fix: address review feedback on persona feature

MAJOR fixes:
- Remove external YAML dependency (github.com/goccy/go-yaml)
  Per project convention: Go standard library only, zero dependencies.
  Convert all persona files from YAML to JSON format.
- Fix TestValidateWorkspacePath error expectation
  Go 1.21+ filepath.Join normalizes absolute paths differently.

MINOR fixes:
- Remove custom contains helper in persona_test.go (use strings.Contains)
- Add Unicode-safe CapitalizeFirst function for header titles
- ListBuiltinPersonas returns empty slice instead of nil on error
- Fix test comment about filepath.Join behavior

Documentation:
- Update README to reflect JSON-only persona format
- Update design doc with note about JSON decision
- Fix action.yml description for persona-file input

.gitea/actions/review/action.yml

@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Local file with additional system prompt instructions (e.g. security review focus)'
     required: false
     default: ''
+  persona:
+    description: 'Built-in persona name (security, architect, docs)'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+  persona-file:
+    description: 'Path to custom persona JSON file'
+    required: false
+    default: ''
 
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
@@ -155,6 +163,8 @@ runs:
         LLM_PROVIDER: ${{ inputs.llm-provider }}
         UPDATE_EXISTING: ${{ inputs.update-existing }}
         SYSTEM_PROMPT_FILE: ${{ inputs.system-prompt-file }}
+        PERSONA: ${{ inputs.persona }}
+        PERSONA_FILE: ${{ inputs.persona-file }}
       run: |
         ARGS=""
         if [ "${{ inputs.dry-run }}" = "true" ]; then

.gitea/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: go build -o review-bot ./cmd/review-bot
 
   # Self-review: builds from source since we're pre-release
+  # Models configured to match SAP AI Core deployments
   review:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
@@ -28,12 +29,18 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - name: sonnet
             token_secret: SONNET_REVIEW_TOKEN
-            model: gpt-5
+            provider: anthropic
+            llm_path: /anthropic/v1
+            model: anthropic--claude-4.6-sonnet
           - name: gpt
             token_secret: GPT_REVIEW_TOKEN
-            model: gpt-4.1
+            provider: openai
+            llm_path: /openai/v1
+            model: gpt-5
           - name: security
-            token_secret: SONNET_REVIEW_TOKEN
+            token_secret: SECURITY_REVIEW_TOKEN
+            provider: openai
+            llm_path: /openai/v1
             model: gpt-5
             system_prompt_file: SECURITY_REVIEW.md
     steps:
@@ -49,9 +56,10 @@ jobs:
           PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
           REVIEWER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets[matrix.token_secret] }}
           REVIEWER_NAME: ${{ matrix.name }}
-          LLM_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.LLM_BASE_URL }}
+          LLM_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.LLM_BASE_URL }}${{ matrix.llm_path }}
           LLM_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LLM_API_KEY }}
           LLM_MODEL: ${{ matrix.model }}
+          LLM_PROVIDER: ${{ matrix.provider }}
           CONVENTIONS_FILE: "CONVENTIONS.md"
           PATTERNS_REPO: "rodin/go-patterns"
           PATTERNS_FILES: "README.md,patterns/"

.gitea/workflows/pr-ready-gate.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: PR Ready Gate
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [synchronize]
+
+jobs:
+  clear-labels:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    # Always run - curl commands are safe if labels don't exist
+    steps:
+      - name: Remove ready and self-reviewed labels, reassign to author
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RODIN_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          PR_NUMBER=${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          AUTHOR=${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login }}
+          READY_LABEL_ID=38
+          SELF_REVIEWED_LABEL_ID=37
+          
+          # Remove ready label if present
+          curl -sS -X DELETE \
+            -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
+            "https://gitea.weiker.me/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/issues/${PR_NUMBER}/labels/${READY_LABEL_ID}" || true
+          
+          # Remove self-reviewed label if present
+          curl -sS -X DELETE \
+            -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
+            "https://gitea.weiker.me/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/issues/${PR_NUMBER}/labels/${SELF_REVIEWED_LABEL_ID}" || true
+          
+          # Reassign to author
+          curl -sS -X PATCH \
+            -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -d "{\"assignees\": [\"${AUTHOR}\"]}" \
+            "https://gitea.weiker.me/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/${PR_NUMBER}"
+          
+          echo "Cleared ready/self-reviewed labels and reassigned PR #${PR_NUMBER} to ${AUTHOR}"

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

@@ -69,14 +69,28 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "Release ID: ${RELEASE_ID}"
 
-          # Upload each asset
+          # Upload each asset (idempotent: delete existing asset with same name first)
           for file in dist/*; do
             filename=$(basename "$file")
             echo "Uploading ${filename}..."
+
+            # Check if asset already exists and delete it
+            EXISTING_ID=$(export ASSET_NAME="${filename}"; curl -sS \
+              -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+              "${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${REPO}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets" \
+              | python3 -c "import json,sys,os; name=os.environ['ASSET_NAME']; assets=json.load(sys.stdin); print(next((str(a['id']) for a in assets if a['name']==name),''))" 2>/dev/null)
+
+            if [ -n "$EXISTING_ID" ]; then
+              echo "  Asset ${filename} already exists (id=${EXISTING_ID}), deleting..."
+              curl -sSf -X DELETE \
+                -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+                "${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${REPO}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets/${EXISTING_ID}"
+            fi
+
             curl -sSf -X POST \
               -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
               -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
-              "${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${REPO}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets?name=${filename}" \
+              "${GITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${REPO}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets?name=$(printf '%s' "${filename}" | jq -sRr @uri)" \
               --data-binary "@${file}"
           done
 

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /review-bot
+coverage.out

Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+.PHONY: build test test-integration lint clean coverage
+
+build:
+	go build -o review-bot ./cmd/review-bot/
+
+test:
+	go test ./...
+
+test-integration:
+	go test -tags integration -v ./cmd/review-bot/
+
+lint:
+	go vet ./...
+
+clean:
+	rm -f review-bot
+
+coverage:
+	go test -coverprofile=coverage.out ./...
+	go tool cover -func=coverage.out

README.md

@@ -182,12 +182,26 @@ Prints the review to CI logs without posting to the PR. Useful for testing promp
 | `patterns-repo` | No | `""` | Comma-separated repos with language patterns (e.g. `rodin/go-patterns`) |
 | `patterns-files` | No | `README.md` | Files/directories to fetch from pattern repos |
 | `system-prompt-file` | No | `""` | Local file with additional system prompt instructions |
+| `persona` | No | `""` | Built-in persona name (security, architect, docs) |
+| `persona-file` | No | `""` | Path to persona JSON file with custom review focus |
 | `temperature` | No | `0` | LLM temperature (0 = server default) |
 | `timeout` | No | `300` | LLM request timeout in seconds |
 | `dry-run` | No | `false` | Print review to stdout instead of posting |
 | `update-existing` | No | `true` | Delete previous review from same bot before posting. Accepts: true/1/yes or false/0/no |
 | `version` | No | `latest` | review-bot version to install |
 
+## Runner Requirements
+
+The composite action requires these tools on the runner:
+
+| Tool | Used For |
+|------|----------|
+| `python3` | JSON parsing during version detection |
+| `sha256sum` | Checksum verification of downloaded binary |
+| `curl` | Downloading releases and querying the API |
+
+All three are pre-installed on `ubuntu-*` runners (e.g. `ubuntu-24.04`). If you use a custom runner image, ensure these are available.
+
 ## How Review Cleanup Works
 
 When `reviewer-name` is set, the bot embeds a hidden sentinel in each review:
@@ -317,3 +331,103 @@ budget/             Token estimation + context trimming
 ## License
 
 MIT
+
+## Review Personas
+
+Personas provide role-based review specialization. Instead of generic code review, each persona focuses on a specific domain (security, architecture, documentation) with tailored prompts and severity calibration.
+
+### Built-in Personas
+
+| Persona | Focus |
+|---------|-------|
+| `security` | Vulnerabilities, auth bypass, secrets exposure, injection attacks |
+| `architect` | Design patterns, code organization, API contracts, testability |
+| `docs` | Documentation quality, API clarity, error messages |
+
+### Using Built-in Personas
+
+```yaml
+- uses: rodin/review-bot/.gitea/actions/review@v1
+  with:
+    reviewer-name: security
+    persona: security
+    llm-model: claude-opus-4-20250514  # Security benefits from strong reasoning
+    ...
+```
+
+### Multiple Personas in Parallel
+
+```yaml
+jobs:
+  review:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - name: security
+            persona: security
+          - name: architect
+            persona: architect
+    steps:
+      - uses: rodin/review-bot/.gitea/actions/review@v1
+        with:
+          reviewer-name: ${{ matrix.name }}
+          persona: ${{ matrix.persona }}
+          ...
+```
+
+Each persona posts independently with its own sentinel, so reviews don't interfere.
+
+
+### Custom Personas
+
+Create a JSON file with your domain-specific review focus:
+
+```json
+// .review/personas/trading.json
+{
+  "name": "trading",
+  "display_name": "Trading Domain Expert",
+  "identity": "You are a trading systems expert reviewing code for correctness.\n\nYour expertise:\n- Order lifecycle and state machines\n- Fill handling and partial fills\n- Position tracking and P&L calculations\n- Event sourcing invariants",
+  "focus": [
+    "Order state machine correctness",
+    "Fill handling edge cases (partial, overfill)",
+    "Position and P&L calculation accuracy",
+    "Event replay determinism",
+    "Decimal precision for money"
+  ],
+  "ignore": [
+    "Code style",
+    "General performance",
+    "Documentation formatting"
+  ],
+  "severity": {
+    "major": "Bugs that cause incorrect positions, fills, or money calculations",
+    "minor": "Edge cases that could cause issues under unusual conditions",
+    "nit": "Clarity improvements for domain logic"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Use it in CI:
+
+```yaml
+- uses: rodin/review-bot/.gitea/actions/review@v1
+  with:
+    reviewer-name: trading
+    persona-file: .review/personas/trading.json
+    ...
+```
+
+
+### Persona vs system-prompt-file
+
+| Feature | `persona` / `persona-file` | `system-prompt-file` |
+|---------|---------------------------|----------------------|
+| Replaces base prompt | Yes | No (appends) |
+| Structured format | Yes (JSON) | No (freeform) |
+| Focus/ignore lists | Yes | Manual |
+| Severity calibration | Yes | Manual |
+| Header display name | Yes | No |
+| Built-in options | Yes | No |
+
+Use personas for domain-specialized reviews. Use `system-prompt-file` for minor tweaks to the generic review.

cmd/review-bot/integration_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+//go:build integration
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gitea.weiker.me/rodin/review-bot/gitea"
+	"gitea.weiker.me/rodin/review-bot/llm"
+	"gitea.weiker.me/rodin/review-bot/review"
+)
+
+// Integration test requires a running Gitea instance and LLM endpoint.
+// Set environment variables:
+//
+//	INTEGRATION_GITEA_URL     - Gitea base URL
+//	INTEGRATION_GITEA_TOKEN   - Gitea API token with repo access
+//	INTEGRATION_GITEA_REPO    - owner/repo with an open PR
+//	INTEGRATION_PR_NUMBER     - PR number to test against
+//	INTEGRATION_LLM_BASE_URL  - LLM API base URL
+//	INTEGRATION_LLM_API_KEY   - LLM API key
+//	INTEGRATION_LLM_MODEL     - Model name
+func TestIntegration_FullReviewFlow(t *testing.T) {
+	giteaURL := os.Getenv("INTEGRATION_GITEA_URL")
+	giteaToken := os.Getenv("INTEGRATION_GITEA_TOKEN")
+	giteaRepo := os.Getenv("INTEGRATION_GITEA_REPO")
+	prNumStr := os.Getenv("INTEGRATION_PR_NUMBER")
+	llmBaseURL := os.Getenv("INTEGRATION_LLM_BASE_URL")
+	llmAPIKey := os.Getenv("INTEGRATION_LLM_API_KEY")
+	llmModel := os.Getenv("INTEGRATION_LLM_MODEL")
+
+	if giteaURL == "" || giteaToken == "" || giteaRepo == "" || prNumStr == "" ||
+		llmBaseURL == "" || llmAPIKey == "" || llmModel == "" {
+		t.Skip("Integration test env vars not set, skipping")
+	}
+
+	prNumber, err := strconv.Atoi(prNumStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Invalid PR number %q: %v", prNumStr, err)
+	}
+
+	// Parse owner/repo
+	parts := strings.SplitN(giteaRepo, "/", 2)
+	if len(parts) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("Invalid repo format %q", giteaRepo)
+	}
+	owner, repoName := parts[0], parts[1]
+	if owner == "" || repoName == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("Invalid repo format %q", giteaRepo)
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Step 1: Fetch PR
+	giteaClient := gitea.NewClient(giteaURL, giteaToken)
+	pr, err := giteaClient.GetPullRequest(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetPullRequest: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Logf("PR: %s (sha: %s)", pr.Title, pr.Head.Sha)
+
+	// Step 2: Fetch diff
+	diff, err := giteaClient.GetPullRequestDiff(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetPullRequestDiff: %v", err)
+	}
+	if diff == "" {
+		t.Fatal("diff is empty")
+	}
+	t.Logf("Diff size: %d bytes", len(diff))
+
+	// Step 3: Build prompts
+	systemPrompt := review.BuildSystemPrompt("", "")
+	userPrompt := review.BuildUserPrompt(pr.Title, pr.Body, diff, "", true, "")
+
+	// Step 4: Call LLM
+	llmClient := llm.NewClient(llmBaseURL, llmAPIKey, llmModel)
+	response, err := llmClient.Complete(ctx, []llm.Message{
+		{Role: "system", Content: systemPrompt},
+		{Role: "user", Content: userPrompt},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("LLM Complete: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Logf("LLM response: %d bytes", len(response))
+
+	// Step 5: Parse response
+	result, err := review.ParseResponse(response)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ParseResponse: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Logf("Verdict: %s, Findings: %d", result.Verdict, len(result.Findings))
+
+	// Step 6: Format (dry-run validation)
+	body := review.FormatMarkdown(result, "integration-test")
+	if body == "" {
+		t.Fatal("formatted review body is empty")
+	}
+	t.Logf("Review body:\n%s", body)
+}
+
+func TestIntegration_PostAndCleanup(t *testing.T) {
+	giteaURL := os.Getenv("INTEGRATION_GITEA_URL")
+	giteaToken := os.Getenv("INTEGRATION_GITEA_TOKEN")
+	giteaRepo := os.Getenv("INTEGRATION_GITEA_REPO")
+	prNumStr := os.Getenv("INTEGRATION_PR_NUMBER")
+
+	if giteaURL == "" || giteaToken == "" || giteaRepo == "" || prNumStr == "" {
+		t.Skip("Integration test env vars not set, skipping")
+	}
+
+	prNumber, err := strconv.Atoi(prNumStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Invalid PR number %q: %v", prNumStr, err)
+	}
+
+	parts := strings.SplitN(giteaRepo, "/", 2)
+	if len(parts) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("Invalid repo format %q", giteaRepo)
+	}
+	owner, repoName := parts[0], parts[1]
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	giteaClient := gitea.NewClient(giteaURL, giteaToken)
+
+	// Post a test review
+	sentinel := "<!-- review-bot:integration-test -->"
+	testBody := "# Integration Test Review\n\nThis is a test review.\n\n" + sentinel
+	posted, err := giteaClient.PostReview(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber, "COMMENT", testBody, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("PostReview: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Logf("Posted review ID: %d", posted.ID)
+
+	// Verify it appears in listing
+	reviews, err := giteaClient.ListReviews(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListReviews: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	found := false
+	for _, r := range reviews {
+		if r.ID == posted.ID && strings.Contains(r.Body, sentinel) {
+			found = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if !found {
+		t.Error("posted review not found in listing")
+	}
+
+	// Cleanup: delete the test review
+	err = giteaClient.DeleteReview(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber, posted.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Logf("Warning: could not delete test review %d: %v", posted.ID, err)
+	}
+}

cmd/review-bot/main.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
@@ -19,8 +19,40 @@ import (
 
 var version = "dev"
 
