From afee01815c287d3995b56762fea4efe2de5d390e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Wanstrath <chris@ozmm.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:24:59 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add `--print` flag to `review` command for non-interactive
 output

---
 src/cli.ts | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index aeeb227..1f7810f 100755
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -313,8 +313,9 @@ program
 program
   .command("review")
   .argument("<branch>", "branch name")
+  .option("-p, --print", "print the review to stdout instead of launching interactive mode")
   .description("Launch an interactive grumpy code review for a branch")
-  .action(async (branch: string) => {
+  .action(async (branch: string, opts: { print?: boolean }) => {
     const root = await git.repoRoot()
     const session = await state.getSession(root, branch)
 
@@ -325,10 +326,18 @@ program
 
     const spin = spinner("Starting container")
     await vm.ensure((msg) => { spin.text = msg })
-    spin.succeed("Session ready")
 
     const prompt = "You're a grumpy old senior software engineer. Take a look at the diff between this branch and main, then let me know your thoughts. My co-worker made these changes."
-    await vm.claude(session.worktree, { prompt })
+
+    if (opts.print) {
+      spin.text = "Running review…"
+      const output = await vm.claude(session.worktree, { print: prompt })
+      spin.stop()
+      if (output) process.stdout.write(output + "\n")
+    } else {
+      spin.succeed("Session ready")
+      await vm.claude(session.worktree, { prompt })
+    }
   })
 
 // ── sandlot close <branch> ───────────────────────────────────────────