mrsf 0.4.1

CLI and library for the Markdown Review Sidecar Format (MRSF / Sidemark)

mrsf — Markdown Review Sidecar Format (Python)

Python CLI and SDK for the MRSF (Sidemark) specification. A 1:1 port of the Node.js @mrsf/cli package.

Installation

pip install mrsf

CLI Usage

# Validate sidecar files
mrsf validate docs/*.review.yaml
mrsf validate --strict README.md

# Add a comment
mrsf add README.md --author "Alice" --text "Fix this" --line 10

# Re-anchor after edits
mrsf reanchor docs/
mrsf reanchor --staged --force
mrsf reanchor --dry-run --threshold 0.8

# List comments
mrsf list docs/
mrsf list --open --severity high --json

# Resolve/unresolve
mrsf resolve doc.md.review.yaml abc123
mrsf resolve doc.md.review.yaml abc123 --undo

# Check anchor health
mrsf status docs/
mrsf status --json

# Create empty sidecar
mrsf init README.md

# Rename document + sidecar
mrsf rename old.md new.md

# Watch for changes
mrsf watch docs/ --reanchor --force

Global Options

Option	Description
--cwd <dir>	Working directory
--config <path>	Path to .mrsf.yaml config
-q, --quiet	Suppress non-essential output
-v, --verbose	Detailed diagnostic output
--no-color	Disable color output

SDK Usage

import mrsf

# Parse a sidecar file
doc = mrsf.parse_sidecar("README.md.review.yaml")

# Iterate comments
for comment in doc.comments:
    print(f"{comment.author}: {comment.text} (line {comment.line})")

# Add a comment
opts = mrsf.AddCommentOptions(
    author="Alice",
    text="Consider rephrasing this section",
    line=42,
    selected_text="The quick brown fox",
    type="suggestion",
    severity="medium",
)
new_comment = mrsf.add_comment(doc, opts)

# Add a comment with tool-specific x_* metadata
bot_opts = mrsf.AddCommentOptions(
    author="review-bot",
    text="Needs a second pass",
    line=12,
    extensions={
        "x_source": "review-bot",
        "x_score": 0.91,
        "x_labels": ["needs-review", "docs"],
    },
)
mrsf.add_comment(doc, bot_opts)

# Write back (preserves YAML formatting)
mrsf.write_sidecar("README.md.review.yaml", doc)

# Validate
result = mrsf.validate(doc)
if not result.valid:
    for err in result.errors:
        print(f"Error: {err.message}")

# Re-anchor after edits
results = mrsf.reanchor_document(doc, document_lines)
for r in results:
    print(f"{r.comment_id}: {r.status} ({r.reason})")

# Discover sidecar for a document
sidecar_path = mrsf.discover_sidecar("docs/guide.md")

# Fuzzy text matching
score = mrsf.combined_score("original text", "edited text")
matches = mrsf.fuzzy_search("search text", ["line 1", "line 2", "line 3"])

API Reference

Parsing

Function	Description
parse_sidecar(path)	Parse a .review.yaml or .review.json file
parse_sidecar_content(content, format)	Parse sidecar from string content
read_document_lines(path)	Read document lines for anchoring

Writing

Function	Description
write_sidecar(path, doc)	Write with round-trip YAML preservation
to_yaml(doc)	Serialize to YAML string
to_json(doc)	Serialize to JSON string
compute_hash(text)	SHA-256 hash for selected_text_hash
sync_hash(comment)	Sync hash with current selected_text

Comments

Function	Description
add_comment(doc, opts)	Add a new comment
resolve_comment(doc, id)	Mark comment as resolved
unresolve_comment(doc, id)	Mark comment as unresolved
remove_comment(doc, id, opts)	Remove with reply promotion (§9.1)
filter_comments(comments, filter)	Filter by status/author/type/severity
get_threads(comments)	Group into reply threads
summarize(comments)	Aggregate statistics

AddCommentOptions accepts an optional extensions map. Keys must start with x_, and entries are written back to the sidecar as flat x_* fields on the comment.

Validation

Function	Description
validate(doc)	Validate an MrsfDocument in memory
validate_file(path)	Validate a sidecar file on disk

Re-anchoring

Function	Description
reanchor_comment(comment, lines, opts)	Re-anchor a single comment
reanchor_document(doc, lines, opts)	Re-anchor all comments in a document
reanchor_file(path, opts)	High-level file-based re-anchor

Discovery

Function	Description
discover_sidecar(doc_path)	Find sidecar for a document
discover_all_sidecars(root)	Find all sidecars in a directory
find_workspace_root(cwd)	Find workspace root (.mrsf.yaml or .git)
load_config(root)	Load .mrsf.yaml configuration

Fuzzy Matching

Function	Description
exact_match(needle, haystack)	Find exact substring matches
normalized_match(needle, haystack)	Whitespace-normalized matching
fuzzy_search(needle, lines)	Multi-line fuzzy search with scoring
combined_score(a, b)	Combined similarity score (0.0–1.0)

Git Integration

Function	Description
is_git_available()	Check if git is on PATH
find_repo_root(cwd)	Find .git root directory
get_current_commit(root)	Get HEAD commit SHA
get_diff(commit, path, root)	Get unified diff output
get_line_shift(commit, path, line, root)	Compute line shift from diff

Data Types

@dataclass
class MrsfDocument:
    mrsf_version: str
    document: str
    comments: list[Comment]

@dataclass
class Comment:
    id: str
    author: str
    timestamp: str
    text: str
    resolved: bool = False
    line: int | None = None
    end_line: int | None = None
    selected_text: str | None = None
    selected_text_hash: str | None = None
    type: str | None = None
    severity: str | None = None  # "low" | "medium" | "high"
    reply_to: str | None = None
    commit: str | None = None
    # ... plus start_column, end_column, anchored_text

Requirements

• Python ≥ 3.10
• Dependencies: click, jsonschema, ruamel.yaml, rapidfuzz, rich, watchdog

Development

cd python
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest -v

# Lint
ruff check src/ tests/

# Type check
mypy src/mrsf/

License

MIT — see LICENSE.