fix(open-swe): host-format the review summary, drop agent prose (#1257)

The reviewer agent was writing a 1–2 sentence "top-level take" as the
review body, which produced noisy paragraph-style summaries on PRs
("Reviewed the PR. The new ALLOWED_GITHUB_REPOS allowlist…"). Devin's
review comment is just a one-liner (`✅ No Issues Found` or
`**Devin Review** found N potential issue.`), and was preferred in the
internal A/B vs Graphite.

Drop the `summary` parameter from `publish_review`; render a fixed,
host-formatted body in `render_review_body` instead. Update the reviewer
prompt to forbid prose summaries.

agent/reviewer.py

@@ -102,12 +102,10 @@ started — you do **not** need to clone, fetch, or check out yourself.
    once** at the end of the run. It batches eligible findings into a single
    GitHub PR Review with inline comments + suggestion blocks, and stores the
    GitHub comment IDs back so re-reviews can later resolve threads.
-   - Always pass a `summary` — a 1–2 sentence top-level take that's posted
+   - Do **not** write a summary or top-level take — `publish_review` formats
-     as the review body above any inline comments. When you found no issues,
+     the review body itself. Your only job is to record findings (or none)
-     write a short summary that confirms the PR was reviewed and notes
+     and call the tool. Always call it, even when you found no issues, so
-     anything worth calling out (test coverage, scope, follow-ups). Don't
+     the user gets a "no issues found" comment.
-     skip the summary just because you have nothing critical to flag — the
-     summary is how the user knows the review ran.
 
 ### Re-reviewing on a new commit
 

agent/reviewer_publish.py

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ The reviewer agent calls ``publish_review`` at the end of a run. That tool
 batches eligible findings (severity ≥ threshold, status=open, capped) into a
 single GitHub PR Review:
 
-- Review body: agent-authored summary line.
+- Review body: a fixed, host-formatted summary line. The agent never writes
+  prose here — it's either "no issues found" or "found N potential issue(s)".
 - Inline comments: one per surfaced finding, anchored to ``path`` + ``line``
   (+ ``start_line`` for ranges) + ``side``.
 - Suggestion: when ``finding.suggestion`` is set, appended to the comment body
@@ -79,41 +80,23 @@ def render_inline_comment_payload(finding: Finding) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
     return payload
 
 
-def render_review_body(
+def render_review_body(*, pr_number: int, surfaced_count: int) -> str:
-    *,
-    pr_number: int,
-    surfaced_count: int,
-    total_open_count: int,
-    severity_threshold: str,
-    summary: str | None,
-) -> str:
     """Compose the top-level review body.
 
-    Includes the agent's summary (if any) and a footer line so reviewers know
+    Two fixed shapes — no agent prose:
-    when findings were filtered out below the surfacing threshold.
+
+    - 0 surfaced findings: a single "no issues" line.
+    - N surfaced findings: a single "found N potential issue(s)" line.
     """
-    parts: list[str] = []
+    if surfaced_count == 0:
-    if surfaced_count == 0 and total_open_count == 0:
+        headline = (
-        parts.append("**No issues found.**")
+            "## ✅ Open SWE Review: No issues found\n\n"
-    elif surfaced_count == 0:
+            "Open SWE reviewed this PR and found no potential bugs to report."
-        parts.append(
-            f"**No issues at or above `{severity_threshold}` severity.** "
-            f"({total_open_count} lower-severity finding"
-            f"{'s' if total_open_count != 1 else ''} hidden.)"
         )
     else:
-        finding_word = "finding" if surfaced_count == 1 else "findings"
+        issue_word = "issue" if surfaced_count == 1 else "issues"
-        parts.append(f"**Found {surfaced_count} {finding_word}.**")
+        headline = f"**Open SWE Review** found {surfaced_count} potential {issue_word}."
-        hidden = total_open_count - surfaced_count
+    return f"{headline}\n\n<!-- open-swe-reviewer pr={pr_number} -->"
-        if hidden > 0:
-            parts.append(
-                f"_{hidden} lower-severity finding{'s' if hidden != 1 else ''} "
-                f"below `{severity_threshold}` hidden._"
-            )
-    if summary:
-        parts.append(summary.strip())
-    parts.append(f"<!-- open-swe-reviewer pr={pr_number} -->")
-    return "\n\n".join(p for p in parts if p)
 
 
 async def post_pull_request_review(

agent/tools/publish_review.py

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ from ..utils.github_token import get_github_token
 
 
 def publish_review(
-    summary: str | None = None,
     severity_threshold: str = "medium",
     cap: int = 4,
 ) -> dict[str, Any]:
@@ -44,7 +43,8 @@ def publish_review(
        at ``cap`` to avoid review spam.
     3. POST a single GitHub PR Review with the eligible findings as inline
        comments. ``finding.suggestion`` becomes a ```suggestion``` block
-       (the "Commit suggestion" UX).
+       (the "Commit suggestion" UX). The review body is a fixed,
+       host-formatted summary line — you do not write it.
     4. Store the returned per-comment IDs back on each finding so a future
        re-review can resolve those threads on GitHub when the issues are fixed.
     5. For findings whose status moved ``open`` → ``resolved`` since the last
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ def publish_review(
     6. Update ``last_reviewed_sha`` on the thread to the current head SHA.
 
