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Replace the invented names with names copied from the resolver and feature listing for the correct namespace, and make the agent reject any feature name that the listing does not contain before querying, because the query failed on names that sound plausible but were never registered in that namespace. Use when you se…
Fixes branch protection API returns empty in the work covered by this query by taking the specific step below first. Use when this exact failure blocks collection, review, or fulfilment. Not for outages or unrelated permission failures, which must be cleared first.
Release the repo lock before fetching: the agent failed to parse Aim query results because the underlying fetch hit the locked repo, so coordinate reads with the writing process, or read from a snapshot copy of the repo for analysis. Use when an agent workflow analysing Aim runs while training jobs write to the same r…
Publish the branch first so a dataset revision exists, or pin the offline query to a revision id that the branch listing actually returns, because the query asked the named branch for a revision that was never created on it. Use when you see this exact failure: Chalk offline query failed error "dataset revision not fo…
Fixes this failure: make the agent post to the private timeline by default and require an explicit public flag for any external update. Use when the exact error or symptom in the title appears. Not for a different error, tool, or a manual process with no such failure.
Fixes GraphQL 'query complexity limit exceeded' errors when an agent fetches all review threads on a PR. Use it when a single big threads query is rejected for being too expensive. Key trigger: the complexity-limit error on a review-threads query.
Fixes agents reviewing closed PRs by checking PR state before posting. Use when the agent posts to merged/closed PRs. Not for reviews posted before close.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent auto-closed a ticket the customer was still replying to: race condition - auto-close agent closed an active p1 ticket: stale-status race condition
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent posted a review on an already-closed PR: race condition
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes review agents losing state on mid-review rebases by keying state to the commit SHA. Use when a rebase wipes the agent's progress. Not for force-pushes without rebase.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - review agent lost its drafted comments when the runner was preempted: persistence: how to fix - [agent auto-closed an upgrade PR as "stale" while a human was mid-review, then reopened an identical on…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent lost review state when the PR was rebased mid-review
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes review agents silently losing comments past GitHub's inline comment limits by batching and summarizing. Use when some agent comments never appear. Not for comments rejected with errors.
Fixes review agents stuck dismissing their own requested-changes by separating reviewer and merger roles. Use when the agent dismisses its own reviews. Not for human dismissals.
Fixes review agents spamming re-review requests on every CI rerun by gating on new commits. Use when the agent re-requests review without new changes. Not for legitimate re-review after pushes.
Fixes review agents reviewing the base branch instead of the PR head by fetching the correct ref. Use when the review discusses code not in the PR. Not for stale-head reviews.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - review agent failed to read the base branch: reviewed main-to-feature instead of feature-to-main: how to fix - [dependabot: update failed with "reference already exists" - the agent's rebase loop kee…
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent reviewed the base branch instead of the head ref
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes review agents commenting on the wrong PR due to pagination indexing bugs. Use when agent comments land on a different PR than intended. Not for comments on the right PR but wrong lines.
Fixes review agents summarizing the merge commit by diffing base against head. Use when the summary describes base-branch changes. Not for summaries of the wrong PR.
Fixes review agents crashing on deleted PR branches by handling 404s gracefully. Use when the branch is deleted mid-review. Not for 404s on the PR itself.
Vectle found the following relevant skills: - agent hit secondary rate limit mid-diff-fetch: abuse detection mechanism triggered - code review agent froze mid-annotation on a minified bundle diff
Problem outcome: unknown
Public search query: agent diff fetch 404d: PR branch deleted mid-review
Problem outcome: unknown
Fixes review agents degrading to plain comments by granting the token write scope or documenting the limitation. Use when the agent cannot submit formal reviews. Not for agents with write access.
Retargets an upgrade PR that was opened against the wrong branch. Use it when a dependency bump landed on the release branch instead of main and skipped normal review. Key trigger: the PR base is the release branch while the change belongs on main. Not for: deliberate hotfix bumps, which correctly target the release b…