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A viewer for reviewing local code changes in small individual chapters. Works with any AI agent.

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Stage CLI – a tool to make reading your AI generated changes easier

Name: Stage CLI – a tool to make reading your AI generated changes easier
Availability: InStock
Author: cpan22

by cpan22·May 7, 2026·46 points·32 comments

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Logical chapter grouping beats repository tree order for reading diffs.

Strengths

•Reorganizes chaotic AI diffs into readable narrative chapters.
•Works with any coding agent via a simple skill installation.
•Local-first execution keeps code review data on your machine.

Weaknesses

•Depends entirely on the quality of the underlying AI agent's analysis.
•Browser-based viewer adds friction compared to terminal-native tools.

Post Description

Hey HN! We're Charles and Dean. A few weeks ago we posted about Stage, a code review tool that guides you through reading a PR step by step - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47796818.

We got a lot of great feedback but also heard from many people that they wanted to have the chapters experience even before opening a PR… so we built the Stage CLI as the local, open-source version that anyone can try.

Here’s a quick demo video: https://www.tella.tv/video/stage-cli-demo-f55q

It works with any coding agent of your choice. The skill instructs the agent to read your current branch’s changes, break them down into separate logical chapters, and open them in a local browser.

We’ve found that reading changes this way is a lot easier for us than reading them in an IDE or other similar CLI tools, which present diffs to you in repository tree order. You can see a few examples of what it feels like here: https://stagereview.app/explore.

Try it out and let us know what you think! Would love to hear any feedback :)