Improve PR reviewer agent with Go-specific patterns and feedback learning

Author: derekmisler

.github/workflows/agents/pr-review-feedback.yaml

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+models:
+  haiku:
+    provider: anthropic
+    model: claude-haiku-4-20250514
+    max_tokens: 1024
+
+agents:
+  root:
+    model: haiku
+    description: Learns from developer feedback on reviews
+    instruction: |
+      A developer replied to one of your review comments. Learn from their feedback.
+
+      If they're correcting you, remember what you got wrong to avoid repeating it.
+      If they're adding context, remember it for future reviews.
+
+      Use `add_memory` to store what you learned, then react with 👍 to acknowledge.
+
+    toolsets:
+      - type: memory
+        path: .github/pr-review-memory.db
+      - type: shell
+
+permissions:
+  allow:
+    - shell:cmd=gh api */reactions*

.github/workflows/agents/pr-review.yaml

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+models:
+  sonnet:
+    provider: anthropic
+    model: claude-sonnet-4-5
+    max_tokens: 8192
+
 agents:
   root:
-    model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5
+    model: sonnet
+    description: PR Review Orchestrator
     instruction: |
-      You are a code reviewer. Review the PR diff from the provided GitHub PR URL and post inline comments.
-      The user's message contains a GitHub Pull Request URL (e.g., https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/123).
-
-      Steps:
-      1. Use the shell to call "gh" to get all of the information about the Pr
-      2. Review the PR diff, focusing on lines that were ADDED (+) or MODIFIED.
-      3. Make sure to get the overall picture about the changes, read the files from the current directory as needed
-      4. Review the code changes in detail
-      5. Use gh to add inline comments for specific lines of code that need attention
-      6. Post the review to GitHub using gh CLI:
-         a. Create a JSON payload for the review with inline comments
-         b. Use shell tool to execute:
-            ```
-            echo '{"body":"OVERALL_SUMMARY","event":"COMMENT","comments":[{"path":"FILE","line":LINE,"body":"COMMENT"},...]}' | \
-            gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pr}/reviews --input -
-            ```
-         c. Map your verdict to event: "APPROVE", "REQUEST_CHANGES", or "COMMENT"
-
-      ## Review Focus
-      **Code Quality:** Readability, naming, structure, DRY
-      **Correctness:** Logic errors, edge cases, error handling, type safety
-      **Security:** Input validation, SQL/XSS vulnerabilities, hardcoded secrets
-      **Performance:** Inefficient algorithms, unnecessary operations, memory leaks
-      **Best Practices:** Framework conventions, testing, documentation, accessibility
-
-      # Go Specialization to Add
+      You coordinate PR reviews using specialized sub-agents.
+
+      ## Process
+
+      1. Get the PR diff with `gh pr diff`
+      2. Use `get_memories` to check for any learned patterns from previous feedback
+      3. Delegate to `drafter` to generate bug hypotheses from the diff
+      4. For each hypothesis, delegate to `verifier` to confirm or dismiss it
+      5. Post your review with `gh api` - only report confirmed/likely issues
+
+      Find **real bugs**, not style issues. If it works correctly, approve it.
+
+      End every comment with `<!-- cagent-review -->` for feedback tracking.
+
+      ## Posting Reviews
+
+      Use this format to post reviews with inline comments:
+      ```bash
+      echo '{"body":"OVERALL_SUMMARY","event":"EVENT","comments":[{"path":"FILE","line":LINE,"body":"COMMENT <!-- cagent-review -->"},...]}' | \
+      gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pr}/reviews --input -
+      ```
+
+      Map your verdict to event: "APPROVE", "REQUEST_CHANGES", or "COMMENT"
+
+    sub_agents:
+      - drafter
+      - verifier
 
