feat: refactored and improved codereview in line with precommit. Reviews are now either external (default) or internal. Takes away anxiety and loss of tokens when Claude incorrectly decides to be 'confident' about its own changes and bungle things up.

fix: Minor tweaks to prompts
fix: Improved support for smaller models that struggle with strict structured JSON output
Rearranged reasons to use the MCP above quick start (collapsed)

tools/precommit.py

@@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ class PrecommitTool(WorkflowTool):
         # Check for continuation - fast track mode
         if request:
             continuation_id = self.get_request_continuation_id(request)
-            if continuation_id and hasattr(request, "precommit_type") and request.precommit_type == "external":
+            precommit_type = self.get_precommit_type(request)
+            if continuation_id and precommit_type == "external":
                 if step_number == 1:
                     return [
                         "Execute git status to see all changes",
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ class PrecommitTool(WorkflowTool):
 
         # Extract counts for normal flow
         findings_count = len(findings.split("\n")) if findings else 0
-        issues_count = len(self.consolidated_findings.issues_found) if hasattr(self, "consolidated_findings") else 0
+        issues_count = self.get_consolidated_issues_count()
 
         if step_number == 1:
             # Initial pre-commit investigation tasks
@@ -586,8 +587,18 @@ class PrecommitTool(WorkflowTool):
         return request.findings
 
     def get_precommit_type(self, request) -> str:
-        """Precommit tools use precommit_type field."""
-        return request.precommit_type or "external"
+        """Get precommit type from request. Hook method for clean inheritance."""
+        try:
+            return request.precommit_type or "external"
+        except AttributeError:
+            return "external"  # Default to external validation
+
+    def get_consolidated_issues_count(self) -> int:
+        """Get count of issues from consolidated findings. Hook method for clean access."""
+        try:
+            return len(self.consolidated_findings.issues_found)
+        except AttributeError:
+            return 0
 
     def get_completion_message(self) -> str:
         """Precommit-specific completion message."""