+// setupLogger configures the global slog default logger based on format and verbosity.
+func setupLogger(format, verbosity string) {
+	var level slog.Level
+	switch strings.ToLower(verbosity) {
+	case "debug":
+		level = slog.LevelDebug
+	case "info":
+		level = slog.LevelInfo
+	case "warn":
+		level = slog.LevelWarn
+	case "error":
+		level = slog.LevelError
+	default:
+		level = slog.LevelInfo
+	}
+
+	opts := &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: level}
+
+	var handler slog.Handler
+	switch strings.ToLower(format) {
+	case "json":
+		handler = slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stderr, opts)
+	default:
+		handler = slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stderr, opts)
+	}
+
+	slog.SetDefault(slog.New(handler))
+}
+
 func main() {
 	versionFlag := flag.Bool("version", false, "Print version and exit")
+	// Logging flags
+	logFormat := flag.String("log-format", envOrDefault("LOG_FORMAT", "text"), "Log output format: text or json")
+	verbosity := flag.String("verbosity", envOrDefault("LOG_VERBOSITY", "info"), "Log verbosity: debug, info, warn, error")
 	// CLI flags
 	giteaURL := flag.String("gitea-url", envOrDefault("GITEA_URL", ""), "Gitea instance URL")
 	repo := flag.String("repo", envOrDefault("GITEA_REPO", ""), "Repository (owner/name)")
@@ -35,10 +67,11 @@ func main() {
 	patternsRepo := flag.String("patterns-repo", envOrDefault("PATTERNS_REPO", ""), "Repo with language patterns (e.g. rodin/elixir-patterns)")
 	patternsFiles := flag.String("patterns-files", envOrDefault("PATTERNS_FILES", "README.md"), "Comma-separated file paths to fetch from patterns repo")
 	dryRun := flag.Bool("dry-run", false, "Print review to stdout instead of posting")
-	updateExisting := flag.Bool("update-existing", envOrDefaultBool("UPDATE_EXISTING", true), "Delete previous review from same bot before posting (default true)")
 	llmTemp := flag.Float64("llm-temperature", envOrDefaultFloat("LLM_TEMPERATURE", 0), "LLM temperature (0 = server default)")
 	llmTimeout := flag.Int("llm-timeout", envOrDefaultInt("LLM_TIMEOUT", 300), "LLM request timeout in seconds (default 300)")
 	llmProvider := flag.String("llm-provider", envOrDefault("LLM_PROVIDER", "openai"), "LLM API provider: openai or anthropic")
+	personaName := flag.String("persona", envOrDefault("PERSONA", ""), "Built-in persona name (security, architect, docs)")
+	personaFile := flag.String("persona-file", envOrDefault("PERSONA_FILE", ""), "Path to persona JSON file")
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
@@ -47,7 +80,10 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
-	log.Printf("review-bot %s", version)
+	// Initialize structured logger
+	setupLogger(*logFormat, *verbosity)
+
+	slog.Info("review-bot starting", "version", version)
 
 	// Validate required fields
 	if *giteaURL == "" || *repo == "" || *prNum == "" || *reviewerToken == "" ||
@@ -57,29 +93,63 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
+	// Validate persona flags are mutually exclusive
+	if *personaName != "" && *personaFile != "" {
+		slog.Error("--persona and --persona-file are mutually exclusive")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	// Load persona if specified
+	var persona *review.Persona
+	if *personaName != "" {
+		var err error
+		persona, err = review.LoadBuiltinPersona(*personaName)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("failed to load persona", "persona", *personaName, "error", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		slog.Info("loaded built-in persona", "persona", persona.Name, "display", persona.DisplayName)
+	} else if *personaFile != "" {
+		resolvedPath, err := validateWorkspacePath(*personaFile, "persona-file")
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("invalid persona-file path", "error", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		persona, err = review.LoadPersona(resolvedPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("failed to load persona file", "file", *personaFile, "error", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		slog.Info("loaded persona from file", "file", *personaFile, "persona", persona.Name)
+	}
+
 	// Validate reviewer-name: only safe characters allowed in sentinel
 	if err := validateReviewerName(*reviewerName); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("%v", err)
+		slog.Error("invalid reviewer name", "error", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	// Parse repo owner/name
 	parts := strings.SplitN(*repo, "/", 2)
 	if len(parts) != 2 {
-		log.Fatalf("Invalid repo format %q, expected owner/name", *repo)
+		slog.Error("invalid repo format", "repo", *repo, "expected", "owner/name")
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	owner, repoName := parts[0], parts[1]
 
 	// Parse PR number
 	prNumber, err := strconv.Atoi(*prNum)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Invalid PR number %q: %v", *prNum, err)
+		slog.Error("invalid PR number", "pr", *prNum, "error", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	// Initialize clients
 	giteaClient := gitea.NewClient(*giteaURL, *reviewerToken)
 	llmClient := llm.NewClient(*llmBaseURL, *llmAPIKey, *llmModel)
 	if *llmTemp < 0 || *llmTemp > 2 {
-		log.Fatal("--llm-temperature must be between 0 and 2")
+		slog.Error("invalid LLM temperature", "temperature", *llmTemp, "range", "0-2")
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	if *llmTemp > 0 {
 		llmClient.WithTemperature(*llmTemp)
@@ -88,7 +158,8 @@ func main() {
 	case llm.ProviderOpenAI, llm.ProviderAnthropic:
 		llmClient.WithProvider(llm.Provider(*llmProvider))
 	default:
-		log.Fatalf("Invalid --llm-provider %q, must be openai or anthropic", *llmProvider)
+		slog.Error("invalid LLM provider", "provider", *llmProvider, "valid", "openai, anthropic")
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	if *llmTimeout > 0 {
 		llmClient.WithTimeout(time.Duration(*llmTimeout) * time.Second)
@@ -99,30 +170,32 @@ func main() {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), overallTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	log.Printf("Reviewing PR #%d on %s/%s", prNumber, owner, repoName)
+	slog.Info("reviewing pull request", "pr", prNumber, "repo", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", owner, repoName))
 
 	// Step 1: Fetch PR metadata
 	pr, err := giteaClient.GetPullRequest(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to fetch PR: %v", err)
+		slog.Error("failed to fetch PR", "pr", prNumber, "error", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	log.Printf("PR: %s", pr.Title)
+	slog.Info("fetched PR metadata", "pr", prNumber, "title", pr.Title)
 
 	// Step 2: Fetch diff
 	diff, err := giteaClient.GetPullRequestDiff(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to fetch diff: %v", err)
+		slog.Error("failed to fetch diff", "pr", prNumber, "error", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	log.Printf("Diff size: %d bytes", len(diff))
+	slog.Info("fetched diff", "bytes", len(diff))
 
 	// Step 3: Fetch full file content for modified files
 	fileContext := ""
 	files, err := giteaClient.GetPullRequestFiles(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Warning: could not fetch PR files list: %v", err)
+		slog.Warn("could not fetch PR files list", "pr", prNumber, "error", err)
 	} else {
 		fileContext = fetchFileContext(ctx, giteaClient, owner, repoName, pr.Head.Ref, files)
-		log.Printf("Fetched full context for %d files", len(files))
+		slog.Debug("fetched file context", "files", len(files))
 	}
 
 	// Step 4: Check CI status
@@ -131,10 +204,10 @@ func main() {
 	if pr.Head.Sha != "" {
 		statuses, err := giteaClient.GetCommitStatuses(ctx, owner, repoName, pr.Head.Sha)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("Warning: could not fetch CI status: %v", err)
+			slog.Warn("could not fetch CI status", "sha", pr.Head.Sha, "error", err)
 		} else {
 			ciPassed, ciDetails = evaluateCIStatus(statuses)
-			log.Printf("CI status: passed=%v", ciPassed)
+			slog.Info("CI status checked", "passed", ciPassed)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -143,10 +216,10 @@ func main() {
 	if *conventionsFile != "" {
 		content, err := giteaClient.GetFileContent(ctx, owner, repoName, *conventionsFile)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("Warning: could not load conventions file %q: %v", *conventionsFile, err)
+			slog.Warn("could not load conventions file", "file", *conventionsFile, "error", err)
 		} else {
 			conventions = content
-			log.Printf("Loaded conventions file: %s (%d bytes)", *conventionsFile, len(conventions))
+			slog.Debug("loaded conventions file", "file", *conventionsFile, "bytes", len(conventions))
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -154,43 +227,34 @@ func main() {
 	patterns := ""
 	if *patternsRepo != "" {
 		patterns = fetchPatterns(ctx, giteaClient, *patternsRepo, *patternsFiles)
-		log.Printf("Loaded patterns from %s (%d bytes)", *patternsRepo, len(patterns))
+		slog.Debug("loaded patterns", "repo", *patternsRepo, "bytes", len(patterns))
 	}
 
 	// Step 6b: Load additional system prompt if specified
 	additionalPrompt := ""
 	if *systemPromptFile != "" {
-		workspace := os.Getenv("GITHUB_WORKSPACE")
-		if workspace == "" {
-			workspace, _ = os.Getwd()
-		}
-		absWorkspace, err := filepath.Abs(workspace)
+		resolvedPath, err := validateWorkspacePath(*systemPromptFile, "system-prompt-file")
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("Failed to resolve workspace path: %v", err)
-		}
-		promptPath := filepath.Join(absWorkspace, *systemPromptFile)
-		promptPath = filepath.Clean(promptPath)
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(promptPath, absWorkspace+string(filepath.Separator)) && promptPath != absWorkspace {
-			log.Fatalf("system-prompt-file resolves outside workspace (got %q, workspace %q)", promptPath, absWorkspace)
-		}
-		// Resolve symlinks and re-validate to prevent symlink traversal
-		resolvedPath, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(promptPath)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("Failed to resolve system prompt file %q: %v", promptPath, err)
-		}
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(resolvedPath, absWorkspace+string(filepath.Separator)) && resolvedPath != absWorkspace {
-			log.Fatalf("system-prompt-file symlink resolves outside workspace (got %q, workspace %q)", resolvedPath, absWorkspace)
+			slog.Error("invalid system-prompt-file path", "error", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		data, err := os.ReadFile(resolvedPath)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("Failed to read system prompt file %q: %v", promptPath, err)
+			slog.Error("failed to read system prompt file", "path", *systemPromptFile, "error", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		additionalPrompt = string(data)
-		log.Printf("Loaded system prompt file: %s (%d bytes)", *systemPromptFile, len(additionalPrompt))
+		slog.Debug("loaded system prompt file", "file", *systemPromptFile, "bytes", len(additionalPrompt))
 	}
 
 	// Step 7: Budget-aware prompt assembly
-	systemBase := review.BuildSystemBase()
+	var systemBase string
+	if persona != nil {
+		systemBase = review.BuildPersonaSystemPrompt(persona)
+		slog.Debug("using persona system prompt", "persona", persona.Name)
+	} else {
+		systemBase = review.BuildSystemBase()
+	}
 	if additionalPrompt != "" {
 		systemBase += "\n\n## Additional Review Instructions\n\n" + additionalPrompt
 	}
@@ -203,33 +267,66 @@ func main() {
 		UserMeta:    review.BuildUserMeta(pr.Title, pr.Body, ciPassed, ciDetails),
 	}
 	budgetResult := budget.Fit(*llmModel, sections)
-	log.Printf("Token estimate: ~%dK (limit: %dK)", budgetResult.EstTokens/1000, budget.LimitForModel(*llmModel)/1000)
+	slog.Info("token budget calculated", "tokens", budgetResult.EstTokens, "limit", budget.LimitForModel(*llmModel), "model", *llmModel)
 	if len(budgetResult.Trimmed) > 0 {
-		log.Printf("Context trimmed: %v", budgetResult.Trimmed)
+		slog.Warn("context trimmed to fit budget", "trimmed", budgetResult.Trimmed)
 	}
 
-	// Step 8: Call LLM
-	log.Printf("Sending to LLM (%s)...", *llmModel)
+	// Step 8: Call LLM (with retry on parse failure)
+	slog.Info("sending request to LLM", "model", *llmModel)
 	messages := []llm.Message{
 		{Role: "system", Content: budgetResult.SystemPrompt},
 		{Role: "user", Content: budgetResult.UserPrompt},
 	}
 
-	response, err := llmClient.Complete(ctx, messages)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("LLM request failed: %v", err)
-	}
-	log.Printf("LLM response received (%d bytes)", len(response))
+	var response string
+	var result *review.ReviewResult
+	for attempt := 1; attempt <= 2; attempt++ {
+		if attempt > 1 {
+			slog.Warn("retrying LLM request after parse failure", "attempt", attempt)
+			time.Sleep(time.Second)
+		}
 
-	// Step 9: Parse response
-	result, err := review.ParseResponse(response)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to parse LLM response: %v", err)
+		response, err = llmClient.Complete(ctx, messages)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("LLM request failed", "model", *llmModel, "error", err, "attempt", attempt)
+			if attempt == 2 {
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		slog.Info("LLM response received", "bytes", len(response), "attempt", attempt)
+
+		// Step 9: Parse response
+		result, err = review.ParseResponse(response)
+		if err != nil {
+			slog.Error("failed to parse LLM response", "error", err, "attempt", attempt)
+			if attempt == 2 {
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		break
 	}
-	log.Printf("Verdict: %s (%d findings)", result.Verdict, len(result.Findings))
+	slog.Info("review parsed", "verdict", result.Verdict, "findings", len(result.Findings))
 
