@staff0rd/assist 0.496.1 → 0.497.0

package/README.md

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ After installation, the `assist` command will be available globally. You can als
 - `/forward-comments` - Split a coarse PR comment into per-line review comments, attributed to the original reviewer
 - `/handover` - Write a session handover note for the next conversation
 - `/pr` - Raise a PR with a concise description, then watch CI in the background
-- `/prs-slack <number>` - Post a PR's title and URL to the Slack channel configured in `prs.slack`
+- `/prs-slack <number> [--no-confirm]` - Post a PR's title and URL to the Slack channel configured in `prs.slack`; `--no-confirm` skips the confirmation and posts straight away (used by chained announces)
 - `/refactor` - Run refactoring checks for code quality
 - `/prompts` - Analyze denied tool calls and suggest settings changes to auto-allow recurring prompts
 - `/recall` - Recall the most recent handover note for this repo
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ Every command supports `--help` for full detail on its flags and behaviour.
   - `--apply` - Skip posting; walk through each finding asking apply/skip. Applied findings are fixed in the working tree
   - `--backlog` - Skip posting; file all findings as a single bug backlog item with one phase per finding
   - `--address-comments` - After the review posts comments and submits, start an Address Comments session (`assist review-pr-comments <n>`) for the PR. Only fires inside an assist session, and only when at least one comment was posted and the review was submitted
+  - `--announce` - Announce the PR in Slack (`/prs-slack <n> --no-confirm`) at the tail of the chain: the Address Comments session announces once every thread is processed when one was started, otherwise a `/prs-slack` session is started directly. Announces exactly once, and only inside an assist session
   - `--verbose` - Per-line log output instead of the stacked-spinner UI (automatic in CI)
 - `assist github commits <org> [--since <date>] [--top <n>] [--json]` - Report commit activity across a GitHub organisation: repos ranked by commits, top committers, and a per-repo author breakdown
 - `assist news add [url]` - Add an RSS feed URL (rendered in the sessions web News tab)
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ The Config tab of the sessions web dashboard never receives secret values: `GET
 - `assist draft [description] [--once]` (alias: `feat`) - Launch Claude in `/draft` mode, chain into next on `/next` signal
 - `assist bug [description] [--once]` - Launch Claude in `/bug` mode, chain into next on `/next` signal
 - `assist refine [id] [--once] [--harness <claude|codex|pi>]` - Launch a coding harness in `/refine` mode; `--harness` picks the engine, defaulting to the configured `harness.engine` (Claude)
-- `assist review-pr-comments [number]` - Launch Claude in `/review-pr-comments` mode; a PR number is checked out first via `gh pr checkout`
+- `assist review-pr-comments [number] [--announce]` - Launch Claude in `/review-pr-comments` mode; a PR number is checked out first via `gh pr checkout`. `--announce` (requires a number) announces the PR in Slack via `/prs-slack <number> --no-confirm` once every comment thread has been processed
 - `assist signal next [id]` - Write a next signal to chain into `assist next`
 - `assist signal done [id]` - Write a done signal marking the session's initial task complete; an optional `id` surfaces the backlog item the session created onto its card
 

package/claude/commands/prs-slack.md

@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ description: Post a PR's title and URL to the configured Slack channel
 
 Post pull request `$ARGUMENTS` to the configured Slack channel.
 
-1. Resolve the channel with `assist config get prs.slack`. If it is unset or empty, stop and tell the user to configure `prs.slack` in `assist.yml` (e.g. `assist config set prs.slack '#example'`). Do not post anything.
-2. Fetch the PR with `gh pr view $ARGUMENTS --json title,url`.
+`$ARGUMENTS` is the PR number, optionally followed by `--no-confirm`. When `--no-confirm` is present, skip the confirmation in step 4 and post straight away — every other step is unchanged. Strip the flag before using the PR number.
+
+1. Resolve the channel with `assist config get prs.slack`. If it is unset or empty, stop and tell the user to configure `prs.slack` in `assist.yml` (e.g. `assist config set prs.slack '#example'`). Do not post anything. This applies with `--no-confirm` too.
+2. Fetch the PR with `gh pr view <number> --json title,url`.
 3. Build the message `PR: [<title>](<url>)` using the fetched title and url.
-4. Show the user the resolved channel and the exact message, and confirm via `AskUserQuestion` before posting.
-5. On confirmation, resolve the channel name to its ID with `mcp__claude_ai_Slack__slack_search_channels`, then post the message to that channel with `mcp__claude_ai_Slack__slack_send_message`.
+4. Show the user the resolved channel and the exact message, and confirm via `AskUserQuestion` before posting. Skip this step when `--no-confirm` was passed, printing the channel and message instead.
+5. On confirmation (or immediately with `--no-confirm`), resolve the channel name to its ID with `mcp__claude_ai_Slack__slack_search_channels`, then post the message to that channel with `mcp__claude_ai_Slack__slack_send_message`.
 6. Capture the message permalink returned by `slack_send_message` and record it against the session's backlog item with `assist backlog record-slack "<permalink>" --title "<title>"` (using the PR title from step 2). Outside a backlog session this is a silent no-op.

package/claude/commands/review-pr-comments.md

@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ Create a task for each **thread** (not each comment). For each thread:
 
 5. **Repeat** until all comments have been processed
 
+## Announcing when done
+
+If `$ARGUMENTS` contains `--announce <number>`, then once every thread has been processed (addressed, wontfixed, or skipped) run `/prs-slack <number> --no-confirm` exactly once to announce the PR in Slack. Do this only at the very end, and only once, no matter how many threads there were. Without `--announce`, never announce.
+
 ## Important
 
 - Process comments one at a time to avoid overwhelming the user

package/claude/settings.json

@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@
 			"Bash(gh pr checks:*)",
 			"Bash(ls ~/.assist/pr-comments:*)",
 			"Read(~/.assist/pr-comments/**)",
-			"Glob(~/.assist/pr-comments/**)",
 			"WebFetch(domain:staffordwilliams.com)"
 		],
 		"deny": ["Bash(npm run:*)", "Read(~/.assist/restricted/**)"]