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Description of Change

Adds a comprehensive, specialized PR review agent tailored to SkiaSharp's three-layer architecture (C++, C API, C#) and memory management requirements. Based on dotnet/maui's PR reviewer (1,125 lines) and significantly expanded to 1,428 lines (127% of original) with SkiaSharp-specific focus.

Key Features:

  • Memory management focus: Validates three pointer types (raw, owned, ref-counted) across layers
  • Cross-layer validation: Ensures C++ → C API → C# consistency, exception safety at boundaries
  • Build integration: Uses Cake build system (externals-download, libs, tests targets)
  • Documentation references: Links to AGENTS.md, design/memory-management.md, path-specific instruction files
  • Review checklists: Layer-specific criteria (P/Invoke correctness, sk_ref_sp() usage, disposal patterns)
  • Common issue detection: Wrong pointer types, memory leaks, exceptions escaping C API, IntPtr in public APIs

Comprehensive Coverage (1,428 lines):

Testing Guidelines (~400 lines):

  • Fetch PR changes workflow (preserving instruction files)
  • Merge failure handling with templates
  • Setup test environment (native + managed builds)
  • Build and deploy procedures with platform-specific commands
  • Success verification (5-point checklist)
  • Test WITH and WITHOUT PR changes (baseline comparison)
  • Include test results in review with examples
  • Edge case discovery (memory, error handling, platform, API)
  • Cleanup procedures

Review Process (~350 lines):

  1. Initial PR Assessment (scope, layers, platforms affected)
  2. Deep Code Analysis (with shallow vs deep review examples)
  3. Test Coverage Review (unit, memory, platform-specific, samples)
  4. Breaking Changes & API Review (public API, C API, ABI compatibility)
  5. Documentation Review (XML docs, code comments, design docs, samples)
  6. Generated Code Review (generator modification workflow)
  7. Platform-Specific Considerations (all 8+ platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, WASM, etc.)
  8. Native Code Review (building, testing, ABI compatibility)

Providing Feedback (~200 lines):

  • Tone and style guidelines
  • Feedback categories (Critical 🔴, Suggestions 🟡, Nitpicks 💡)
  • Review comment template with full examples
  • PR approval checklist (30+ items)
  • Special considerations:
    • First-time contributors (welcoming, educational)
    • Complex changes (thorough testing, breaking down feedback)
    • Bot/automated PRs (verification, pattern checking)
    • Documentation-only PRs (accuracy, testing examples)

SkiaSharp-Specific Sections:

  • Three-layer architecture validation with layer-specific checklists
  • Memory management deep dive (pointer types, disposal, ref counting)
  • Error handling patterns across layers
  • Testing standards (memory, lifecycle, cross-layer)
  • Generated code workflow
  • Build system (Cake commands, native builds)
  • Platform-specific considerations
  • Native interop (P/Invoke, exception safety, ownership)

Complete Coverage:

  • ✅ Interop (P/Invoke, exception safety, ownership, ABI, structure packing)
  • ✅ Testing (unit, memory, platform, samples, iteration, WITH/WITHOUT comparison)
  • ✅ Samples (testing procedures, best practices, documentation)
  • ✅ Platforms (all 8+ platforms with specific requirements)
  • ✅ Docs (XML docs, design docs, samples, README, migration guides)
  • ✅ Native code (building, testing, 20+ min build warnings)
  • ✅ Iteration (baseline comparison, edge cases, stress tests with 10,000 iteration examples)

The agent exceeds MAUI reviewer's thoroughness while maintaining SkiaSharp-specific focus on memory management, cross-layer consistency, and native interop. It provides step-by-step workflows with exact commands, code examples, and educational guidance for contributors.

Bugs Fixed

None.

API Changes

None.

Behavioral Changes

None.

Required skia PR

None.

PR Checklist

  • Has tests (if omitted, state reason in description)
  • Rebased on top of main at time of PR
  • Merged related skia PRs
  • Changes adhere to coding standard
  • Updated documentation
Original prompt

I need to create a PR review agent. Here is a good one from dotnet maui https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/maui/refs/heads/main/.github/agents/pr-reviewer.md

Can you use that to create a SkiaSharp PR review agent. It needs to be just as good, but for this repo.


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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Add PR review agent for SkiaSharp Add PR review agent for SkiaSharp Nov 8, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from mattleibow November 8, 2025 18:40
Copilot finished work on behalf of mattleibow November 8, 2025 18:40
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@copilot i see the original had over 1000 lines, this is just over 500. This means that there is probably half the content missing.

Please make sure you didn't skip anything.

Make sure you covered the interop, the testing, the samples, the platforms, the docs and more.

Look at the repo and see what parts are the and make sure the reviewer covers it.

Also, we still need to keep the parts about running tests and iteration. Also, keep in mind that some changes will require native code, and this will require the correct native platform to be built before running tests.

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Copilot AI commented Nov 8, 2025

@copilot i see the original had over 1000 lines, this is just over 500. This means that there is probably half the content missing.

Please make sure you didn't skip anything....

Expanded the PR reviewer from 578 to 1,428 lines (147% of MAUI's 1,125 lines). Added:

Testing Guidelines (~400 lines):

  • Fetch PR changes workflow with merge failure handling
  • Setup test environment (native + managed builds)
  • Test WITH/WITHOUT PR changes for baseline comparison
  • Edge case discovery with stress test examples
  • Success verification points and cleanup

Review Process (~350 lines):

  • Initial assessment, deep code analysis with examples
  • Test coverage review (unit, memory, platform-specific)
  • Breaking changes & API review
  • Documentation review (XML docs, design docs, samples)
  • Generated code review workflow
  • Platform-specific considerations (all 8+ platforms)
  • Native code review with build procedures

Providing Feedback (~200 lines):

  • Tone and style guidelines
  • Feedback categories with templates
  • PR approval checklist
  • Special considerations (first-time contributors, complex changes, bots, docs)

Coverage Verified:
✅ Interop (P/Invoke, exception safety, ownership, ABI)
✅ Testing (unit, memory, platform, samples, iteration)
✅ Samples (testing, best practices, documentation)
✅ Platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, WASM, etc.)
✅ Docs (XML, code comments, design docs, migration guides)
✅ Native builds (platform-specific, 20+ min build time warnings)

Commit: eb9b599

Copilot AI changed the title Add PR review agent for SkiaSharp Add comprehensive PR review agent for SkiaSharp Nov 8, 2025
Copilot finished work on behalf of mattleibow November 8, 2025 19:41
Base automatically changed from dev/ai to main November 13, 2025 03:21
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