 	// Step 10: Format and post review
-	reviewBody := review.FormatMarkdown(result, *reviewerName)
+	var reviewBody string
+	if persona != nil && persona.DisplayName != "" {
+		reviewBody = review.FormatMarkdownWithDisplay(result, persona.DisplayName, *reviewerName)
+	} else {
+		reviewBody = review.FormatMarkdown(result, *reviewerName)
+	}
+
+	// Add commit footer so readers know which commit was evaluated
+	if pr.Head.Sha != "" {
+		shortSHA := pr.Head.Sha
+		if len(shortSHA) > 8 {
+			shortSHA = shortSHA[:8]
+		}
+		reviewBody += fmt.Sprintf("\n\n---\n*Evaluated against %s*", shortSHA)
+	}
+
 	event := review.GiteaEvent(result.Verdict)
 
 	if *dryRun {
@@ -241,6 +338,24 @@ func main() {
 
 	sentinel := fmt.Sprintf("<!-- review-bot:%s -->", *reviewerName)
 
+	// Stale check: verify HEAD hasn't moved since we started
+	evaluatedSHA := pr.Head.Sha
+	var currentSHA string
+	currentPR, err := giteaClient.GetPullRequest(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber)
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Warn("could not re-fetch PR for stale check", "pr", prNumber, "error", err)
+		// currentSHA stays empty — shouldSkipStaleReview will return false
+	} else {
+		currentSHA = currentPR.Head.Sha
+	}
+	if shouldSkipStaleReview(evaluatedSHA, currentSHA) {
+		slog.Warn("HEAD moved during review — skipping stale review",
+			"evaluated", evaluatedSHA,
+			"current", currentSHA,
+			"pr", prNumber)
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Map findings to inline comments for lines present in the diff
 	diffRanges := gitea.ParseDiffNewLines(diff)
 	var inlineComments []gitea.ReviewComment
@@ -254,97 +369,91 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 	if len(inlineComments) > 0 {
-		log.Printf("Attaching %d inline comments", len(inlineComments))
+		slog.Debug("attaching inline comments", "count", len(inlineComments))
 	}
 
 	// --- Review update strategy ---
-	// 1. No existing review → POST new
-	// 2. Existing review, same state → PATCH body in place (preserves threads)
-	// 3. Existing review, state change → PATCH old to "Superseded", POST new
-	if *updateExisting && *reviewerName != "" {
+	// 1. POST new review first (gets non-stale approval badge on HEAD)
+	// 2. Then supersede old review with link to the new one
+	// Order matters: post first so we have the new review's URL for the supersede message.
+	var oldReviews []gitea.Review
+	if *reviewerName != "" {
 		existingReviews, err := giteaClient.ListReviews(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("Warning: could not list existing reviews: %v", err)
+			slog.Warn("could not list existing reviews", "pr", prNumber, "error", err)
 		} else {
-			// Worst-wins: escalate if a sibling blocks (need own login from existing review)
-			ownLogin := ""
-			existing := findOwnReview(existingReviews, sentinel)
-			if existing != nil {
-				ownLogin = existing.User.Login
-			}
-			if event == "APPROVED" && shouldEscalate(existingReviews, 0, ownLogin, sentinel) {
-				log.Printf("Sibling review has REQUEST_CHANGES; escalating to REQUEST_CHANGES")
-				event = "REQUEST_CHANGES"
-			}
-
-			if existing != nil {
-				if reviewUnchanged(existingReviews, reviewBody, event, sentinel) {
-					log.Printf("Review unchanged from previous run; skipping to preserve threads")
-					return
-				}
-
-				// Same state → PATCH in place
-				if existing.State == event {
-					commentID, err := giteaClient.GetTimelineReviewCommentID(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber, sentinel)
-					if err != nil {
-						log.Printf("Warning: could not find review comment ID, falling back to new post: %v", err)
-					} else {
-						if err := giteaClient.EditComment(ctx, owner, repoName, commentID, reviewBody); err != nil {
-							log.Printf("Warning: could not edit review, falling back to new post: %v", err)
-						} else {
-							log.Printf("Review updated in place (comment_id=%d)", commentID)
-							return
-						}
-					}
-				} else {
-					// State change → mark old as superseded, post new below
-					commentID, err := giteaClient.GetTimelineReviewCommentID(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber, sentinel)
-					if err != nil {
-						log.Printf("Warning: could not find old review comment ID: %v", err)
-					} else {
-						supersededBody := fmt.Sprintf("~~*This review has been superseded by a newer review below.*~~\n\n%s", sentinel)
-						if err := giteaClient.EditComment(ctx, owner, repoName, commentID, supersededBody); err != nil {
-							log.Printf("Warning: could not mark old review as superseded: %v", err)
-						} else {
-							log.Printf("Marked old review as superseded (state was %s, now %s)", existing.State, event)
-						}
-					}
-				}
+			if hasSharedToken(existingReviews, sentinel) {
+				slog.Warn("shared token mode: skipping supersede to avoid clobbering sibling review")
+			} else {
+				oldReviews = findAllOwnReviews(existingReviews, sentinel)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	// POST new review (first run, or state transition fallthrough)
-	log.Printf("Posting review (event=%s)...", event)
+	// Self-request as reviewer (ensures we appear in required-reviewer checks)
+	authUser, err := giteaClient.GetAuthenticatedUser(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		slog.Warn("could not determine authenticated user for reviewer self-request", "error", err)
+	} else if authUser != "" {
+		if err := giteaClient.RequestReviewer(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber, authUser); err != nil {
+			slog.Warn("could not self-request as reviewer", "user", authUser, "error", err)
+		} else {
+			slog.Debug("self-requested as reviewer", "user", authUser, "pr", prNumber)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// POST new review
+	slog.Info("posting review", "event", event, "pr", prNumber)
 	posted, err := giteaClient.PostReview(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber, event, reviewBody, inlineComments)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to post review: %v", err)
+		slog.Error("failed to post review", "pr", prNumber, "event", event, "error", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	log.Printf("Review posted (id=%d, user=%s)", posted.ID, posted.User.Login)
+	slog.Info("review posted", "review_id", posted.ID, "user", posted.User.Login, "pr", prNumber)
 
-	// Post-posting escalation: if we just posted APPROVED but a sibling
-	// from the same user has REQUEST_CHANGES, mark ours as superseded and
-	// re-post as REQUEST_CHANGES. This handles the first-run case where
-	// we don't know our login until after posting.
-	if event == "APPROVED" && *updateExisting && *reviewerName != "" {
-		reviews, err := giteaClient.ListReviews(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber)
-		if err == nil && shouldEscalate(reviews, posted.ID, posted.User.Login, sentinel) {
-			log.Printf("Post-posting escalation: sibling has REQUEST_CHANGES")
-			// Mark our just-posted review as superseded
-			commentID, err := giteaClient.GetTimelineReviewCommentID(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber, sentinel)
-			if err == nil {
-				supersededBody := fmt.Sprintf("~~*This review has been superseded by a newer review below.*~~\n\n%s", sentinel)
-				giteaClient.EditComment(ctx, owner, repoName, commentID, supersededBody)
-			}
-			// Re-post as REQUEST_CHANGES
-			_, err = giteaClient.PostReview(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber, "REQUEST_CHANGES", reviewBody, inlineComments)
+	// Supersede all old reviews with link to the new one
+	if len(oldReviews) > 0 {
+		newReviewURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s/pulls/%d#pullrequestreview-%d", strings.TrimRight(*giteaURL, "/"), owner, repoName, prNumber, posted.ID)
+		for _, oldReview := range oldReviews {
+			cid, err := giteaClient.GetTimelineReviewCommentIDForReview(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber, oldReview.ID)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("Warning: could not re-post as REQUEST_CHANGES: %v", err)
-			} else {
-				log.Printf("Review escalated to REQUEST_CHANGES")
+				slog.Warn("could not find comment ID for old review", "review_id", oldReview.ID, "error", err)
+				continue
+			}
+			supersededBody := buildSupersededBody(oldReview.Body, oldReview.CommitID, newReviewURL, sentinel)
+			if err := giteaClient.EditComment(ctx, owner, repoName, cid, supersededBody); err != nil {
+				slog.Warn("could not mark old review as superseded", "review_id", oldReview.ID, "comment_id", cid, "error", err)
+				continue
+			}
+			slog.Info("marked old review as superseded", "review_id", oldReview.ID, "new_review_id", posted.ID, "pr", prNumber)
+
+			// Resolve old review's inline comments
+			oldComments, err := giteaClient.ListReviewComments(ctx, owner, repoName, prNumber, oldReview.ID)
+			if err != nil {
+				slog.Warn("could not list old review comments for resolution", "review_id", oldReview.ID, "error", err)
+				continue
+			}
+			resolved, failed := 0, 0
+			for _, c := range oldComments {
+				if c.ID == 0 {
+					continue
+				}
+				if err := giteaClient.ResolveComment(ctx, owner, repoName, c.ID); err != nil {
+					slog.Debug("could not resolve inline comment", "comment_id", c.ID, "error", err)
+					failed++
+				} else {
+					resolved++
+				}
+			}
+			if resolved > 0 {
+				slog.Info("resolved old inline comments", "review_id", oldReview.ID, "count", resolved, "pr", prNumber)
+			}
+			if failed > 0 {
+				slog.Warn("some inline comments could not be resolved", "review_id", oldReview.ID, "failed", failed, "pr", prNumber)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
 }
 
 // fetchFileContext fetches the full content of modified files from the PR branch.
@@ -359,7 +468,7 @@ func fetchFileContext(ctx context.Context, client *gitea.Client, owner, repo, re
 		}
 		content, err := client.GetFileContentRef(ctx, owner, repo, f.Filename, ref)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("Warning: could not fetch %s: %v", f.Filename, err)
+			slog.Warn("could not fetch file content", "file", f.Filename, "error", err)
 			continue
 		}
 		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("--- %s ---\n", f.Filename))
@@ -390,7 +499,7 @@ func fetchPatterns(ctx context.Context, client *gitea.Client, patternsRepo, patt
 		}
 		parts := strings.SplitN(repoRef, "/", 2)
 		if len(parts) != 2 {
-			log.Printf("Warning: invalid patterns-repo format %q, expected owner/name", repoRef)
+			slog.Warn("invalid patterns-repo format", "repo", repoRef, "expected", "owner/name")
 			continue
 		}
 		owner, repo := parts[0], parts[1]
@@ -403,7 +512,7 @@ func fetchPatterns(ctx context.Context, client *gitea.Client, patternsRepo, patt
 
 			files, err := client.GetAllFilesInPath(ctx, owner, repo, path)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("Warning: could not fetch %s from %s: %v", path, repoRef, err)
+				slog.Warn("could not fetch patterns", "path", path, "repo", repoRef, "error", err)
 				continue
 			}
 
@@ -501,50 +610,150 @@ func validateReviewerName(name string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// shouldEscalate checks if any sibling bot review from the same user
-// (different sentinel, same token) has REQUEST_CHANGES.
-// ownLogin is the bot user login; if empty, escalation check is skipped.
-// postedID is excluded from consideration (0 means no exclusion needed).
-func shouldEscalate(reviews []gitea.Review, postedID int64, ownLogin, ownSentinel string) bool {
+// validateWorkspacePath ensures a file path is within the workspace and resolves
+// symlinks to prevent traversal attacks. Returns the resolved absolute path or
+// an error if the path is outside the workspace.
+func validateWorkspacePath(path, pathName string) (string, error) {
+	workspace := os.Getenv("GITHUB_WORKSPACE")
+	if workspace == "" {
+		workspace, _ = os.Getwd()
+	}
+	absWorkspace, err := filepath.Abs(workspace)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve workspace path: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Join and clean the path
+	fullPath := filepath.Join(absWorkspace, path)
+	fullPath = filepath.Clean(fullPath)
+
+	// Check path is within workspace using filepath.Rel (more robust than HasPrefix)
+	rel, err := filepath.Rel(absWorkspace, fullPath)
+	if err != nil || strings.HasPrefix(rel, "..") {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("%s resolves outside workspace: path=%s workspace=%s", pathName, fullPath, absWorkspace)
+	}
+
+	// Resolve symlinks and re-validate to prevent symlink traversal
+	resolvedPath, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(fullPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve %s: %w", pathName, err)
+	}
+
+	relResolved, err := filepath.Rel(absWorkspace, resolvedPath)
+	if err != nil || strings.HasPrefix(relResolved, "..") {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("%s symlink resolves outside workspace: resolved=%s workspace=%s", pathName, resolvedPath, absWorkspace)
+	}
+
+	return resolvedPath, nil
+}
+
+// buildSupersededBody creates the body for a superseded review: struck-through banner
+// with collapsed original content and the commit it was evaluated against.
+func buildSupersededBody(originalBody, commitSHA, newReviewURL, sentinel string) string {
+	shortSHA := commitSHA
+	if len(shortSHA) > 8 {
+		shortSHA = shortSHA[:8]
+	}
+	var sb strings.Builder
+	sb.WriteString("~~Original review~~\n\n")
+	sb.WriteString("**Superseded** \u2014 [see current review](")
+	sb.WriteString(newReviewURL)
+	sb.WriteString(") for up-to-date findings.\n\n")
+	if shortSHA != "" {
+		sb.WriteString("<details><summary>Previous findings (commit ")
+		sb.WriteString(shortSHA)
+		sb.WriteString(")</summary>\n\n")
+	} else {
+		sb.WriteString("<details><summary>Previous findings</summary>\n\n")
+	}
+	sb.WriteString(originalBody)
+	sb.WriteString("\n\n</details>\n\n")
+	sb.WriteString(sentinel)
+	return sb.String()
+}
+
+// hasSharedToken detects if another review-bot role posted under the same
+// Gitea user. This indicates misconfiguration where two roles share a token
+// instead of having separate Gitea accounts. Returns true if shared token
+// detected (caller should skip update-in-place logic to avoid clobbering).
+func hasSharedToken(reviews []gitea.Review, ownSentinel string) bool {
+	ownLogin := ""
+	for _, r := range reviews {
+		if strings.Contains(r.Body, ownSentinel) {
+			ownLogin = r.User.Login
+			break
+		}
+	}
 	if ownLogin == "" {
 		return false
 	}
 	for _, r := range reviews {
-		if r.ID == postedID || r.Stale {
-			continue
-		}
-		// Sibling = same user, has a review-bot sentinel, but not OUR sentinel
-		if r.User.Login == ownLogin && r.State == "REQUEST_CHANGES" && strings.Contains(r.Body, "<!-- review-bot:") && !strings.Contains(r.Body, ownSentinel) {
+		if r.User.Login == ownLogin && strings.Contains(r.Body, "<!-- review-bot:") && !strings.Contains(r.Body, ownSentinel) {
+			slog.Warn("shared token detected — another review-bot role is using the same Gitea user",
+				"sibling_role", extractSentinelName(r.Body), "user", ownLogin)
 			return true
 		}
 	}
 	return false
 }
 
