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Fix PR reviewer: it was denied the tools needed to read code #401

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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/claude-code-review.yml
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Expand Up @@ -91,9 +91,14 @@ jobs:
`confirmed: true`) to flag specific lines.
Only post GitHub comments - do not return review text as a message.

# --allowedTools REPLACES the default tool set rather than adding to it.
# Without Read/Grep/Glob the reviewer cannot open a single file in the
# checked-out branch, which is exactly what the prompt above asks it to
# do. PR #399 burned all 20 turns on denied calls
# (permission_denials_count was 10) and failed without posting anything.
claude_args: |
--max-turns 20
--allowedTools "mcp__github_inline_comment__create_inline_comment,Bash(gh pr comment:*),Bash(gh pr diff:*),Bash(gh pr view:*)"
--max-turns 40
--allowedTools "Read,Grep,Glob,mcp__github_inline_comment__create_inline_comment,Bash(gh pr comment:*),Bash(gh pr diff:*),Bash(gh pr view:*),Bash(git diff:*),Bash(git log:*)"

# Fork PRs: GitHub withholds repository secrets from `pull_request` runs on
# forks and issues a read-only GITHUB_TOKEN, so this workflow cannot review
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