using-reviews-locally SKILL.md skillA

using-reviews-locally from figitaki/reviews is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add figitaki/reviews/using-reviews-locally@git:20260519.fbebab7

Pins git:20260519.fbebab7 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
figitaki/reviews
Path
skills/using-reviews-locally/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20260519.fbebab7, committed May 19, 2026
Size
3,470 bytes
Repository stars
7
License
MIT

Run and use the Reviews app locally, including server startup, port checks, local token setup, CLI config, pushing local reviews or new patchsets, and Codex workflow conventions. Use when the user asks to spin up Reviews, push a local review packet or revision, mint/access local API tokens, debug localhost review pushes, or install repo-local Reviews skills by symlink.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Using Reviews Locally

Use this skill for local Reviews workflows from a checkout of this repo.

## Start the Server

Use the project script:

```bash
lsof -iTCP:4000 -sTCP:LISTEN
./bin/server
```

Do not run `mix phx.server` directly unless you know OAuth/env loading is unnecessary. `./bin/server` sources `.env.local` and runs Phoenix on `http://localhost:4000`.

## Local CLI Config

The CLI reads `~/.config/reviews/config.toml` and currently uses `[default]`.

Expected shape:

```toml
[default]
server_url = "http://localhost:4000"
api_token = "rev_..."
```

If the user's real default points to Fly, avoid editing it casually. For one-off local pushes, create a temporary home/config:

```bash
mkdir -p /private/tmp/reviews-local-home/.config/reviews
# write /private/tmp/reviews-local-home/.config/reviews/config.toml
HOME=/private/tmp/reviews-local-home cli/target/release/reviews push --update <slug>
```

## Mint Local Tokens

Preferred path:
1. Open `http://localhost:4000/settings`.
2. Sign in locally.
3. Generate an API token.
4. Use it in the CLI config.

Fallback for Codex when the local signed-in user exists and direct DB access is appropriate:

```bash
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add figitaki/reviews/using-reviews-locally@sha256:61d8a9c74b780b39

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260519.fbebab7, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on May 19, 2026.

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Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3470 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

figitaki/reviews · 7 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_udyndwpb7nsr5xk4
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=figitaki/reviews/using-reviews-locally
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/61d8a9c74b780b39fafb4239a8ac92e7433d4cc139ae42f4a273bb9945c1c87a

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