[Docs] Read the CodeRabbit check's message, and re-review a head that moved - #453
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Why
Three pull requests today carried a green CodeRabbit check whose message read "Review rate limited": nothing had reviewed them. One of them (#452) was merged on that green before anyone noticed, and had to be reviewed after the fact. Two others (#450, #451) were re-reviewed by their authors, then received further commits that no fresh reader saw.
The review standard already says a successful check is not evidence of a completed review. What was missing is the moment to apply it: after the PR is open, when the check exists.
What changes
One paragraph in
AGENTS.md, under "Before opening a pull request", next to the existing CodeRabbit description: once the PR is out of draft, read the check's message, not its state; if the review did not run, the pre-PR review is the review of record and the PR says so with the head it covered; if the head moved since, review again rather than carry the result forward.How to test this
Platforms: any. Documentation only. Read the paragraph beside the CodeRabbit description in
AGENTS.mdand check it against the "A successful check is not evidence of a completed review" rule in.github/instructions/code-review.instructions.md: it should add the moment, not restate the rule.Risks and limitations
None beyond one more step after opening a PR.
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