Increase max turns from 10 to 30 in workflow

[sbryngelson]

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Increase Claude code review conversation limit from 10 to 30

What Changed

• The GitHub Actions workflow for automated Claude code review now allows up to 30 conversational turns instead of 10
• Longer multi-turn reviews can continue without being cut off, enabling more follow-up clarifications and iterative comments
• No other workflow inputs or allowed tools were modified

Impact

✅ Longer automated code review conversations
✅ Fewer truncated review sessions
✅ More complete multi-step feedback in CI

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Claude Code Review

Files changed: 1

• .github/workflows/claude-code-review.yml

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Summary

• Increases the --max-turns limit for the Claude Code Review workflow from 10 to 30.
• This is a single-line change with no effect on logic, security posture, or allowed tools.
• The motivation is to allow longer multi-step reviews to complete without truncation on complex/large PRs.
• The workflow already correctly uses pull_request_target with base-repo-only checkout, so the security model is unchanged.
• The allowedTools allowlist remains the same — no new tool access is granted.

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Findings

No correctness or security issues found. The change is safe, but the following improvement opportunities are worth considering:

1. Cost / runaway-turn risk (, line 32–35)

There is no timeout-minutes: on the job, and --max-turns 30 on a large PR could consume substantially more API credits than the current limit of 10. Consider adding a job-level timeout (e.g., timeout-minutes: 10) to bound wall-clock cost and prevent runaway runs on unusual inputs:

jobs:
  claude-review:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 10   # <-- add this

2. No early-exit guard (, prompt block)

The prompt instructs Claude to post exactly one top-level comment, but with 30 turns there is more opportunity for the model to post multiple partial comments before finishing. The prompt could be strengthened by explicitly prohibiting intermediate comments (e.g., "Do not post any comment until your review is complete and you are ready to post the final result").

3. Consider parameterising the turn limit ()

Hard-coding --max-turns 30 means future adjustments require another PR. A repository variable (e.g., vars.CLAUDE_MAX_TURNS) with a fallback default would make this easier to tune without touching workflow code:

--max-turns ${{ vars.CLAUDE_MAX_TURNS || '30' }}

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Overall: safe to merge — the change is low-risk and addresses a real limitation (10 turns is tight for large diffs). The suggestions above are enhancements, not blockers.

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Pull request overview

This PR increases the maximum number of turns allowed in the Claude code review workflow from 10 to 30, enabling longer conversational interactions during automated code reviews.

Changes:

• Updated the --max-turns parameter from 10 to 30 in the Claude arguments