-// reviewUnchanged checks if an existing review with the same sentinel
-// already has identical body and state. Returns true if a re-post would
-// produce the same result (skip to preserve conversation threads).
-func reviewUnchanged(reviews []gitea.Review, newBody, newEvent, sentinel string) bool {
-	for _, r := range reviews {
-		if r.Stale {
-			continue
-		}
-		if !strings.Contains(r.Body, sentinel) {
-			continue
-		}
-		if r.State == newEvent && r.Body == newBody {
-			return true
-		}
+// extractSentinelName pulls the reviewer name from a sentinel comment.
+func extractSentinelName(body string) string {
+	const prefix = "<!-- review-bot:"
+	const suffix = " -->"
+	idx := strings.Index(body, prefix)
+	if idx < 0 {
+		return "unknown"
 	}
-	return false
+	rest := body[idx+len(prefix):]
+	end := strings.Index(rest, suffix)
+	if end < 0 {
+		return "unknown"
+	}
+	return rest[:end]
 }
 
-// findOwnReview locates a review matching the given sentinel in its body.
+// findOwnReview locates the most recent non-superseded review matching the sentinel.
 func findOwnReview(reviews []gitea.Review, sentinel string) *gitea.Review {
+	var best *gitea.Review
 	for i := range reviews {
-		if strings.Contains(reviews[i].Body, sentinel) {
-			return &reviews[i]
+		if !strings.Contains(reviews[i].Body, sentinel) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(reviews[i].Body, "~~Original review~~") {
+			continue
+		}
+		if best == nil || reviews[i].ID > best.ID {
+			best = &reviews[i]
 		}
 	}
-	return nil
+	return best
+}
+
+// findAllOwnReviews returns all non-superseded reviews matching the sentinel.
+func findAllOwnReviews(reviews []gitea.Review, sentinel string) []gitea.Review {
+	var result []gitea.Review
+	for i := range reviews {
+		if !strings.Contains(reviews[i].Body, sentinel) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(reviews[i].Body, "~~Original review~~") {
+			continue
+		}
+		result = append(result, reviews[i])
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+// shouldSkipStaleReview reports whether to skip posting because HEAD moved.
+// Returns true (skip) if evaluatedSHA differs from currentSHA.
+// Returns false (don't skip) if:
+//   - SHAs match (no movement)
+//   - currentSHA is empty (re-fetch failed; prefer posting stale over failing)
+func shouldSkipStaleReview(evaluatedSHA, currentSHA string) bool {
+	if currentSHA == "" {
+		// Re-fetch failed; better to post potentially stale than fail
+		return false
+	}
+	return evaluatedSHA != currentSHA
 }

docs/DESIGN-51-personas.md

@@ -0,0 +1,334 @@
+# Design: Role-based Review Personas (Issue #51)
+
+> **Note:** This design was revised during implementation to use JSON instead of YAML
+> to maintain the repository's zero-external-dependencies convention. All persona
+> files use JSON format. See "Design Revision" section at the end for details.
+
+## Problem
+
+Current review-bot performs generic code review. Every reviewer (regardless of `reviewer-name`) uses the same base prompt and evaluates the same concerns. This leads to:
+
+1. **Redundancy** — Two reviewers (e.g., GPT + Claude twins) often flag identical issues
+2. **Gaps** — Generic reviewers miss specialized concerns (security, domain logic, architecture)
+3. **Noise** — NITs about style mixed with critical security findings
+4. **No ownership** — Findings lack clear domain attribution
+
+## Constraints
+
+- Must work with existing CLI flags and CI workflow patterns
+- Must not break backwards compatibility (existing configs still work)
+- Must integrate cleanly with the budget system (personas add to context)
+- Multiple personas running in parallel must not interfere with each other
+- Each persona must have clear scope boundaries (no duplication)
+
+## Proposed Approach
+
+### 1. Persona Definition
+
+A persona is a named review role with:
+- **Identity** — Who am I? What's my expertise?
+- **Focus** — What do I look for?
+- **Scope boundaries** — What do I explicitly NOT comment on?
+- **Severity calibration** — What counts as MAJOR/MINOR/NIT for MY domain?
+
+Personas are defined in JSON files that can live:
+1. In the pattern repos (shared across projects)
+2. In the target repo (project-specific personas)
+3. Inline via a new `--persona-file` flag (JSON format)
+
+### 2. Persona File Format
+
+```json
+# .review/personas/security.yaml
+name: security
+display_name: Security Specialist
+model_preference: opus  # optional hint for expensive analysis
+
+identity: |
+  You are a security specialist reviewing code for vulnerabilities.
+  Your expertise: OWASP Top 10, injection attacks, auth/authz, secrets management,
+  event sourcing security (replay attacks, event injection).
+
+focus:
+  - Injection attacks (SQL, command, path traversal, template)
+  - Authentication and authorization gaps
+  - Secrets exposure (hardcoded credentials, tokens in logs)
+  - Input validation (unsanitized input, unsafe deserialization)
+  - Race conditions with security implications
+  - Event sourcing attack vectors
+
+ignore:
+  - Code style and naming conventions
+  - Performance (unless security-related)
+  - Documentation
+  - General code quality
+  - Test coverage
+
+severity:
+  critical: "Remote code execution, auth bypass, data exfiltration"
+  major: "Privilege escalation, information disclosure, DoS"
+  minor: "Missing rate limiting, verbose errors"
+  nit: "Theoretical risk with low exploitability"
+
+output_format: |
+  For each finding:
+  - Severity: [CRITICAL|MAJOR|MINOR|NIT]
+  - Attack vector: How could this be exploited?
+  - Evidence: Code snippet showing the vulnerability
+  - Recommendation: Specific fix
+```
+
+### 3. New CLI Flags
+
+```
+--persona-file PATH      Path to persona JSON file (local or in repo)
+--persona NAME           Built-in persona name (security, architect, domain)
+```
+
+Either flag sets the persona. If neither is provided, behavior is unchanged (generic review).
+
+### 4. Prompt Assembly
+
+Current flow:
+```
+SystemBase → Patterns → Conventions → [LLM]
+```
+
+New flow with persona:
+```
+PersonaPrompt (from YAML) → Patterns (filtered?) → Conventions → [LLM]
+```
+
+The persona's identity/focus/ignore/severity sections become the system prompt, replacing the generic "You are an expert code reviewer" base.
+
+### 5. Built-in Personas
+
+Ship with these built-in personas (loadable via `--persona NAME`):
+
+| Name | Focus |
+|------|-------|
+| `security` | Vulnerabilities, auth, secrets |
+| `architect` | Patterns, consistency, design |
+| `domain` | Business logic (requires repo-specific config) |
+| `docs` | Documentation, API clarity |
+
+Built-in personas live in `review/personas/` as embedded Go assets or YAML shipped with the binary.
+
+### 6. CI Workflow Integration
+
+Single persona:
+```yaml
+- uses: rodin/review-bot/.gitea/actions/review@v1
+  with:
+    reviewer-name: security
+    persona: security
+    ...
+```
+
+Multiple personas (parallel jobs):
+```yaml
+jobs:
+  review:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - name: security
+            persona: security
+          - name: architect
+            persona: architect
+    steps:
+      - uses: rodin/review-bot/.gitea/actions/review@v1
+        with:
+          reviewer-name: ${{ matrix.name }}
+          persona: ${{ matrix.persona }}
+```
+
+Custom persona from repo:
+```yaml
+- uses: rodin/review-bot/.gitea/actions/review@v1
+  with:
+    reviewer-name: trading
+    persona-file: .review/personas/trading.yaml
+```
+
+### 7. Persona + Patterns Interaction
+
+Some personas benefit from filtered patterns:
+- Security → only security-related patterns
+- Architect → all patterns (structural focus)
+- Domain → domain docs, not language patterns
+
+For v1, keep it simple: all patterns are included regardless of persona. Future enhancement could add `patterns_filter` to persona YAML.
+
+### 8. Output Format Changes
+
+Persona name appears in the review header:
+```markdown
+# Security Review
+
+## Summary
+No critical vulnerabilities found in this change.
+
+## Findings
+| # | Severity | File | Line | Finding |
+...
+
+## Recommendation
+**APPROVE** — No security-relevant issues detected.
+
+---
+*Review by security*
+<!-- review-bot:security -->
+```
+
+## State/Data Model
+
+### Persona struct
+
+```go
+// review/persona.go
+type Persona struct {
+    Name          string   `yaml:"name"`
+    DisplayName   string   `yaml:"display_name"`
+    ModelPref     string   `yaml:"model_preference,omitempty"`
+    Identity      string   `yaml:"identity"`
+    Focus         []string `yaml:"focus"`
+    Ignore        []string `yaml:"ignore"`
+    Severity      Severity `yaml:"severity"`
+    OutputFormat  string   `yaml:"output_format,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type Severity struct {
+    Critical string `yaml:"critical"`
+    Major    string `yaml:"major"`
+    Minor    string `yaml:"minor"`
+    Nit      string `yaml:"nit"`
+}
+```
+
+### Loading precedence
+
+1. `--persona-file PATH` → load from local file system
+2. `--persona NAME` → load from embedded built-ins
+3. Neither → use generic system prompt (current behavior)
+
+## Error Cases
+
+| Error | Handling |
+|-------|----------|
+| Persona file not found | Fatal exit with clear message |
+| Invalid YAML in persona file | Fatal exit with parse error |
+| Both `--persona` and `--persona-file` specified | Fatal exit: mutually exclusive |
+| Unknown built-in persona name | Fatal exit with list of valid names |
+| Empty identity in persona | Warning, fall back to generic prompt |
+
+## Edge Cases
+
+- **Empty focus list**: Valid — persona relies on identity alone
+- **Empty ignore list**: Valid — no explicit scope exclusions
+- **No severity section**: Use default MAJOR/MINOR/NIT definitions
+- **Model preference set but budget insufficient**: Ignore preference, log warning
+- **Persona file in pattern repo**: Fetch like other pattern files
+
+## Testing Strategy
+
+### Unit tests
+- `persona_test.go`: Parse valid/invalid YAML, validate required fields
+- `prompt_test.go`: Verify persona prompt assembly
+- Integration with budget: persona prompts count toward token limit
+
+### Integration tests
+- End-to-end with `--persona security` (built-in)
+- End-to-end with `--persona-file custom.yaml`
+- Backwards compatibility: no flags = generic behavior
+
+### Manual verification
+- Run security persona on a PR with obvious vulnerability
+- Verify security persona ignores style issues
+- Verify non-security persona doesn't flag security issues
+
+## Implementation Phases
+
+### Phase 1: Persona types and loading
+- [ ] `review/persona.go`: Persona struct + YAML parsing
+- [ ] `review/persona_test.go`: Unit tests
+- [ ] Embed built-in personas in binary
+- [ ] Compiles clean, tests pass
+
+### Phase 2: Prompt generation
+- [ ] `review/prompt.go`: `BuildPersonaPrompt(p Persona) string`
+- [ ] Modify `BuildSystemBase()` to accept optional persona
+- [ ] Integrate persona prompt with budget system
+- [ ] Tests for prompt assembly
+
+### Phase 3: CLI integration
+- [ ] Add `--persona` and `--persona-file` flags
+- [ ] Flag validation (mutually exclusive, valid names)
+- [ ] Load persona based on flags
+- [ ] Pass persona to prompt builder
+
+### Phase 4: Action integration
+- [ ] Add `persona` and `persona-file` inputs to action.yml
+- [ ] Update README with persona examples
+- [ ] End-to-end CI test
+
+### Phase 5: Built-in personas
+- [ ] `security.yaml` built-in
+- [ ] `architect.yaml` built-in
+- [ ] `docs.yaml` built-in
+- [ ] Document each persona's focus
+
+## Open Questions
+
+1. **Persona file location in repo**: Should we support `--persona-file .review/security.yaml` where the file is fetched from the PR's repo (like conventions)? This adds complexity but enables project-specific personas without action changes.
+
+2. **Model preference enforcement**: If persona specifies `model_preference: opus` but the action uses a different model, should we warn? Override? Ignore? Current thinking: log warning, use the specified model (user controls model via action input).
+
+3. **Severity override output**: If persona defines custom severity levels (CRITICAL), should the JSON output include them, or map back to standard MAJOR/MINOR/NIT? Current thinking: keep standard output format, use severity calibration only for prompt guidance.
+
+## Completion Checklist
+
+1. Persona struct matches YAML schema exactly?
+2. Built-in personas embedded in binary (not external files)?
+3. `--persona` and `--persona-file` are mutually exclusive?
+4. Unknown persona name produces clear error with valid options?
+5. Empty persona file fields have sensible defaults?
+6. Persona prompt integrates with budget system (token counting)?
+7. Backwards compatibility: no flags = current behavior?
+8. Review header shows persona display name?
+9. Sentinel still uses reviewer-name (not persona name)?
+10. Unit tests cover parse errors, missing fields, valid YAML?
+
+## Design Review Findings (Self-Review)
+
+### Finding 1: Severity Mapping
+The persona YAML allows `critical` severity, but the LLM output parser (`review/parser.go`) only accepts MAJOR/MINOR/NIT. 
+
+**Resolution:** Keep standard output format. Persona severity section is ONLY for calibrating the LLM's judgment (prompt guidance). Output must still use MAJOR/MINOR/NIT. Document this clearly in persona format docs.
+
+### Finding 2: Embedding Built-in Personas
+Go doesn't natively embed YAML. Must use `//go:embed` directive (Go 1.16+).
+
+**Resolution:** Create `review/personas/` directory with YAML files and use:
+```go
+//go:embed personas/*.yaml
+var embeddedPersonas embed.FS
+```
+
+### Finding 3: display_name vs reviewer-name
+Design says header shows "persona display name" but sentinel uses "reviewer-name". This is correct - they serve different purposes:
+- `display_name` → human-readable header ("Security Specialist Review")
+- `reviewer-name` → machine sentinel for cleanup (`<!-- review-bot:security -->`)
+
+When persona is used, `display_name` takes precedence for the header title, but `reviewer-name` (CLI flag) is still used for the sentinel.
+
+## Design Revision: YAML with gopkg.in/yaml.v3
+
+**Decision:** Add `gopkg.in/yaml.v3` as a dependency.
+
+YAML is preferred over JSON for persona files because:
+- Multi-line strings are cleaner (no escaping quotes in identity/focus text)
+- Comments are supported for documentation
+- More human-readable for complex persona definitions
+
+The implementation supports both YAML (`.yaml`, `.yml`) and JSON (`.json`) for backwards compatibility, with YAML as the default for built-in personas.

gitea/client.go

@@ -7,15 +7,38 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"log"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
+// APIError represents an HTTP error response from the Gitea API.
+// It carries the status code so callers can distinguish between
+// different failure modes (e.g. 404 vs 500).
+type APIError struct {
+	StatusCode int
+	Body       string
+}
+
+func (e *APIError) Error() string {
+	body := e.Body
+	if len(body) > 200 {
+		body = body[:200] + "...(truncated)"
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("HTTP %d: %s", e.StatusCode, body)
+}
+
+// IsNotFound reports whether an error is an API 404 response.
+func IsNotFound(err error) bool {
+	var apiErr *APIError
+	return errors.As(err, &apiErr) && apiErr.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound
+}
+
 // Client interacts with the Gitea API.
 // A Client is safe for concurrent use by multiple goroutines.
 type Client struct {
@@ -59,6 +82,7 @@ type ChangedFile struct {
 
