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Explain how repository workflows use OpenShell sandboxes to perform authorized GitHub operations and collect artifacts. Distinguish the harness-openshell helper repository from its small harness CLI, name the current setup-openshell and review-wrapper setup path, and clarify the requirements for moving the reusable reviewer to a platform-managed gateway.

The documentation distinguishes repository-scoped GitHub App credentials from PR-specific REST policy, corrects artifact-only and model descriptions, and separates agent instructions from enforced request restrictions. Runtime changes are limited to setup-action display metadata and one review summary string.

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  • PASS: go build ./...
  • PASS: go vet ./...
  • PASS: CGO_ENABLED=0 go test ./...
  • PASS: golangci-lint run ./...
  • PASS: actionlint and shell syntax validation
  • PASS: documentation/CLI command consistency
  • PASS: make test-suite — 11/11 passed; live SDK lifecycle skipped without a gateway
  • PASS: CI=true CONTAINER_CLI=docker make test-kind — 11/11 passed; provider capabilities skipped in CI mode
  • SKIP: local CI/live integration — no local 127.0.0.1 gateway is registered
  • SKIP: configured provider capabilities — no local provider environment was evaluated
  • SKIP: OCP — KUBECONFIG is unset
  • SKIP: managed HyperShell — HYPERSHELL_SA_ENV is unset

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  • Documentation
    • Expanded guidance for repository automation, workflows, task bundles, sandbox images, gateway setup, and local execution.
    • Documented GitHub pull request review and merge workflows, including validation, permissions, cleanup, and comment behavior.
    • Updated CI and workflow-format documentation with current CLI usage, provider configuration, credential boundaries, and output handling.
    • Clarified setup action descriptions and review-result messaging.
    • Documented agent-output validation requirements and supported exceptions for comment-position and shell parser failures.

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The pull request reorganizes repository documentation around OpenShell workflows, task bundles, gateway modes, sandbox images, reusable review workflows, provider management, security boundaries, CLI usage, and validation. It also updates review provider setup and action metadata.

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OpenShell documentation and execution model

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Execution model and task bundles
README.md, workflow/README.md, workloads/README.md, images/README.md, docs/workflow-format.md
The documentation defines task bundles, sandbox images, gateway modes, workflow execution, cleanup behavior, external actions, and native CLI usage.
Review and merge task contracts
.github/workflows/README.md, README.md, workloads/README.md, workloads/github-pr-reviewer/README.md, workloads/github-pr-merger/README.md
The documentation defines trusted inputs, GitHub operation limits, provider and credential handling, reviewer behavior, merger validation, and cleanup.
CI and managed gateway guidance
.github/actions/setup-openshell/action.yml, docs/ci.md
The action metadata and CI documentation describe local gateway setup, managed deployment, provider lifecycle, token boundaries, Vertex review execution, publication, and cleanup.
Review provider setup and output validation
scripts/pr-review.sh, scripts/review/README.md
The review script imports the github-review provider profile when needed and removes imported profiles during cleanup. The validation documentation defines advisory output, narrow parser exceptions, and event-stream completion checks.

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202-202: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the repository map entry for .github/workflows/.

The directory also contains repository CI workflows such as images.yml and integration.yml. It is not limited to capability-specific reusable workflows. Match this entry to .github/workflows/README.md, which documents both CI and reusable workflows.

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In `@README.md` at line 202, Update the repository map entry for
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In `@README.md`:
- Line 202: Update the repository map entry for .github/workflows/ to describe
both repository CI workflows and capability-specific reusable workflows,
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In `@workloads/github-pr-reviewer/README.md`:
- Line 48: Update the sandbox setup instructions around the opencode run command
so task files, skills, diffs, and configuration are uploaded before the agent
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Upload the skill, diff, and OpenCode configuration with native
`openshell sandbox upload` commands before starting the agent. Harness only
`openshell sandbox upload` commands before starting the agent. The `harness` CLI

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Upload task files before launching opencode.

The command above passes opencode run to openshell sandbox create, which launches the agent during sandbox creation. The next sentence cannot require openshell sandbox upload to run before the agent starts. The agent can begin without the skill, diff, or configuration. Use --upload during creation, or create the sandbox without a command and run opencode after the uploads. OpenShell documents both behaviors. (github.com)

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In `@workloads/github-pr-reviewer/README.md` at line 48, Update the sandbox setup
instructions around the opencode run command so task files, skills, diffs, and
configuration are uploaded before the agent launches. Use the supported --upload
option during openshell sandbox create, or create the sandbox without a startup
command and invoke opencode only after openshell sandbox upload completes.

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Comment thread README.md
logs, prompts, or artifacts.
- Provider attachment supplies credential-backed proxy access; native OpenShell
policy separately controls which requests the sandbox may make.
- GitHub Actions owns run state, labels, artifacts, concurrency, and approvals.

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The documentation states to pin both the workflow reference and harness-ref to the same SHA. This is a bit confusing. Could you clarify why both are necessary? For example, does the reusable workflow use harness-ref to check out that specific version of harness-openshell for its own use?

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