From f04caabb375059834e195b1479dc803f553673d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicu Chiciuc <nicuchiciuc@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 18:58:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Show the stacks in one pull request comment

The step alchemy-convex stack-comment replaces the GitHub.Comment of the stack.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .github/workflows/alchemy.yml |  8 ++++++--
 alchemy.run.ts                | 13 +------------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/alchemy.yml b/.github/workflows/alchemy.yml
index 3e728f3..120f5bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/alchemy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/alchemy.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ jobs:
       # The stage, as https://alchemy.run/environments/ci names it: `pr-<number>` for a pull
       # request, `prod` on main, and the branch name otherwise, where no step below deploys.
       STAGE: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && format('pr-{0}', github.event.number) || (github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && 'prod' || github.ref_name) }}
-      # GitHub.GitHubEnv in alchemy.run.ts reads it for the preview comment. Empty on a push.
-      PULL_REQUEST: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
@@ -72,6 +70,12 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CONVEX_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CONVEX_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+      - name: Update the stack comment
+        if: steps.keys.outputs.skip != 'true' && github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.action != 'closed'
+        run: pnpm exec alchemy-convex stack-comment
+        env:
+          CONVEX_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CONVEX_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
       - name: Destroy the preview
         if: steps.keys.outputs.skip != 'true' && github.event.action == 'closed'
         run: pnpm exec alchemy destroy --stage "$STAGE" --yes --no-input
diff --git a/alchemy.run.ts b/alchemy.run.ts
index 73acd69..2cc791d 100644
--- a/alchemy.run.ts
+++ b/alchemy.run.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
 import * as GitHub from "@alchemy.run/github";
 import * as Convex from "@samebase/alchemy-convex";
 import * as Alchemy from "alchemy";
-import * as Output from "alchemy/Output";
 import * as RemovalPolicy from "alchemy/RemovalPolicy";
 import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
 import * as Layer from "effect/Layer";
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ if (repository === undefined) {
 export default Alchemy.Stack(
   repository,
   {
+    // The GitHub provider has no resource here: it forgets the PreviewComment rows of older previews.
     providers: Layer.mergeAll(GitHub.providers(), Convex.providers()),
     state: Convex.state({ team }),
   },
@@ -64,17 +64,6 @@ export default Alchemy.Stack(
             source,
           }).pipe(RemovalPolicy.destroy());
 
-    const github = yield* GitHub.GitHubEnv;
-    if (github?.pr) {
-      // Retained: a closed pull request keeps the comment, as a record of what was deployed; the
-      // preview's URL stops answering when the stage is destroyed.
-      yield* GitHub.Comment("PreviewComment", {
-        owner: github.owner,
-        repository: github.repository,
-        issueNumber: github.pr,
-        body: Output.interpolate`Preview \`${stage}\`: ${deployment.siteUrl}`,
-      }).pipe(RemovalPolicy.retain());
-    }
     return { url: deployment.siteUrl };
   }),
 );