 // ReviewComment represents an inline comment to attach to a review.
 type ReviewComment struct {
+	ID          int64  `json:"id,omitempty"`
 	Path        string `json:"path"`
 	NewPosition int64  `json:"new_position"`
 	Body        string `json:"body"`
@@ -201,7 +225,7 @@ func (c *Client) doGet(ctx context.Context, reqURL string) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	if resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode >= 300 {
 		body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("HTTP %d: %s", resp.StatusCode, string(body))
+		return nil, &APIError{StatusCode: resp.StatusCode, Body: string(body)}
 	}
 	return io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 }
@@ -254,10 +278,15 @@ func (c *Client) GetAllFilesInPath(ctx context.Context, owner, repo, path string
 	// Try listing as directory first
 	entries, err := c.ListContents(ctx, owner, repo, path)
 	if err != nil {
-		// Might be a file, try fetching directly
+		// Only fall back to single-file fetch on 404 (path is a file, not a dir).
+		// Propagate all other errors (auth failures, server errors, rate limits).
+		if !IsNotFound(err) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("list contents %q: %w", path, err)
+		}
+		// 404 means the path might be a file — try fetching directly
 		content, fileErr := c.GetFileContent(ctx, owner, repo, path)
 		if fileErr != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("path %q is neither a file nor directory: %w", path, err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("path %q is neither a file nor directory: %w", path, fileErr)
 		}
 		results[path] = content
 		return results, nil
@@ -268,14 +297,14 @@ func (c *Client) GetAllFilesInPath(ctx context.Context, owner, repo, path string
 		case "file":
 			content, err := c.GetFileContent(ctx, owner, repo, entry.Path)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("Warning: could not fetch file %s: %v", entry.Path, err)
+				slog.Warn("could not fetch file from patterns repo", "file", entry.Path, "error", err)
 				continue
 			}
 			results[entry.Path] = content
 		case "dir":
 			subResults, err := c.GetAllFilesInPath(ctx, owner, repo, entry.Path)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("Warning: could not recurse into %s: %v", entry.Path, err)
+				slog.Warn("could not recurse into directory", "dir", entry.Path, "error", err)
 				continue
 			}
 			for k, v := range subResults {
@@ -288,13 +317,14 @@ func (c *Client) GetAllFilesInPath(ctx context.Context, owner, repo, path string
 
 // Review represents a pull request review from the Gitea API.
 type Review struct {
-	ID   int64  `json:"id"`
-	Body string `json:"body"`
-	User struct {
+	ID       int64  `json:"id"`
+	Body     string `json:"body"`
+	User     struct {
 		Login string `json:"login"`
 	} `json:"user"`
-	State string `json:"state"`
-	Stale bool   `json:"stale"`
+	State    string `json:"state"`
+	Stale    bool   `json:"stale"`
+	CommitID string `json:"commit_id"`
 }
 
 // ListReviews returns all reviews on a pull request.
@@ -396,6 +426,68 @@ func (c *Client) GetTimelineReviewCommentID(ctx context.Context, owner, repo str
 	return 0, fmt.Errorf("no timeline event found with sentinel")
 }
 
+// GetTimelineReviewCommentIDForReview finds the timeline comment ID for a
+// specific review by matching its body content in the timeline.
+func (c *Client) GetTimelineReviewCommentIDForReview(ctx context.Context, owner, repo string, number int, reviewID int64) (int64, error) {
+	// Use the reviews API to get the review body, then find in timeline
+	reqURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v1/repos/%s/%s/pulls/%d/reviews/%d",
+		c.baseURL,
+		url.PathEscape(owner),
+		url.PathEscape(repo),
+		number,
+		reviewID)
+	body, err := c.doGet(ctx, reqURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("get review %d: %w", reviewID, err)
+	}
+	var review struct {
+		Body string `json:"body"`
+		User struct {
+			Login string `json:"login"`
+		} `json:"user"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &review); err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("parse review %d: %w", reviewID, err)
+	}
+	if review.Body == "" {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("review %d has empty body", reviewID)
+	}
+
+	// Use a prefix for matching (handles minor trailing whitespace differences)
+	matchPrefix := review.Body
+	if len(matchPrefix) > 200 {
+		matchPrefix = matchPrefix[:200]
+	}
+
+	const pageSize = 50
+	for page := 1; ; page++ {
+		timelineURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v1/repos/%s/%s/issues/%d/timeline?limit=%d&page=%d",
+			c.baseURL,
+			url.PathEscape(owner),
+			url.PathEscape(repo),
+			number,
+			pageSize,
+			page)
+		tlBody, err := c.doGet(ctx, timelineURL)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("get timeline (page %d): %w", page, err)
+		}
+		var events []TimelineEvent
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(tlBody, &events); err != nil {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("parse timeline (page %d): %w", page, err)
+		}
+		for _, ev := range events {
+			if ev.Type == "review" && ev.User.Login == review.User.Login && strings.HasPrefix(ev.Body, matchPrefix) {
+				return ev.ID, nil
+			}
+		}
+		if len(events) < pageSize {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return 0, fmt.Errorf("no timeline event found for review %d", reviewID)
+}
+
 // EditComment updates the body of an issue/review comment.
 func (c *Client) EditComment(ctx context.Context, owner, repo string, commentID int64, newBody string) error {
 	reqURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v1/repos/%s/%s/issues/comments/%d",
@@ -431,3 +523,113 @@ func (c *Client) EditComment(ctx context.Context, owner, repo string, commentID
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// GetAuthenticatedUser returns the login of the user authenticated by the token.
+func (c *Client) GetAuthenticatedUser(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	reqURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v1/user", c.baseURL)
+	body, err := c.doGet(ctx, reqURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("get authenticated user: %w", err)
+	}
+	var result struct {
+		Login string `json:"login"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &result); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("parse user response: %w", err)
+	}
+	return result.Login, nil
+}
+
+// RequestReviewer adds the given user as a requested reviewer on a pull request.
+// This is idempotent — requesting an already-requested reviewer is a no-op.
+func (c *Client) RequestReviewer(ctx context.Context, owner, repo string, number int, reviewer string) error {
+	reqURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v1/repos/%s/%s/pulls/%d/requested_reviewers",
+		c.baseURL,
+		url.PathEscape(owner),
+		url.PathEscape(repo),
+		number)
+
+	payload := struct {
+		Reviewers []string `json:"reviewers"`
+	}{Reviewers: []string{reviewer}}
+	data, err := json.Marshal(payload)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("marshal reviewer request: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, reqURL, bytes.NewReader(data))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("create reviewer request: %w", err)
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "token "+c.token)
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+	resp, err := c.http.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("request reviewer: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK && resp.StatusCode != http.StatusCreated && resp.StatusCode != http.StatusNoContent {
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 256))
+		return fmt.Errorf("request reviewer failed (status %d): %s", resp.StatusCode, body)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ListReviewComments returns the inline comments attached to a specific review.
+// Paginates through all pages.
+func (c *Client) ListReviewComments(ctx context.Context, owner, repo string, prNumber int, reviewID int64) ([]ReviewComment, error) {
+	const pageSize = 50
+	var all []ReviewComment
+	for page := 1; ; page++ {
+		reqURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v1/repos/%s/%s/pulls/%d/reviews/%d/comments?limit=%d&page=%d",
+			c.baseURL,
+			url.PathEscape(owner),
+			url.PathEscape(repo),
+			prNumber,
+			reviewID,
+			pageSize,
+			page)
+		body, err := c.doGet(ctx, reqURL)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("list review comments (page %d): %w", page, err)
+		}
+		var batch []ReviewComment
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &batch); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse review comments (page %d): %w", page, err)
+		}
+		all = append(all, batch...)
+		if len(batch) < pageSize {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return all, nil
+}
+
+// ResolveComment marks an inline review comment as resolved.
+func (c *Client) ResolveComment(ctx context.Context, owner, repo string, commentID int64) error {
+	reqURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v1/repos/%s/%s/pulls/comments/%d/resolve",
+		c.baseURL,
+		url.PathEscape(owner),
+		url.PathEscape(repo),
+		commentID)
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, reqURL, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("create resolve request: %w", err)
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "token "+c.token)
+
+	resp, err := c.http.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("resolve comment: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK && resp.StatusCode != http.StatusCreated && resp.StatusCode != http.StatusNoContent {
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 256))
+		return fmt.Errorf("resolve comment failed (status %d): %s", resp.StatusCode, body)
+	}
+	return nil
+}

gitea/client_test.go

@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ package gitea
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -505,3 +508,238 @@ func TestGetTimelineReviewCommentID_NotFound(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("expected error when sentinel not found")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGetAllFilesInPath_404FallsBackToFile(t *testing.T) {
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		switch r.URL.Path {
+		case "/api/v1/repos/owner/repo/contents/README.md":
+			// Contents API returns 404 for files (not a directory)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"not found"}`))
+		case "/api/v1/repos/owner/repo/raw/README.md":
+			w.Write([]byte("# Hello\n"))
+		default:
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"not found"}`))
+		}
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client := NewClient(server.URL, "test-token")
+	files, err := client.GetAllFilesInPath(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "README.md")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected fallback to file on 404, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(files) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 file, got %d", len(files))
+	}
+	if files["README.md"] != "# Hello\n" {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected content: %q", files["README.md"])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetAllFilesInPath_500Propagates(t *testing.T) {
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		// Simulate a server error from ListContents
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"internal server error"}`))
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client := NewClient(server.URL, "test-token")
+	_, err := client.GetAllFilesInPath(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "somepath")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error to propagate for 500, got nil")
+	}
+	// Should NOT fall back to file fetch — error should propagate
+	var apiErr *APIError
+	if !errors.As(err, &apiErr) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected APIError in chain, got: %v", err)
+	}
+	if apiErr.StatusCode != http.StatusInternalServerError {
+		t.Errorf("expected status 500, got %d", apiErr.StatusCode)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetAllFilesInPath_403Propagates(t *testing.T) {
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusForbidden)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"token has insufficient scope"}`))
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client := NewClient(server.URL, "test-token")
+	_, err := client.GetAllFilesInPath(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", "private/stuff")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error to propagate for 403, got nil")
+	}
+	var apiErr *APIError
+	if !errors.As(err, &apiErr) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected APIError in chain, got: %v", err)
+	}
+	if apiErr.StatusCode != http.StatusForbidden {
+		t.Errorf("expected status 403, got %d", apiErr.StatusCode)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIsNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		err    error
+		want   bool
+	}{
+		{"nil error", nil, false},
+		{"non-API error", fmt.Errorf("network timeout"), false},
+		{"404 APIError", &APIError{StatusCode: 404, Body: "not found"}, true},
+		{"500 APIError", &APIError{StatusCode: 500, Body: "server error"}, false},
+		{"wrapped 404", fmt.Errorf("list contents: %w", &APIError{StatusCode: 404, Body: "not found"}), true},
+		{"wrapped 500", fmt.Errorf("list contents: %w", &APIError{StatusCode: 500, Body: "err"}), false},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := IsNotFound(tt.err)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("IsNotFound(%v) = %v, want %v", tt.err, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetAuthenticatedUser(t *testing.T) {
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path != "/api/v1/user" {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected path: %s", r.URL.Path)
+			http.NotFound(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+		if r.Header.Get("Authorization") != "token test-token" {
+			t.Error("missing or wrong auth header")
+		}
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		fmt.Fprint(w, `{"login":"my-bot","id":42}`)
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client := NewClient(server.URL, "test-token")
+	login, err := client.GetAuthenticatedUser(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetAuthenticatedUser() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if login != "my-bot" {
+		t.Errorf("login = %q, want %q", login, "my-bot")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRequestReviewer(t *testing.T) {
+	var gotBody []byte
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.Method != http.MethodPost {
+			t.Errorf("expected POST, got %s", r.Method)
+		}
+		expected := "/api/v1/repos/owner/repo/pulls/7/requested_reviewers"
+		if r.URL.Path != expected {
+			t.Errorf("path = %q, want %q", r.URL.Path, expected)
+		}
+		gotBody, _ = io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client := NewClient(server.URL, "test-token")
+	err := client.RequestReviewer(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 7, "bot-user")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("RequestReviewer() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(gotBody), `"bot-user"`) {
+		t.Errorf("body = %s, want to contain bot-user", gotBody)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRequestReviewer_204(t *testing.T) {
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client := NewClient(server.URL, "test-token")
+	err := client.RequestReviewer(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 1, "user")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("RequestReviewer() should accept 204, got error = %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRequestReviewer_Error(t *testing.T) {
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusForbidden)
+		fmt.Fprint(w, "no permission")
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client := NewClient(server.URL, "test-token")
+	err := client.RequestReviewer(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 1, "user")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 403 response")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "403") {
+		t.Errorf("error should mention status code: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestListReviewComments(t *testing.T) {
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if !strings.Contains(r.URL.Path, "/pulls/1/reviews/42/comments") {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected path: %s", r.URL.Path)
+		}
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		fmt.Fprint(w, `[{"id":100,"path":"main.go","new_position":5,"body":"finding"},{"id":101,"path":"lib.go","new_position":10,"body":"another"}]`)
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client := NewClient(server.URL, "test-token")
+	comments, err := client.ListReviewComments(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 1, 42)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListReviewComments() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(comments) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d comments, want 2", len(comments))
+	}
+	if comments[0].ID != 100 {
+		t.Errorf("comments[0].ID = %d, want 100", comments[0].ID)
+	}
+	if comments[1].Path != "lib.go" {
+		t.Errorf("comments[1].Path = %q, want %q", comments[1].Path, "lib.go")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveComment(t *testing.T) {
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.Method != http.MethodPost {
+			t.Errorf("expected POST, got %s", r.Method)
+		}
+		if !strings.Contains(r.URL.Path, "/pulls/comments/99/resolve") {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected path: %s", r.URL.Path)
+		}
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client := NewClient(server.URL, "test-token")
+	err := client.ResolveComment(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 99)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ResolveComment() error = %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveComment_Error(t *testing.T) {
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+		fmt.Fprint(w, "not found")
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client := NewClient(server.URL, "test-token")
+	err := client.ResolveComment(context.Background(), "owner", "repo", 99)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 404 response")
+	}
+}

llm/client.go

@@ -75,12 +75,52 @@ type Message struct {
 // Complete sends a chat completion request and returns the assistant's response content.
 // The first message with role "system" is treated as the system prompt.
 func (c *Client) Complete(ctx context.Context, messages []Message) (string, error) {
-	switch c.provider {
-	case ProviderAnthropic:
-		return c.completeAnthropic(ctx, messages)
-	default:
-		return c.completeOpenAI(ctx, messages)
+	var result string
+	var err error
+
+	for attempt := 0; attempt < 2; attempt++ {
+		switch c.provider {
+		case ProviderAnthropic:
+			result, err = c.completeAnthropic(ctx, messages)
+		default:
+			result, err = c.completeOpenAI(ctx, messages)
+		}
+
+		if err == nil {
+			return result, nil
+		}
+
+		// Only retry on response body read errors (transient network issues).
+		// Do not retry on context cancellation, status errors, or parse errors
+		// that indicate a structural API problem.
+		if !isRetryableError(err) {
+			return "", err
+		}
+
+		if attempt == 0 && ctx.Err() == nil {
+			// Brief pause before retry to allow transient issues to resolve.
+			time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
+		}
 	}
+
+	return "", err
+}
+
+// isRetryableError returns true for transient errors worth retrying.
+func isRetryableError(err error) bool {
+	if err == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	s := err.Error()
+	// Body read failures (connection reset, truncation)
+	if strings.Contains(s, "read response") {
+		return true
+	}
+	// Unexpected body length (our content-length validation)
+	if strings.Contains(s, "body length mismatch") {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
 }
 
