# crit-story

Structures code diffs into thematic review stories for Crit and runs the interactive feedback loop. Ideal when you need human review organized by feature rather than by file.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1250
- Author: tomasz-tomczyk
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/tree/HEAD/integrations/omo/skills/crit-story/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/crit-story

## What it does

The skill inspects diff hunks with `crit story --prep` and clusters them by topic rather than by individual files. It writes `/tmp/crit-story.json` containing prologue, chapters, and support sections, then executes `crit story --story-file`. If hunks are missing or assigned twice, the ingestion exits with code 1. The agent reads the coverage report and repairs the story.

Once ingested, the tool opens Crit in a browser and monitors the review state. A persistent watch is necessary because the default review deadline is five minutes. When a reviewer leaves comments, the agent modifies the source code directly and submits replies using `crit comment`. The cycle repeats until the review receives approval. Local installation of the `crit` CLI is mandatory for the entire workflow.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tomasz-tomczyk/crit --skill crit-story -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/crit-story/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/crit-story/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tomasz-tomczyk/crit --skill crit-story -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/crit-story/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tomasz-tomczyk/crit --skill crit-story -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/crit-story/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install tomasz-tomczyk/crit crit-story
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/crit-story/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tomasz-tomczyk/crit --skill crit-story -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit --path integrations/omo/skills/crit-story
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/crit-story/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tomasz-tomczyk/crit --skill crit-story -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/tomasz-tomczyk/crit/tree/HEAD/integrations/omo/skills/crit-story/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Organize complex Git diffs into topic-based review chapters
- Submit code review stories directly to the Crit browser interface
- Process reviewer feedback and apply code fixes in a closed loop
- Track hunk coverage to prevent missed diffs during review preparation

## Example prompts
- /skill:crit-story
- Generate a crit story for the latest branch changes
- $crit-story

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: crit-story
description: "Author a crit story and continue the interactive review loop only when the user explicitly invokes /skill:crit-story, $crit-story, or directly asks to generate a crit story. Do not infer this skill from generic review, PR, or diff-review requests."
---

# Author a Crit story

Author the story in-session, then continue the interactive Crit review loop.
Do not run bare `crit story` unless the user asks for the `agent_cmd` path.

## 1. Read the guide and diff

```bash
crit story --guide
crit story --prep /tmp/crit-story-prep.txt
```

The guide prints the user's resolved authoring instructions followed by `---`
and the JSON schema. Follow it rather than assuming this skill contains the
current guide. Read the prep file for the full diff and its
`(file_path, old_start)` hunk identifiers.

## 2. Author and ingest

Use the file-edit tool to write `/tmp/crit-story.json`. Cluster hunks by theme,
not by file, following the guide. Emit only `prologue`, `chapters`, and
`support`; Crit fills in metadata and coverage.

```bash
crit story --story-file /tmp/crit-story.json
```

Inspect the JSON coverage report on every attempt. Exit 1 means rejection:
fix duplicate or missing hunk assignments and re-ingest. A drift error means
the diff changed; fetch fresh prep and re-author. Exit 0 with
`auto_repaired: true` means omissions were back-filled into `support`.

## 3. Reconnect and await Finish Review

Ingest opens the browser and exits; it does not wait for the human.
Run bare `crit` through OMO's asynchronous monitor:

```js
display(await tool.monitor({
  description: "Crit story review feedback",
  command: "crit",
  filter: "https?://|approved:",
  persistent: true
}));
```

Call `monitor` directly if `eval` is unavailable. Save the returned `bash_id`.
The persistent watch avoids the default five-minute review deadline.
Relay the review URL verbatim. End the turn while waiting if no independent
work remains; command completion wakes the session.

Do not poll, hold an eval cell open, read feedback before the command exits,
or ask the user to type a reply to signal Finish Review.

## 4. Address feedback and repeat

Read stdout and follow the finish prompt; check stderr for approval.
Retrieve omitted output with `bash_output` using the saved `bash_id`.
If approved, stop. Otherwise read every unresolved comment and its replies,
including review-level comments. Use `quote` and `anchor` rather than stale
line numbers when edits have moved the content.

Address comments against the actual source files. Do not regenerate or edit
the saved story JSON unless the user explicitly asks.

```bash
crit comment --reply-to <id> --author 'OMO' '<what changed>'
crit comment --json --file /tmp/crit-story-replies.json --author 'OMO'
```

Write bulk reply JSON with the file-edit tool; each entry has `reply_to`
and `body`. Do not use `--resolve` unless explicitly requested.
For mid-round re-entry, use `crit comments --json`.

Run the next-round command printed on stdout with the same monitor pattern.
````
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