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This skill allows the agent to extract just the comments and\ntags saving tokens.\n\nSigned-off-by: Alex Bennée \n---\n .agents/skills/distil-mail-thread/SKILL.md | 33 ++++++++++\n .../distil-mail-thread/scripts/parse_mail.py | 64 +++++++++++++++++++\n 2 files changed, 97 insertions(+)\n create mode 100644 .agents/skills/distil-mail-thread/SKILL.md\n create mode 100644 .agents/skills/distil-mail-thread/scripts/parse_mail.py","diff":"diff --git a/.agents/skills/distil-mail-thread/SKILL.md b/.agents/skills/distil-mail-thread/SKILL.md\nnew file mode 100644\nindex 00000000000..3c083ec5aa1\n--- /dev/null\n+++ b/.agents/skills/distil-mail-thread/SKILL.md\n@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@\n+---\n+name: distil-mail-thread\n+description: Extract and summarize reviewer comments from a QEMU or kernel mailing list thread dump (like a b4 mbox or text export). Use this when the user asks to \"distil\", \"parse\", or \"extract feedback\" from a mail thread file.\n+license: GPL-2.0-or-later\n+---\n+\n+# Distil Mail Thread\n+\n+This skill helps you extract reviewer comments and feedback from a long mailing list thread file, filtering out quoted text, patch diffs, and headers. It relies on a Python script included in this skill's `scripts/` directory.\n+\n+## How to use this skill\n+\n+1. **Locate the target file**: Identify the mail thread file the user wants to parse (e.g., `wxft-rfc-mail-thread.txt`).\n+2. **Execute the script**: Run the included Python script against the file. The script is located in the `scripts/` directory of this skill.\n+\n+ ```bash\n+ python /path/to/distil-mail-thread/scripts/parse_mail.py \n+ ```\n+ *(Note: Adjust the path to the script based on where this skill is installed. You can use your filesystem tools to locate `distil-mail-thread/scripts/parse_mail.py`.)*\n+\n+3. **Read the output**: The script will generate a file named `parsed_comments.txt` in the current working directory. Use your file reading tools to examine its contents.\n+4. **Analyze and Summarize**: Read through the extracted comments and provide a structured summary to the user, correlating feedback to specific patches if necessary.\n+\n+## Expected Output\n+The `parsed_comments.txt` will look like this:\n+```\n+--- REPLY FROM Reviewer Name ---\n+Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] ...\n+Comment text here...\n+============================================================\n+```\n+\n+Use this structured text to efficiently analyze the feedback.\ndiff --git a/.agents/skills/distil-mail-thread/scripts/parse_mail.py b/.agents/skills/distil-mail-thread/scripts/parse_mail.py\nnew file mode 100644\nindex 00000000000..2924d07dc56\n--- /dev/null\n+++ b/.agents/skills/distil-mail-thread/scripts/parse_mail.py\n@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@\n+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later\n+import sys\n+import os\n+\n+if len(sys.argv) < 2:\n+ print(\"Usage: python parse_mail.py \")\n+ sys.exit(1)\n+\n+input_file = sys.argv[1]\n+output_file = \"parsed_comments.txt\"\n+\n+try:\n+ with open(input_file, \"r\", encoding=\"utf-8\") as f:\n+ text = f.read()\n+except FileNotFoundError:\n+ print(f\"Error: File not found - {input_file}\")\n+ sys.exit(1)\n+\n+# Split by the separator used in lore.kernel.org / b4 dumps\n+messages = text.split(\"----------------------------------------\")\n+\n+with open(output_file, \"w\", encoding=\"utf-8\") as f:\n+ for msg in messages:\n+ if not msg.strip(): continue\n+\n+ lines = msg.strip().split('\\n')\n+ author = \"\"\n+ subject = \"\"\n+ body_start = 0\n+ for i, line in enumerate(lines):\n+ if line.startswith(\"From: \"): author = line[6:]\n+ if line.startswith(\"Subject: \"): subject = line[9:]\n+ if not line.strip() and body_start == 0:\n+ body_start = i + 1\n+ break\n+\n+ # Filter out the original patch author (assuming they are Alex\n+ # Bennée in this specific context, but for a general tool, we\n+ # should probably just look for non-patch emails or specific\n+ # reviewers).\n+ # We will keep it general: exclude the main author if we can guess it,\n+ # or just extract everything that doesn't look like code or a patch\n+ # description.\n+ # Actually, let's keep all comments that are replies (indicated by >\n+ # quoting or Re: in subject).\n+\n+ is_reply = \"Re: \" in subject or subject.startswith(\"Re:\")\n+\n+ if is_reply and author != \"\" and not author.startswith(\"qemu-devel\"):\n+ f.write(f\"--- REPLY FROM {author} ---\\nSubject: {subject}\\n\")\n+\n+ # extract comments\n+ comments_extracted = False\n+ for line in lines[body_start:]:\n+ is_metadata = (line.startswith(\">\") or\n+ line.startswith(\"---\") or\n+ line.startswith(\"diff \"))\n+ if not is_metadata:\n+ if line.strip():\n+ comments_extracted = True\n+ f.write(line + \"\\n\")\n+ f.write(\"=\"*60 + \"\\n\\n\")\n+\n+print(f\"Done. Extracted comments saved to {output_file}\")\n","prefixes":["RFC","07/10"]}