Agent Operating Guide
/coach-comment-timestamps
Render an item's comments with absolute UTC timestamps and authors instead of relative elapsed-time labels: a read-only markdown or CSV export for evidence and audit trails.
Re-render an item’s comments with exact UTC timestamps and author identity, in place of the relative “X weeks ago” labels the interface shows. The skill pulls the item’s comments, sorts them oldest-first, and writes them as markdown or CSV: verbatim, in order, with no summarizing. It’s read-only: pure rendering, no writes to Canvas. The point is a precise, citable record of when each comment was made.
When to use
Section titled “When to use”When you need comments pinned to exact times, for evidence, an export, or audit-trail review, rather than the relative labels the interface displays. It answers “when exactly was that decided?” to the minute.
Inputs
Section titled “Inputs”| Flag | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
--item <item-id> |
Yes | The item whose comments to render. |
--format markdown|csv |
No | Output format. Default markdown. |
--out <path> |
No | Write to a file. Defaults to printing to the conversation. |
--from <ISO> · --to <ISO> |
No | Window the export to a date range. |
Example
Section titled “Example”/coach-comment-timestamps --item ISS-12 pulls the issue’s comments and renders them
oldest-first as markdown, each headed by its exact UTC timestamp and author,
### 2026-05-14 09:22 UTC, Michael Bluth (Auditor) followed by the comment body. Add
--format csv --out comments.csv to write a spreadsheet-ready file instead.
Good to know
Section titled “Good to know”- Read-only. It renders existing comments and writes nothing back to Canvas.
- Comments come out verbatim and in chronological order, never summarized or editorialized, so the output stands as evidence.
--fromand--totake ISO timestamps to clip the export to a date range.
Related
Section titled “Related”- /coach-export-package: fold a comment history alongside a full item export.
- /coach-item-export: the raw single-item gather this can accompany.
- Items and item types: the records these comments hang off.
- Builds on query_data: read-only.