     Args:
-        summary: Optional 1–2 sentence top-level take on the PR. Rendered as
-            the review body. Skip if you have nothing useful to say beyond
-            the per-finding comments.
         severity_threshold: Lowest severity to surface to GitHub (default
             ``medium``). Lower-severity findings stay in state and surface in
             the future UI but not on the PR.
@@ -96,7 +93,6 @@ def publish_review(
             pr_number=pr_number,
             head_sha=head_sha,
             token=token,
-            summary=summary,
             severity_threshold=_cast_severity(severity_threshold),
             cap=cap,
         )
@@ -114,7 +110,6 @@ async def _publish_review_async(
     pr_number: int,
     head_sha: str,
     token: str,
-    summary: str | None,
     severity_threshold: Severity,
     cap: int,
 ) -> dict[str, Any]:
@@ -145,9 +140,6 @@ async def _publish_review_async(
     review_body = render_review_body(
         pr_number=pr_number,
         surfaced_count=len(inline_comments),
-        total_open_count=len(open_unpublished),
-        severity_threshold=severity_threshold,
-        summary=summary,
     )
 
     review_response = await post_pull_request_review(

tests/test_reviewer_publish.py

@@ -67,56 +67,24 @@ def test_render_inline_comment_payload_returns_none_for_file_level() -> None:
     assert payload is None
 
 
-def test_render_review_body_includes_summary_and_marker() -> None:
+def test_render_review_body_with_findings_uses_potential_issue_phrasing() -> None:
-    body = render_review_body(
+    body = render_review_body(pr_number=123, surfaced_count=2)
-        pr_number=123,
+    assert body.startswith("**Open SWE Review** found 2 potential issues.")
-        surfaced_count=2,
-        total_open_count=3,
-        severity_threshold="medium",
-        summary="LGTM with two notes",
-    )
-    assert "LGTM with two notes" in body
     assert "<!-- open-swe-reviewer pr=123 -->" in body
-    assert "Found 2 findings" in body
-    assert "1 lower-severity finding" in body
 
 
-def test_render_review_body_surfaces_no_findings_message() -> None:
+def test_render_review_body_singular_finding() -> None:
-    body = render_review_body(
+    body = render_review_body(pr_number=123, surfaced_count=1)
-        pr_number=99,
+    assert body.startswith("**Open SWE Review** found 1 potential issue.")
-        surfaced_count=0,
+
-        total_open_count=0,
+
-        severity_threshold="medium",
+def test_render_review_body_no_findings_message() -> None:
-        summary=None,
+    body = render_review_body(pr_number=99, surfaced_count=0)
-    )
+    assert "## ✅ Open SWE Review: No issues found" in body
-    assert "No issues found" in body
+    assert "Open SWE reviewed this PR and found no potential bugs to report." in body
     assert "<!-- open-swe-reviewer pr=99 -->" in body
 
 
-def test_render_review_body_no_findings_keeps_agent_summary() -> None:
-    body = render_review_body(
-        pr_number=42,
-        surfaced_count=0,
-        total_open_count=0,
-        severity_threshold="medium",
-        summary="Reviewed PR — clean refactor, well-tested.",
-    )
-    assert "No issues found" in body
-    assert "Reviewed PR — clean refactor, well-tested." in body
-
-
-def test_render_review_body_no_surfaced_with_hidden_lower_severity() -> None:
-    body = render_review_body(
-        pr_number=7,
-        surfaced_count=0,
-        total_open_count=2,
-        severity_threshold="medium",
-        summary=None,
-    )
-    assert "No issues at or above `medium` severity" in body
-    assert "2 lower-severity findings hidden" in body
-
-
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_resolve_review_thread_returns_true_on_success() -> None:
     response = MagicMock()
@@ -182,7 +150,6 @@ async def test_publish_review_skips_findings_already_published() -> None:
             pr_number=7,
             head_sha="sha",
             token="t",
-            summary=None,
             severity_threshold="medium",
             cap=15,
         )
@@ -222,7 +189,6 @@ async def test_publish_review_posts_summary_when_no_findings() -> None:
             pr_number=7,
             head_sha="sha",
             token="t",
-            summary=None,
             severity_threshold="medium",
             cap=15,
         )