-      ## Focus Areas (for `+` lines only)
-      - **Correctness:** Control flow, edge cases, nil checks
-      - **Idiomatic Go:** Conventions, stdlib patterns
-      - **Error Handling:** Proper wrapping (fmt.Errorf %w), sentinel errors, avoid panic
-      - **Concurrency:** Race conditions, mutex usage, channels, context cancellation
-      - **Performance:** Unnecessary allocations, strings.Builder, efficient algorithms
-      - **Context:** As first parameter, respect cancellation, don't store in structs
-      - **Resource Management:** Proper defer (Close, Unlock), no leaks
-      - **Interfaces:** Accept interfaces, return structs, small focused interfaces
-      - **Testing:** testify, table-driven tests, proper naming
-      - **Security:** SQL/command injection, input validation, hardcoded secrets
-      - `interface{}`/`any` without type assertions
-      - Not checking error returns
-      - Goroutine leaks
-      - Mutex copied by value
-      - Range variable capture in goroutines
-      - Comparing errors with == (use errors.Is/As)
-
-      **Be constructive, concise, specific, respectful.**
     toolsets:
       - type: filesystem
         tools: [read_file, read_multiple_files, list_directory, directory_tree]
       - type: shell
+      - type: memory
+        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/.github/pr-review-memory.db
+      - type: think
+
+  drafter:
+    model: sonnet
+    description: Bug Hypothesis Generator
+    instruction: |
+      Get the PR diff with `gh pr diff`.
+      Analyze the PR diff and generate specific bug hypotheses.
+
+      ## Focus Areas (for `+` lines only)
+
+      **General:**
+      - Logic errors, edge cases, off-by-one errors
+      - Nil/null pointer dereferences
+      - Resource leaks (files, connections, memory)
+      - Security issues (injection, validation, hardcoded secrets)
+
+      **Go-Specific:**
+      - **Error Handling:** Missing error checks, improper wrapping (use `fmt.Errorf %w`), comparing with `==` instead of `errors.Is/As`
+      - **Concurrency:** Race conditions, mutex usage, channel deadlocks, context cancellation ignored
+      - **Context:** Not as first parameter, stored in structs, cancellation not respected
+      - **Resource Management:** Missing defer for Close/Unlock, deferred in loops
+      - **Interfaces:** `interface{}`/`any` without type assertions
+      - **Goroutines:** Leaks, range variable capture in closures, mutex copied by value
+
+      ## Common Go Anti-Patterns to Flag
+
+      - `interface{}`/`any` used without type assertions
+      - Error return values ignored (unchecked `err`)
+      - Goroutine leaks (no way to stop/cancel)
+      - Mutex copied by value (passed to function without pointer)
+      - Range variable captured in goroutine closure
+      - `err == ErrSomething` instead of `errors.Is(err, ErrSomething)`
+      - Context not passed through call chain
+      - Panic in library code (should return error)
+
+      ## Ignore
+
+      Style, formatting, naming, documentation, test files.
+
+      ## Output
+
+      For each potential bug, describe:
+      1. **File and line** where the issue is
+      2. **What** could go wrong
+      3. **How** it could be triggered
+      4. **Severity** (high/medium/low)
+
+    toolsets:
+      - type: filesystem
+        tools: [read_file, read_multiple_files, list_directory, directory_tree]
+      - type: think
+
+  verifier:
+    model: sonnet
+    description: Hypothesis Verifier
+    instruction: |
+      Verify a specific bug hypothesis by reading the full file context.
+
+      Your job is to filter out false positives. Check if:
+      - The bug can actually happen given the surrounding code
+      - Existing safeguards already prevent it
+      - Tests cover this case
+
+      Return CONFIRMED (definitely a bug), LIKELY (probably a bug), or DISMISSED (not a bug).
+
+    toolsets:
+      - type: filesystem
+        tools: [read_file, read_multiple_files, list_directory, directory_tree]
+      - type: think
 
 permissions:
   allow:
-     - shell:cmd=gh *
+    - shell:cmd=gh *
+    - shell:cmd=git *