 // --- OpenAI-compatible implementation ---
@@ -231,6 +271,12 @@ func (c *Client) doRequest(req *http.Request, parse func([]byte) (string, error)
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("read response: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	// Validate body length against Content-Length header when present.
+	// A mismatch indicates the response was truncated in transit.
+	if cl := resp.ContentLength; cl > 0 && int64(len(body)) < cl {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("body length mismatch: Content-Length=%d, received=%d", cl, len(body))
+	}
+
 	if resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode >= 300 {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("LLM API error (status %d): %s", resp.StatusCode, string(body))
 	}

llm/client_test.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package llm
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
@@ -295,3 +296,131 @@ func TestWithProvider(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected provider anthropic, got %s", client.provider)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestComplete_RetryOnBodyReadError(t *testing.T) {
+	attempts := 0
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		attempts++
+		if attempts == 1 {
+			// First attempt: send headers then close connection abruptly
+			// Simulate by writing partial response and flushing with wrong Content-Length
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Length", "1000")
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"choices":[{"message":{"con`))
+			// The test HTTP server will close the connection after handler returns,
+			// but Content-Length mismatch means client gets fewer bytes than expected
+			return
+		}
+		// Second attempt: succeed
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(ChatResponse{
+			Choices: []struct {
+				Message struct {
+					Content string `json:"content"`
+				} `json:"message"`
+			}{{Message: struct {
+				Content string `json:"content"`
+			}{Content: "success"}}},
+		})
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client := NewClient(server.URL, "key", "model")
+	got, err := client.Complete(context.Background(), []Message{{Role: "user", Content: "Hi"}})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected retry to succeed, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got != "success" {
+		t.Errorf("expected %q, got %q", "success", got)
+	}
+	if attempts != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 2 attempts, got %d", attempts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestComplete_ContentLengthMismatch(t *testing.T) {
+	attempts := 0
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		attempts++
+		if attempts == 1 {
+			// Claim Content-Length is larger than actual body
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Length", "500")
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			// Write less than 500 bytes
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"choices":[{"message":{"content":"partial"}}]}`))
+			return
+		}
+		// Second attempt succeeds
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(ChatResponse{
+			Choices: []struct {
+				Message struct {
+					Content string `json:"content"`
+				} `json:"message"`
+			}{{Message: struct {
+				Content string `json:"content"`
+			}{Content: "complete"}}},
+		})
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client := NewClient(server.URL, "key", "model")
+	got, err := client.Complete(context.Background(), []Message{{Role: "user", Content: "Hi"}})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected retry to succeed on content-length mismatch, got: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got != "complete" {
+		t.Errorf("expected %q, got %q", "complete", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestComplete_NoRetryOnAPIError(t *testing.T) {
+	attempts := 0
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		attempts++
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		w.Write([]byte(`{"error":"bad request"}`))
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	client := NewClient(server.URL, "key", "model")
+	_, err := client.Complete(context.Background(), []Message{{Role: "user", Content: "Hi"}})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error for 400, got nil")
+	}
+	if attempts != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("should not retry on API errors, got %d attempts", attempts)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIsRetryableError(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		err      string
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{"nil formatted", "", false},
+		{"read response error", "read response: unexpected EOF", true},
+		{"body length mismatch", "body length mismatch: Content-Length=1000, received=500", true},
+		{"API error", "LLM API error (status 400): bad request", false},
+		{"parse error", "parse response: unexpected end of JSON input", false},
+		{"request error", "LLM request: connection refused", false},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if tt.err == "" {
+				if isRetryableError(nil) {
+					t.Error("nil error should not be retryable")
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			err := fmt.Errorf("%s", tt.err)
+			got := isRetryableError(err)
+			if got != tt.expected {
+				t.Errorf("isRetryableError(%q) = %v, want %v", tt.err, got, tt.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

review/formatter.go

@@ -7,10 +7,37 @@ import (
 
 // FormatMarkdown formats a ReviewResult into the markdown body for a Gitea review.
 func FormatMarkdown(result *ReviewResult, reviewerName string) string {
+	return FormatMarkdownWithDisplay(result, reviewerName, reviewerName)
+}
+
+// GiteaEvent converts the verdict to the Gitea API event string.
+func GiteaEvent(verdict string) string {
+	switch verdict {
+	case "APPROVE":
+		return "APPROVED"
+	case "REQUEST_CHANGES":
+		return "REQUEST_CHANGES"
+	default:
+		return "COMMENT"
+	}
+}
+
+// FormatMarkdownWithDisplay formats a ReviewResult with separate display name and sentinel name.
+// Note: displayName is not HTML-escaped as Gitea sanitizes rendered Markdown.
+// Persona display names are controlled by repo owners (trusted input).
+// displayName is used for the header title, sentinelName is used for the cleanup sentinel.
+// If displayName is empty, sentinelName is used for both.
+func FormatMarkdownWithDisplay(result *ReviewResult, displayName, sentinelName string) string {
 	var sb strings.Builder
 
-	if reviewerName != "" {
-		title := strings.ToUpper(reviewerName[:1]) + reviewerName[1:]
+	// Use display name for header, or fall back to sentinel name
+	headerName := displayName
+	if headerName == "" {
+		headerName = sentinelName
+	}
+
+	if headerName != "" {
+		title := CapitalizeFirst(headerName)
 		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("# %s Review\n\n", title))
 	}
 
@@ -33,23 +60,11 @@ func FormatMarkdown(result *ReviewResult, reviewerName string) string {
 	sb.WriteString("## Recommendation\n\n")
 	sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("**%s** — %s\n", result.Verdict, result.Recommendation))
 
-	if reviewerName != "" {
-		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n---\n*Review by %s*\n", reviewerName))
+	if sentinelName != "" {
+		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n---\n*Review by %s*\n", headerName))
 		// Hidden sentinel for identifying this bot's reviews during cleanup
-		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n<!-- review-bot:%s -->\n", reviewerName))
+		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n<!-- review-bot:%s -->\n", sentinelName))
 	}
 
 	return sb.String()
 }
-
-// GiteaEvent converts the verdict to the Gitea API event string.
-func GiteaEvent(verdict string) string {
-	switch verdict {
-	case "APPROVE":
-		return "APPROVED"
-	case "REQUEST_CHANGES":
-		return "REQUEST_CHANGES"
-	default:
-		return "COMMENT"
-	}
-}

review/formatter_test.go

@@ -159,3 +159,58 @@ func TestFormatMarkdown_RoleTitle(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("should not contain role title header when reviewer name is empty")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFormatMarkdownWithDisplay(t *testing.T) {
+	result := &ReviewResult{
+		Verdict:        "APPROVE",
+		Summary:        "Test summary",
+		Findings:       nil,
+		Recommendation: "Test recommendation",
+	}
+
+	t.Run("with display name", func(t *testing.T) {
+		body := FormatMarkdownWithDisplay(result, "Security Specialist", "security")
+
+		// Header should use display name
+		if !strings.Contains(body, "# Security Specialist Review") {
+			t.Error("header should use display name")
+		}
+
+		// Sentinel should use sentinel name
+		if !strings.Contains(body, "<!-- review-bot:security -->") {
+			t.Error("sentinel should use sentinel name")
+		}
+
+		// Footer "Review by" should use display name
+		if !strings.Contains(body, "*Review by Security Specialist*") {
+			t.Error("footer should use display name")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("without display name", func(t *testing.T) {
+		body := FormatMarkdownWithDisplay(result, "", "reviewer")
+
+		// Should fall back to sentinel name for header
+		if !strings.Contains(body, "# Reviewer Review") {
+			t.Error("header should fall back to sentinel name")
+		}
+
+		if !strings.Contains(body, "<!-- review-bot:reviewer -->") {
+			t.Error("sentinel should use sentinel name")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty both names", func(t *testing.T) {
+		body := FormatMarkdownWithDisplay(result, "", "")
+
+		// Should not have header
+		if strings.Contains(body, "# ") && strings.Contains(body, " Review") {
+			t.Error("should not have header when both names empty")
+		}
+
+		// Should not have sentinel
+		if strings.Contains(body, "<!-- review-bot:") {
+			t.Error("should not have sentinel when sentinel name empty")
+		}
+	})
+}

review/parser.go

@@ -29,7 +29,19 @@ func ParseResponse(response string) (*ReviewResult, error) {
 
 	var result ReviewResult
 	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(cleaned), &result); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse LLM response as JSON: %w\nRaw response: %s", err, response)
+		// LLMs sometimes produce JSON with unescaped quotes inside string values.
+		// Try to repair before giving up.
+		repaired := repairJSON(cleaned)
+		if err2 := json.Unmarshal([]byte(repaired), &result); err2 != nil {
+			// Include diagnostic info: lengths help identify truncation
+			rawLen := len(response)
+			cleanedLen := len(cleaned)
+			preview := cleaned
+			if len(preview) > 200 {
+				preview = preview[:100] + "..." + preview[len(preview)-100:]
+			}
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse LLM response as JSON: %w\nRaw length: %d, cleaned length: %d\nCleaned preview: %s", err, rawLen, cleanedLen, preview)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Validate verdict
@@ -74,3 +86,230 @@ func extractJSON(s string) string {
 	s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
 	return s
 }
+
+// repairJSON attempts to fix common LLM JSON issues:
+// - Unescaped double quotes inside string values
+//
+// Strategy: walk the JSON structurally. Object keys are parsed normally (LLMs
+// get those right). For string VALUES, we find all candidate closing quotes and
+// pick the LAST one that leaves valid JSON structure afterward — maximizing
+// string content, which is the correct bias for the "LLM put unescaped quotes
+// in a string value" failure mode.
+func repairJSON(s string) string {
+	runes := []rune(s)
+	var out strings.Builder
+	out.Grow(len(s) + 64)
+
+	i := 0
+	for i < len(runes) {
+		c := runes[i]
+
+		if c != '"' {
+			out.WriteRune(c)
+			i++
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// We hit an opening quote. Determine if this is a key or a value.
+		// Keys: the standard JSON parser in LLMs gets keys right, so we parse
+		// them normally (first unescaped quote closes).
+		// Values: may contain unescaped quotes — use the repair heuristic.
+		isValue := isValuePosition(runes, i)
+
+		if !isValue {
+			// Parse key/simple string normally
+			out.WriteRune('"')
+			i++
+			for i < len(runes) {
+				ch := runes[i]
+				if ch == '\\' && i+1 < len(runes) {
+					out.WriteRune(ch)
+					i++
+					out.WriteRune(runes[i])
+					i++
+					continue
+				}
+				if ch == '"' {
+					out.WriteRune('"')
+					i++
+					break
+				}
+				out.WriteRune(ch)
+				i++
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Value string — find the correct close using last-valid-candidate heuristic
+		out.WriteRune('"')
+		i++
+
+		closeIdx := findClosingQuote(runes, i)
+
+		// Write everything between open and close, escaping interior quotes
+		for j := i; j < closeIdx; j++ {
+			ch := runes[j]
+			if ch == '\\' && j+1 < closeIdx {
+				// Already-escaped sequence — pass through
+				out.WriteRune(ch)
+				j++
+				out.WriteRune(runes[j])
+			} else if ch == '"' {
+				out.WriteRune('\\')
+				out.WriteRune('"')
+			} else {
+				out.WriteRune(ch)
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Write the closing quote
+		out.WriteRune('"')
+		i = closeIdx + 1
+	}
+
+	return out.String()
+}
+
+// isValuePosition determines if the quote at position i is opening a JSON value
+// string (as opposed to an object key). We only apply repair to values that
+// follow ':' since those are the free-text fields where LLMs produce unescaped
+// quotes. Array elements and keys are left alone (parsed normally).
+func isValuePosition(runes []rune, i int) bool {
+	// Look backward, skipping whitespace, for the preceding structural char
+	j := i - 1
+	for j >= 0 && (runes[j] == ' ' || runes[j] == '\t' || runes[j] == '\n' || runes[j] == '\r') {
+		j--
+	}
+	if j < 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+	// After ':' → definitely a value
+	return runes[j] == ':'
+}
+
+// findClosingQuote finds the index of the true closing quote for a JSON string
+// value starting at position start (the character after the opening quote).
+// It collects all unescaped quote candidates and returns the FIRST one that
+// produces valid JSON continuation (deeper lookahead verifies the next token).
+func findClosingQuote(runes []rune, start int) int {
+	// Collect all candidate positions for the closing quote.
+	var candidates []int
+	for j := start; j < len(runes); j++ {
+		if runes[j] == '\\' {
+			j++ // skip escaped character
+			continue
+		}
+		if runes[j] == '"' {
+			candidates = append(candidates, j)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(candidates) == 0 {
+		return len(runes)
+	}
+
+	if len(candidates) == 1 {
+		return candidates[0]
+	}
+
+	// Try candidates from FIRST to LAST. The correct closing quote is the
+	// earliest one that produces valid JSON structure after it (verified by
+	// deeper lookahead that checks the next token is a valid JSON start).
+	for _, idx := range candidates {
+		if isValidJSONAfterClose(runes, idx+1) {
+			return idx
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Fallback: return the last candidate
+	return candidates[len(candidates)-1]
+}
+
+// isValidJSONAfterClose checks whether the runes after a candidate closing quote
+// look like valid JSON continuation for a VALUE string. Since we only use this
+// for value positions, ':' is NOT a valid continuation (values are never keys).
+// Checks deeper structure to avoid being fooled by JSON-like content in strings.
+func isValidJSONAfterClose(runes []rune, pos int) bool {
+	j := pos
+	for j < len(runes) && (runes[j] == ' ' || runes[j] == '\t' || runes[j] == '\n' || runes[j] == '\r') {
+		j++
+	}
+
+	if j >= len(runes) {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	next := runes[j]
+	if next == '}' || next == ']' {
+		// Closing a container. Verify what follows the close is also valid:
+		// another structural char, comma, or EOF.
+		return isValidAfterContainerClose(runes, j+1)
+	}
+	if next == ',' {
+		// After comma, must be followed by a valid JSON token
+		j++
+		for j < len(runes) && (runes[j] == ' ' || runes[j] == '\t' || runes[j] == '\n' || runes[j] == '\r') {
+			j++
+		}
+		if j >= len(runes) {
+			return false // trailing comma with nothing after — invalid
+		}
+		return isJSONTokenStart(runes, j)
+	}
+	// ':' is NOT valid here — we're in a value position, not a key.
+	// Any other character is also invalid.
+	return false
+}
+
+// isValidAfterContainerClose checks that after a } or ], the continuation is
+// structurally valid: more closes, comma+token, or EOF.
+func isValidAfterContainerClose(runes []rune, pos int) bool {
+	j := pos
+	for j < len(runes) && (runes[j] == ' ' || runes[j] == '\t' || runes[j] == '\n' || runes[j] == '\r') {
+		j++
+	}
+	if j >= len(runes) {
+		return true
+	}
+	next := runes[j]
+	if next == '}' || next == ']' {
+		return isValidAfterContainerClose(runes, j+1)
+	}
+	if next == ',' {
+		j++
+		for j < len(runes) && (runes[j] == ' ' || runes[j] == '\t' || runes[j] == '\n' || runes[j] == '\r') {
+			j++
+		}
+		if j >= len(runes) {
+			return false
+		}
+		return isJSONTokenStart(runes, j)
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// isJSONTokenStart returns true if the rune could begin a JSON value or key.
+// For keywords (true/false/null), verifies the full keyword is present.
+func isJSONTokenStart(runes []rune, pos int) bool {
+	if pos >= len(runes) {
+		return false
+	}
+	r := runes[pos]
+	switch {
+	case r == '"': // string
+		return true
+	case r == '{' || r == '[': // object or array
+		return true
+	case r == 't': // true
+		return pos+4 <= len(runes) && string(runes[pos:pos+4]) == "true"
+	case r == 'f': // false
+		return pos+5 <= len(runes) && string(runes[pos:pos+5]) == "false"
+	case r == 'n': // null
+		return pos+4 <= len(runes) && string(runes[pos:pos+4]) == "null"
+	case r >= '0' && r <= '9': // number
+		return true
+	case r == '-': // negative number
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}

