fix(ci): pass comparison refs to advisor preparation

[prekshivyas]

Summary

The advisor now supplies its selected base and head refs while preparing specialist context. Without them, every specialist stops before analysis and no review artifact is produced.

This preserves the repair from #10147, which the repository closed only because its author reached the open-PR limit, and refreshes it onto current main without conflicts.

Related Issue

Regression from #10075. Replaces #10147.

Changes

• Pass the selected comparison refs to the trusted preparation step.
• Extend the workflow-boundary validator to require both inputs.
• Add a mutation test that removes the inputs and proves validation fails.

Type of Change

• Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor)
• Code change with doc updates
• Doc only (prose changes, no code sample modifications)
• Doc only (includes code sample changes)

Quality Gates

• Tests added or updated for changed behavior
• Existing tests cover changed behavior — justification:
• Tests not applicable — justification:
• Sensitive paths changed (security, policy, credentials, preflight, onboarding, inference, runner, sandbox, or messaging)
• Sensitive-path review completed or maintainer-approved waiver recorded — reviewer/approval link/justification: The values are repository-owned expressions passed only to trusted preparation code. PR content remains read-only data, the GitHub token remains confined to the preparation step, and model credentials are unchanged.
• Non-success, skipped, or missing CI check accepted by maintainer — check name, approval link, and follow-up issue:

DGX Station Hardware Evidence

• Tested on DGX Station
• Tested commit: Not applicable; no DGX Station host preparation changes.
• Station profile/scenario:
• Result:
• Supporting evidence:

Verification

• PR description includes a Signed-off-by: line and every published commit appears as Verified in GitHub
• Normal pre-commit hooks passed on the refreshed exact diff
• Targeted workflow-boundary test passes: 9 tests
• Repository checks pass
• CLI build and JavaScript configuration type-checking pass
• Applicable broad gate passed — npm test for broad runtime/test-harness changes; npm run check for repo-wide validation/coverage changes — command/result:
• Quality Gates section completed with required justifications or waivers
• No secrets, API keys, or credentials committed
• npm run docs builds without warnings (doc changes only)
• Doc pages follow the style guide (doc changes only)
• New doc pages include SPDX header and frontmatter (new pages only)

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Signed-off-by: Prekshi Vyas prekshiv@nvidia.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved pull request review analysis to consistently compare the correct base and head revisions across supported workflow types.
  • Added validation to detect missing revision references before specialist analysis begins, providing clearer errors and preventing incomplete comparisons.

• Tests

  • Expanded workflow boundary coverage to verify base and head revision inputs independently across supported analysis scenarios.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The workflow now passes mode-specific base and head refs to advisor sandbox preparation. The boundary validator checks both expressions, and tests verify errors when either variable is missing.

Changes

Advisor comparison reference wiring

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Selected ref wiring and boundary validation .github/workflows/pr-review-advisor.yaml, tools/pr-review-advisor/workflow-boundary.mts, test/pr-review-advisor-workflow-boundary.test.ts	The workflow selects target/base and HEAD for targeted runs and configured refs for other runs. The validator checks both environment expressions. Parameterized tests verify the matching error when either ref is missing.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 31a5b

This localized workflow change passes comparison refs into advisor preparation and adds validation coverage; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: brandonpelfrey

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Inline comments:
In `@test/pr-review-advisor-workflow-boundary.test.ts`:
- Around line 154-168: Update the “supplies comparison refs while preparing
specialist context” validation test to cover each missing input independently:
add one case deleting only BASE_REF and assert its matching error, and another
deleting only HEAD_REF and assert its matching error. Avoid relying on a
combined deletion case so each required variable’s validation is verified
separately.

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Code Coverage Overview

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TypeScript / code-coverage/plugin

The overall line coverage in commit 31a5b3d in the codex/fix-advisor-pr... branch remains at 96%, unchanged from commit a016511 in the main branch.