git-clear

Delete every comment on a GitHub Pull Request — both timeline (issue) comments and inline review comments. Uses gh api with pagination.

When to Use

• Clearing bot-generated or outdated review comments before a fresh review cycle
• Removing stale AI review comments after code changes
• Cleaning up a noisy PR thread before requesting re-review
• Bulk-removing comments left by automated tools

Workflow

1. Identify — Determine the PR number. Run gh pr view or accept it from the user
2. Resolve — Extract {owner} and {repo} from gh repo view --json owner,name
3. List — Fetch all issue comments and review comments with --paginate
4. Confirm — Show the comment count to the user and wait for explicit approval
5. Delete — Run clear_pr_comments.py to delete all comments via gh api --method DELETE
6. Verify — Re-list both endpoints to confirm zero comments remain

Rules

• Always confirm with the user before deleting — show exact comment counts first
• Delete both issue comments (/issues/comments/{id}) and review comments (/pulls/comments/{id})
• Handle pagination for PRs with many comments (--paginate or ?per_page=100)
• Requires repo scope on gh auth — verify with gh auth status if deletions fail
• Only delete comments you have permission to delete (own comments or repo write access)
• Never modify the PR description, title, or labels — comments only

Output Format

Summary of deleted comments: Deleted {n} issue comments and {m} review comments from PR #{pr}.

Scripts

• scripts/clear_pr_comments.py — Delete all PR comments via gh api. Usage: python3 clear_pr_comments.py <owner> <repo> <pr_number>

Run scripts via run_skill_script("git-clear", "scripts/clear_pr_comments.py", ["owner", "repo", "42"]).