review/parser_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package review
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -112,3 +113,112 @@ func TestParseResponse_MarkdownFencesNoLang(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected APPROVE, got %q", result.Verdict)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParseResponse_UnescapedQuotesInStrings(t *testing.T) {
+	// Real failure from CI: Sonnet puts unescaped quotes like (e.g. "28") in findings
+	input := `{"verdict": "APPROVE", "summary": "Clean PR", "findings": [{"severity": "NIT", "file": "ci/Dockerfile", "line": 14, "finding": "The comment says OTP_VERSION is the major version (e.g. \"28\") but it actually contains unescaped quotes like (e.g. "28") which breaks JSON"}], "recommendation": "Ship it"}`
+
+	result, err := ParseResponse(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected repair to handle unescaped quotes, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if result.Verdict != "APPROVE" {
+		t.Errorf("expected APPROVE, got %q", result.Verdict)
+	}
+	if len(result.Findings) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 finding, got %d", len(result.Findings))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRepairJSON_NoOpOnValid(t *testing.T) {
+	valid := `{"key": "value", "num": 42}`
+	result := repairJSON(valid)
+	if result != valid {
+		t.Errorf("repairJSON should not modify valid JSON\n  got:  %s\n  want: %s", result, valid)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRepairJSON_FixesUnescapedQuotes(t *testing.T) {
+	// Interior quote followed by non-structural character
+	input := `{"msg": "use "foo" here"}`
+	result := repairJSON(input)
+
+	// Should be parseable now
+	var m map[string]interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(result), &m); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("repaired JSON should parse, got: %v\nrepaired: %s", err, result)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRepairJSON_InteriorQuoteBeforeComma(t *testing.T) {
+	// Bug reported by reviewer: interior quoted word immediately before a comma
+	input := `{"msg": "say "yes", and go"}`
+	result := repairJSON(input)
+
+	var m map[string]interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(result), &m); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("repaired JSON should parse, got: %v\nrepaired: %s", err, result)
+	}
+	// The full string content should be preserved
+	msg, ok := m["msg"].(string)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("msg field missing or not a string")
+	}
+	if msg != `say "yes", and go` {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected msg content: %q", msg)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRepairJSON_InteriorQuoteBeforeCloseBrace(t *testing.T) {
+	// Bug reported by reviewer: JSON-shaped syntax inside string values
+	input := `{"msg": "input map {"key": "val"} caused error"}`
+	result := repairJSON(input)
+
+	var m map[string]interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(result), &m); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("repaired JSON should parse, got: %v\nrepaired: %s", err, result)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRepairJSON_MultipleFields(t *testing.T) {
+	// Multiple string fields with unescaped quotes in different positions
+	input := `{"a": "hello "world"", "b": "foo"}`
+	result := repairJSON(input)
+
+	var m map[string]interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(result), &m); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("repaired JSON should parse, got: %v\nrepaired: %s", err, result)
+	}
+	if _, ok := m["b"]; !ok {
+		t.Error("expected 'b' field to be preserved")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRepairJSON_PreservesEscapedQuotes(t *testing.T) {
+	// Already-escaped quotes should not be double-escaped
+	input := `{"msg": "already \"escaped\" here"}`
+	result := repairJSON(input)
+
+	if result != input {
+		t.Errorf("repairJSON should not modify already-escaped quotes\n  got:  %s\n  want: %s", result, input)
+	}
+
+	var m map[string]interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(result), &m); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("repaired JSON should parse, got: %v\nrepaired: %s", err, result)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRepairJSON_ComplexNestedContent(t *testing.T) {
+	// Combines both reviewer bugs: quoted words before commas AND JSON-like content
+	input := `{"verdict": "APPROVE", "findings": [{"finding": "The map {"key": "val"} and (e.g. "28") and say "yes", then stop"}]}`
+	result := repairJSON(input)
+
+	var parsed map[string]interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(result), &parsed); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("repaired JSON should parse, got: %v\nrepaired: %s", err, result)
+	}
+	if parsed["verdict"] != "APPROVE" {
+		t.Errorf("expected verdict APPROVE, got %v", parsed["verdict"])
+	}
+}

review/persona.go

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package review
+
+import (
+	"embed"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+//go:embed personas/*.json
+var embeddedPersonas embed.FS
+
+// Persona defines a specialized review role with focused expertise.
+type Persona struct {
+	Name         string   `json:"name"`
+	DisplayName  string   `json:"display_name"`
+	ModelPref    string   `json:"model_preference,omitempty"`
+	Identity     string   `json:"identity"`
+	Focus        []string `json:"focus"`
+	Ignore       []string `json:"ignore"`
+	Severity     Severity `json:"severity"`
+	OutputFormat string   `json:"output_format,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// Severity defines what constitutes each severity level for this persona.
+// These are prompt guidance for the LLM, not output format changes.
+type Severity struct {
+	Major string `json:"major"`
+	Minor string `json:"minor"`
+	Nit   string `json:"nit"`
+}
+
+// LoadPersona loads a persona from a JSON file path.
+func LoadPersona(path string) (*Persona, error) {
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("read persona file %s: %w", path, err)
+	}
+	return parsePersona(data, path)
+}
+
+// LoadBuiltinPersona loads a built-in persona by name.
+// Returns an error if the persona doesn't exist.
+func LoadBuiltinPersona(name string) (*Persona, error) {
+	filename := name + ".json"
+	data, err := embeddedPersonas.ReadFile("personas/" + filename) // embed.FS paths use forward slashes per io/fs spec
+	if err != nil {
+		available := ListBuiltinPersonas()
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown built-in persona %q (available: %s)", name, strings.Join(available, ", "))
+	}
+	return parsePersona(data, "builtin:"+name)
+}
+
+// ListBuiltinPersonas returns the names of all built-in personas.
+// Returns an empty slice if the embedded directory cannot be read.
+func ListBuiltinPersonas() []string {
+	entries, err := embeddedPersonas.ReadDir("personas")
+	if err != nil {
+		return []string{}
+	}
+	var names []string
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		if e.IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+		name := e.Name()
+		if strings.HasSuffix(name, ".json") {
+			names = append(names, strings.TrimSuffix(name, ".json"))
+		}
+	}
+	return names
+}
+
+func parsePersona(data []byte, source string) (*Persona, error) {
+	var p Persona
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &p); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse persona %s: %w", source, err)
+	}
+	if err := validatePersona(&p, source); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &p, nil
+}
+
+func validatePersona(p *Persona, source string) error {
+	if p.Name == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("persona %s: name is required", source)
+	}
+	if p.Identity == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("persona %s: identity is required", source)
+	}
+	// DisplayName defaults to Name if not set
+	if p.DisplayName == "" {
+		p.DisplayName = p.Name
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// CapitalizeFirst capitalizes the first rune of a string in a Unicode-safe way.
+// Returns the original string if it's empty.
+func CapitalizeFirst(s string) string {
+	if s == "" {
+		return s
+	}
+	r, size := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(s)
+	if r == utf8.RuneError {
+		return s
+	}
+	return strings.ToUpper(string(r)) + s[size:]
+}

review/persona_prompt.go

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+package review
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// BuildPersonaSystemPrompt constructs a system prompt from a persona definition.
+// This replaces BuildSystemBase when a persona is provided.
+func BuildPersonaSystemPrompt(p *Persona) string {
+	var sb strings.Builder
+
+	// Identity section
+	sb.WriteString(p.Identity)
+	sb.WriteString("\n\n")
+
+	// Focus section
+	if len(p.Focus) > 0 {
+		sb.WriteString("## Focus Areas\n\n")
+		sb.WriteString("Concentrate your review on:\n")
+		for _, f := range p.Focus {
+			sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("- %s\n", f))
+		}
+		sb.WriteString("\n")
+	}
+
+	// Ignore section
+	if len(p.Ignore) > 0 {
+		sb.WriteString("## Explicitly Out of Scope\n\n")
+		sb.WriteString("Do NOT comment on:\n")
+		for _, i := range p.Ignore {
+			sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("- %s\n", i))
+		}
+		sb.WriteString("\n")
+	}
+
+	// Severity calibration
+	if p.Severity.Major != "" || p.Severity.Minor != "" || p.Severity.Nit != "" {
+		sb.WriteString("## Severity Calibration\n\n")
+		sb.WriteString("Use these severity definitions for YOUR domain:\n")
+		if p.Severity.Major != "" {
+			sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("- **MAJOR**: %s\n", p.Severity.Major))
+		}
+		if p.Severity.Minor != "" {
+			sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("- **MINOR**: %s\n", p.Severity.Minor))
+		}
+		if p.Severity.Nit != "" {
+			sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("- **NIT**: %s\n", p.Severity.Nit))
+		}
+		sb.WriteString("\n")
+	}
+
+	// Output format instructions (shared schema from prompt.go)
+	sb.WriteString("## Review Instructions\n\n")
+	sb.WriteString("CONTEXT:\n")
+	sb.WriteString("- You will receive the full content of modified files for reference, followed by the diff showing what changed.\n")
+	sb.WriteString("- The diff shows ONLY what was added/removed. The full file content provides complete context.\n")
+	sb.WriteString("- Focus your review on the CHANGES (the diff), using the full files for context.\n\n")
+	sb.WriteString("Your task:\n")
+	sb.WriteString("1. Review the diff for issues within YOUR focus areas only.\n")
+	sb.WriteString("2. Consider the CI status — if CI has failed, that is an automatic REQUEST_CHANGES regardless of code quality.\n")
+	sb.WriteString("3. Output your review as structured JSON (and ONLY JSON, no markdown fences or other text).\n\n")
+	sb.WriteString("Output format:\n")
+	sb.WriteString(outputSchemaJSON)
+	sb.WriteString("\n\n")
+	sb.WriteString(verdictRules)
+	sb.WriteString("\n- Only report findings within your focus areas. Ignore everything else.\n")
+	sb.WriteString("- Line numbers should reference the new file line numbers from the diff headers.\n")
+	sb.WriteString("- If the diff has no changes relevant to your focus areas, APPROVE with no findings.\n")
+
+	// Custom output format if provided
+	if p.OutputFormat != "" {
+		sb.WriteString("\n\n## Additional Output Guidelines\n\n")
+		sb.WriteString(p.OutputFormat)
+	}
+
+	return sb.String()
+}
+
+// BuildSystemPromptWithPersona constructs the full system prompt, using either
+// a persona or the default generic prompt. This is a convenience wrapper that
+// combines BuildPersonaSystemPrompt (or BuildSystemBase) with patterns and conventions.
+// It is exported for use by callers who want one-shot prompt assembly.
+func BuildSystemPromptWithPersona(persona *Persona, conventions, patterns string) string {
+	var base string
+	if persona != nil {
+		base = BuildPersonaSystemPrompt(persona)
+	} else {
+		base = BuildSystemBase()
+	}
+
+	var sb strings.Builder
+	sb.WriteString(base)
+
+	if patterns != "" {
+		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n\n## Language Patterns & Idioms\n\nUse the following patterns as review criteria. Code that violates these established patterns is a finding:\n\n%s\n", patterns))
+	}
+
+	if conventions != "" {
+		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n\n## Repository Conventions\n\nThe repository has the following coding conventions that must be respected:\n\n%s\n", conventions))
+	}
+
+	return sb.String()
+}

