add it to `scripts/reviewer_overrides.json` (factory-agents-level) so future runs from them resolve step 2 automatically, then set `REQUESTER_SLACK_ID` below to exercise it end to end.

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⚠️ [IMPORTANT] [SECURITY] This hard-codes a real requester Slack ID into the repo. Use a placeholder here and track the private Slack-to-GitHub mapping in the factory-level override file instead.

Comment thread .agents/skills/create_pr/SKILL.md Outdated
REVIEWERS="$FALLBACK_REVIEWER"
RESOLUTION_WAS_EMPTY=1
if [[ -n "$REQUESTER_SLACK_ID" ]]; then
REVIEWERS=$(scripts/factory-resolve-reviewer --user "$REQUESTER_SLACK_ID" --repo warpdotdev/docs)

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⚠️ [IMPORTANT] This invokes scripts/factory-resolve-reviewer from the docs repo, but the resolver and overrides live at the factory-agents level and this repo has no local copy. In a real create_pr run with REQUESTER_SLACK_ID set, this will fail and silently fall through to HYC instead of preferring the requester.

Comment thread .agents/skills/create_pr/SKILL.md Outdated
gh pr edit "$PR" --repo warpdotdev/docs --add-reviewer "$FALLBACK_REVIEWER" ||
echo "warning: fallback $FALLBACK_REVIEWER could not be requested"
if ! has_reviewer "$REVIEWERS"; then
gh pr edit "$PR" --repo warpdotdev/docs --add-reviewer "$REVIEWERS" ||

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⚠️ [IMPORTANT] When hongyi-chen cannot be requested, this retries the same $REVIEWERS value and then errors instead of trying $FALLBACK_REVIEWER. That means the documented final dannyneira safety net is not actually reached for the secondary-fallback failure case.

def test_unrelated_reviewer_does_not_mask_fallback_failure(self):
result, state, calls = self.run_snippet(
initial=["carol"], reject="dannyneira"
initial=["carol"], reject="hongyi-chen"

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⚠️ [IMPORTANT] This test now locks in the broken behavior for secondary fallback rejection: rejecting hongyi-chen should verify that the snippet requests dannyneira next, not that the run fails before trying the final safety net.

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warp-agent-staging Bot requested review from rachaelrenk and removed request for hongyi-chen August 28, 2026 13:41
The requester (Slack id U0A1Z732333) confirmed their GitHub handle as
rachaelrenk, now on file in factory-agents' scripts/reviewer_overrides.json.
Drops the now-resolved TODO placeholder.

Co-Authored-By: Warp <agent@warp.dev>
- Vendor a docs-repo-local resolve_reviewer.py + reviewer_overrides.json
  so the requester tier is actually callable from a plain docs checkout
  (factory-agents' scripts/factory-resolve-reviewer lives in a separate
  repo and is not checked out alongside warpdotdev/docs).
- Fix the reviewer-request snippet so a HYC rejection advances to the
  final dannyneira fallback and verifies it lands, instead of stopping
  after the HYC attempt.
- Add a reviewRequests read-back to the release-docs-update workflow's
  reviewer-assignment step so a silent gh pr edit no-op still triggers
  the dannyneira hard fallback.
- Replace the test that asserted the old (incorrect) HYC-rejection
  behavior with cases proving the fall-through, plus real (non-stubbed)
  integration tests against the checked-in resolver + override map.

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Overview

The requester resolver and documented fallback chain now meet the prior review findings, and the current PR still requests rachaelrenk. However, the release workflow's final safety-net failure remains non-fatal, so it does not uphold the requirement that a reviewer be confirmed before the workflow reports success.

Verdict

Found: 0 critical, 1 important, 0 suggestions, 0 nits

Rejected — human decision required because the automated rework budget is exhausted.

gh pr edit "$PR_NUMBER" --add-reviewer dannyneira --repo warpdotdev/docs 2>&1 || \
echo "::warning::Could not assign dannyneira as reviewer"
if ! has_reviewer "dannyneira"; then
echo "::warning::dannyneira is not on the reviewRequests read-back either — no reviewer could be confirmed on PR #$PR_NUMBER"

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⚠️ [IMPORTANT] The read-back detects that dannyneira did not land, but this branch only logs a warning and then the step exits successfully. If GitHub silently omits both the intended reviewer and the final fallback, the release workflow still succeeds and leaves the generated PR without a confirmed reviewer—the silent-drop case this change is intended to prevent. Fail the step after this read-back fails (and add a regression test for that branch) so the run is surfaced as failed instead of reporting a successful release update.

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We still get alerted via Slack that there is a PR so it's clear that it needs reviewed/approved. I think that's "good enough" in this situation. If anything, we can add "ready for review" to the PR link in the Slack message.

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