review/persona_prompt_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+package review
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestBuildPersonaSystemPrompt(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Persona{
+		Name:        "security",
+		DisplayName: "Security Specialist",
+		Identity:    "You are a security specialist.",
+		Focus:       []string{"injection attacks", "auth bypass"},
+		Ignore:      []string{"code style", "performance"},
+		Severity: Severity{
+			Major: "exploitable vulnerabilities",
+			Minor: "defense in depth",
+			Nit:   "theoretical risks",
+		},
+	}
+
+	prompt := BuildPersonaSystemPrompt(p)
+
+	// Check identity is included
+	if !strings.Contains(prompt, "You are a security specialist.") {
+		t.Error("prompt should contain identity")
+	}
+
+	// Check focus areas
+	if !strings.Contains(prompt, "Focus Areas") {
+		t.Error("prompt should contain Focus Areas section")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(prompt, "injection attacks") {
+		t.Error("prompt should contain focus item")
+	}
+
+	// Check ignore section
+	if !strings.Contains(prompt, "Out of Scope") {
+		t.Error("prompt should contain Out of Scope section")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(prompt, "code style") {
+		t.Error("prompt should contain ignore item")
+	}
+
+	// Check severity calibration
+	if !strings.Contains(prompt, "Severity Calibration") {
+		t.Error("prompt should contain Severity Calibration section")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(prompt, "exploitable vulnerabilities") {
+		t.Error("prompt should contain major severity definition")
+	}
+
+	// Check JSON output format is included
+	if !strings.Contains(prompt, `"verdict"`) {
+		t.Error("prompt should contain JSON output format")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(prompt, "APPROVE") {
+		t.Error("prompt should mention APPROVE verdict")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildPersonaSystemPromptMinimal(t *testing.T) {
+	// Minimal persona with only required fields
+	p := &Persona{
+		Name:     "minimal",
+		Identity: "You are a minimal reviewer.",
+	}
+
+	prompt := BuildPersonaSystemPrompt(p)
+
+	// Should still work without optional fields
+	if !strings.Contains(prompt, "You are a minimal reviewer.") {
+		t.Error("prompt should contain identity")
+	}
+
+	// Should not have empty sections
+	if strings.Contains(prompt, "Focus Areas") && !strings.Contains(prompt, "Concentrate your review on:") {
+		t.Error("should not have Focus Areas header without content")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildSystemPromptWithPersona(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("with persona", func(t *testing.T) {
+		p := &Persona{
+			Name:     "test",
+			Identity: "Test persona identity.",
+			Focus:    []string{"testing"},
+		}
+
+		prompt := BuildSystemPromptWithPersona(p, "test conventions", "test patterns")
+
+		if !strings.Contains(prompt, "Test persona identity.") {
+			t.Error("should contain persona identity")
+		}
+		if !strings.Contains(prompt, "test conventions") {
+			t.Error("should contain conventions")
+		}
+		if !strings.Contains(prompt, "test patterns") {
+			t.Error("should contain patterns")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("without persona", func(t *testing.T) {
+		prompt := BuildSystemPromptWithPersona(nil, "test conventions", "test patterns")
+
+		// Should use default system base
+		if !strings.Contains(prompt, "expert code reviewer") {
+			t.Error("should contain default system base when no persona")
+		}
+		if !strings.Contains(prompt, "test conventions") {
+			t.Error("should contain conventions")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty conventions and patterns", func(t *testing.T) {
+		p := &Persona{
+			Name:     "test",
+			Identity: "Test identity.",
+		}
+
+		prompt := BuildSystemPromptWithPersona(p, "", "")
+
+		if strings.Contains(prompt, "Language Patterns") {
+			t.Error("should not contain patterns section when empty")
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(prompt, "Repository Conventions") {
+			t.Error("should not contain conventions section when empty")
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestPersonaPromptContainsOutputRules(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Persona{
+		Name:     "test",
+		Identity: "Test.",
+	}
+
+	prompt := BuildPersonaSystemPrompt(p)
+
+	// Must contain the critical output rules
+	requiredStrings := []string{
+		"APPROVE",
+		"REQUEST_CHANGES",
+		"MAJOR",
+		"MINOR",
+		"NIT",
+		"verdict",
+		"findings",
+		"CI",
+	}
+
+	for _, s := range requiredStrings {
+		if !strings.Contains(prompt, s) {
+			t.Errorf("prompt should contain %q", s)
+		}
+	}
+}

review/persona_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+package review
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestLoadBuiltinPersona(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		personaName string
+		wantErr     bool
+		wantDisplay string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "security persona",
+			personaName: "security",
+			wantErr:     false,
+			wantDisplay: "Security Specialist",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "architect persona",
+			personaName: "architect",
+			wantErr:     false,
+			wantDisplay: "Software Architect",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "docs persona",
+			personaName: "docs",
+			wantErr:     false,
+			wantDisplay: "Documentation Reviewer",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "unknown persona",
+			personaName: "nonexistent",
+			wantErr:     true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			p, err := LoadBuiltinPersona(tt.personaName)
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				if err == nil {
+					t.Error("expected error, got nil")
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+			if p.Name != tt.personaName {
+				t.Errorf("Name = %q, want %q", p.Name, tt.personaName)
+			}
+			if p.DisplayName != tt.wantDisplay {
+				t.Errorf("DisplayName = %q, want %q", p.DisplayName, tt.wantDisplay)
+			}
+			if p.Identity == "" {
+				t.Error("Identity should not be empty")
+			}
+			if len(p.Focus) == 0 {
+				t.Error("Focus should not be empty")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestListBuiltinPersonas(t *testing.T) {
+	names := ListBuiltinPersonas()
+	if len(names) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("expected at least one built-in persona")
+	}
+
+	// Check for expected personas
+	expected := map[string]bool{"security": false, "architect": false, "docs": false}
+	for _, name := range names {
+		if _, ok := expected[name]; ok {
+			expected[name] = true
+		}
+	}
+	for name, found := range expected {
+		if !found {
+			t.Errorf("expected built-in persona %q not found", name)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoadPersonaFromJSONFile(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, "test.json")
+
+	content := `{
+		"name": "test",
+		"display_name": "Test Persona",
+		"identity": "You are a test persona.\nMulti-line identity works.",
+		"focus": ["testing", "validation"],
+		"ignore": ["nothing"],
+		"severity": {
+			"major": "Big problems",
+			"minor": "Small problems",
+			"nit": "Tiny problems"
+		}
+	}`
+
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(content), 0644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to write test file: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	p, err := LoadPersona(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("LoadPersona failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if p.Name != "test" {
+		t.Errorf("Name = %q, want %q", p.Name, "test")
+	}
+	if p.DisplayName != "Test Persona" {
+		t.Errorf("DisplayName = %q, want %q", p.DisplayName, "Test Persona")
+	}
+	if len(p.Focus) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Focus len = %d, want 2", len(p.Focus))
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(p.Identity, "Multi-line") {
+		t.Error("Identity should contain multi-line content")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoadPersonaValidation(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		json    string
+		wantErr string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:    "missing name",
+			json:    `{"identity": "test"}`,
+			wantErr: "name is required",
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "missing identity",
+			json:    `{"name": "test"}`,
+			wantErr: "identity is required",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "display_name defaults to name",
+			json: `{"name": "test", "identity": "test identity"}`,
+			// No error expected - should succeed
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			dir := t.TempDir()
+			path := filepath.Join(dir, "test.json")
+			if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(tt.json), 0644); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("failed to write test file: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			p, err := LoadPersona(path)
+			if tt.wantErr != "" {
+				if err == nil {
+					t.Errorf("expected error containing %q, got nil", tt.wantErr)
+					return
+				}
+				if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), tt.wantErr) {
+					t.Errorf("error = %q, want containing %q", err.Error(), tt.wantErr)
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+			}
+			// Check display_name defaulting
+			if p.DisplayName == "" {
+				t.Error("DisplayName should default to Name")
+			}
+			if p.DisplayName != p.Name {
+				t.Errorf("DisplayName should default to Name, got %q", p.DisplayName)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoadPersonaFileNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := LoadPersona("/nonexistent/path/persona.json")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error for nonexistent file")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoadPersonaInvalidJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, "invalid.json")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("not valid json {"), 0644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to write test file: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	_, err := LoadPersona(path)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error for invalid JSON")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCapitalizeFirst(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input string
+		want  string
+	}{
+		{"hello", "Hello"},
+		{"Hello", "Hello"},
+		{"HELLO", "HELLO"},
+		{"a", "A"},
+		{"", ""},
+		{"日本語", "日本語"}, // Non-ASCII: Japanese doesn't have case
+		{"über", "Über"},   // German umlaut
+		{"élève", "Élève"}, // French accent
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.input, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := CapitalizeFirst(tt.input)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("CapitalizeFirst(%q) = %q, want %q", tt.input, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestListBuiltinPersonasReturnsEmptySlice(t *testing.T) {
+	// ListBuiltinPersonas should return an empty slice (not nil) on error.
+	// We can't easily test the error case, but we can verify the success case
+	// returns a proper slice.
+	names := ListBuiltinPersonas()
+	if names == nil {
+		t.Error("ListBuiltinPersonas should return empty slice, not nil")
+	}
+}

review/personas/architect.json

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "name": "architect",
+  "display_name": "Software Architect",
+  "identity": "You are a software architect reviewing code for design quality.\n\nYour expertise:\n- Design patterns and anti-patterns\n- Code organization and module boundaries\n- API design and contracts\n- Testability and dependency injection\n- Consistency with existing architecture\n- Technical debt identification",
+  "focus": [
+    "Design pattern violations or misuse",
+    "Module boundary violations (inappropriate coupling)",
+    "API design issues (unclear contracts, leaky abstractions)",
+    "Testability problems (hidden dependencies, god objects)",
+    "Inconsistency with existing codebase patterns",
+    "Unnecessary complexity or over-engineering",
+    "Missing abstractions or premature abstraction"
+  ],
+  "ignore": [
+    "Security vulnerabilities (security persona handles these)",
+    "Performance micro-optimizations",
+    "Code style and formatting",
+    "Documentation typos",
+    "Test implementation details"
+  ],
+  "severity": {
+    "major": "Architectural violations that will cause maintenance problems or make the codebase harder to evolve",
+    "minor": "Design issues that reduce clarity or testability but don't block progress",
+    "nit": "Minor pattern deviations or style preferences"
+  }
+}

review/personas/docs.json

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "name": "docs",
+  "display_name": "Documentation Reviewer",
+  "identity": "You are a documentation specialist reviewing code for clarity and documentation quality.\n\nYour expertise:\n- API documentation and examples\n- Code comments and their accuracy\n- Error message clarity\n- README and guide quality\n- Naming clarity and self-documenting code",
+  "focus": [
+    "Missing or outdated documentation",
+    "Unclear or misleading comments",
+    "Poor error messages (cryptic, unhelpful, missing context)",
+    "Confusing naming (functions, variables, types)",
+    "Missing examples for complex APIs",
+    "Inconsistent terminology",
+    "Documentation that contradicts the code"
+  ],
+  "ignore": [
+    "Security vulnerabilities",
+    "Performance issues",
+    "Design patterns",
+    "Test coverage",
+    "Code style (unless it affects readability)"
+  ],
+  "severity": {
+    "major": "Documentation that actively misleads or missing docs for critical functionality",
+    "minor": "Unclear documentation or poor error messages that will confuse users",
+    "nit": "Minor clarity improvements or typo fixes"
+  }
+}

review/personas/security.json

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "name": "security",
+  "display_name": "Security Specialist",
+  "identity": "You are a security specialist reviewing code for vulnerabilities.\n\nYour expertise:\n- OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities\n- Injection attacks (SQL, command, path traversal, template)\n- Authentication and authorization patterns\n- Secrets management and exposure risks\n- Race conditions with security implications\n- Event sourcing attack vectors (replay attacks, event injection)",
+  "focus": [
+    "Injection attacks (SQL, command, path traversal, template injection)",
+    "Authentication and authorization gaps or bypasses",
+    "Secrets exposure (hardcoded credentials, tokens in logs, config leaks)",
+    "Input validation failures (unsanitized input, unsafe deserialization)",
+    "Race conditions that could be exploited",
+    "Cryptographic weaknesses (weak algorithms, improper key handling)",
+    "Information disclosure through error messages or logs"
+  ],
+  "ignore": [
+    "Code style and naming conventions",
+    "Performance optimizations (unless security-related)",
+    "Documentation quality",
+    "General code quality or readability",
+    "Test coverage"
+  ],
+  "severity": {
+    "major": "Exploitable vulnerabilities: auth bypass, injection, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, RCE",
+    "minor": "Defense-in-depth issues: missing rate limiting, verbose errors, weak input validation",
+    "nit": "Theoretical risks with low exploitability or impact"
+  }
+}

review/prompt.go

@@ -7,6 +7,28 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// outputSchemaJSON is the shared JSON output format specification used by both
+// the generic reviewer and persona-based reviewers.
+const outputSchemaJSON = `{
+  "verdict": "APPROVE" or "REQUEST_CHANGES",
+  "summary": "Brief overall assessment (1-3 sentences)",
+  "findings": [
+    {
+      "severity": "MAJOR" or "MINOR" or "NIT",
+      "file": "path/to/file",
+      "line": <line number from the diff>,
+      "finding": "Description of the issue"
+    }
+  ],
+  "recommendation": "Full recommendation text explaining your verdict"
+}`
+
+// verdictRules is the shared verdict determination rules.
+const verdictRules = `Rules:
+- If there are any MAJOR findings → verdict must be REQUEST_CHANGES
+- If there are no MAJOR findings → verdict should be APPROVE
+- If CI has failed → verdict must be REQUEST_CHANGES with a finding noting the CI failure`
+
 // BuildSystemBase returns the core system prompt instructions without
 // patterns or conventions. Used by the budget package to separate
 // trimmable from non-trimmable content.
@@ -23,24 +45,10 @@ func BuildSystemBase() string {
 	sb.WriteString("2. Consider the CI status — if CI has failed, that is an automatic REQUEST_CHANGES regardless of code quality.\n")
 	sb.WriteString("3. Output your review as structured JSON (and ONLY JSON, no markdown fences or other text).\n\n")
 	sb.WriteString("Output format:\n")
-	sb.WriteString("{\n")
-	sb.WriteString("  \"verdict\": \"APPROVE\" or \"REQUEST_CHANGES\",\n")
-	sb.WriteString("  \"summary\": \"Brief overall assessment (1-3 sentences)\",\n")
-	sb.WriteString("  \"findings\": [\n")
-	sb.WriteString("    {\n")
-	sb.WriteString("      \"severity\": \"MAJOR\" or \"MINOR\" or \"NIT\",\n")
-	sb.WriteString("      \"file\": \"path/to/file\",\n")
-	sb.WriteString("      \"line\": <line number from the diff>,\n")
-	sb.WriteString("      \"finding\": \"Description of the issue\"\n")
-	sb.WriteString("    }\n")
-	sb.WriteString("  ],\n")
-	sb.WriteString("  \"recommendation\": \"Full recommendation text explaining your verdict\"\n")
-	sb.WriteString("}\n\n")
-	sb.WriteString("Rules:\n")
-	sb.WriteString("- If there are any MAJOR findings → verdict must be REQUEST_CHANGES\n")
-	sb.WriteString("- If there are no MAJOR findings → verdict should be APPROVE\n")
-	sb.WriteString("- If CI has failed → verdict must be REQUEST_CHANGES with a finding noting the CI failure\n")
-	sb.WriteString("- Be thorough but fair. Don't nitpick style unless it impacts readability significantly.\n")
+	sb.WriteString(outputSchemaJSON)
+	sb.WriteString("\n\n")
+	sb.WriteString(verdictRules)
+	sb.WriteString("\n- Be thorough but fair. Don't nitpick style unless it impacts readability significantly.\n")
 	sb.WriteString("- Line numbers should reference the new file line numbers from the diff headers.\n")
 	sb.WriteString("- If the diff is empty or trivial (only formatting/whitespace), APPROVE with no findings.\n")