diff --git a/.github/seidroid/ai-review/README.md b/.github/seidroid/ai-review/README.md
index b2bde18..d9120c3 100644
--- a/.github/seidroid/ai-review/README.md
+++ b/.github/seidroid/ai-review/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use. Two workflows live in `.github/workflows/`:
 
 | Workflow | Trigger (in the caller) | What it does |
 |----------|-------------------------|--------------|
-| `ai-review.yml` | `pull_request` and PR comment events | Three-pass review (OpenAI Codex ∥ Cursor → Claude synthesizes), posting **one** PR review + an `AI Review` check run. By default it reviews automatically once; callers can enable re-review on every push, and an active allowed-team member can request another review with an exact `@seidroid review` comment. Re-reviews resolve previous seidroid inline threads whose findings were addressed or superseded by a new inline comment. |
+| `ai-review.yml` | `pull_request` and PR comment events | Three-pass review (OpenAI Codex ∥ Cursor → Claude synthesizes), posting **one** PR review + an `AI Review` check run. By default it reviews automatically once; callers can enable re-review on every push, and an active allowed-team member can request another review with an exact `@seidroid review` comment. Explicit requests receive a best-effort 👀 reaction while the review runs and 👍 when it completes successfully. Re-reviews resolve previous seidroid inline threads whose findings were addressed or superseded by a new inline comment. |
 | `ai-assistant.yml` | `issue_comment`, `pull_request_review_comment`, `pull_request_review` | Conversational responder: mention `@seidroid` on a PR and the bot answers in-thread. |
 
 ## Base prompts (edit these)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ai-review.yml b/.github/workflows/ai-review.yml
index 6d9d44f..8ec3dd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ai-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ai-review.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ run-name: UCI / AI Review
 #                      never see the app token or any write scope.
 #   * claude_review -> consumes BOTH, does its own review, MERGES all three, returns TYPED
 #                      output, then a github-script step posts one PR review + a check run.
+#   * complete_review_reaction -> clears the in-progress reaction and, when the review
+#                      succeeds, marks an explicit request complete.
 #
 # Skip switch: label a PR with the `skip-review-label` input value (default `ai: skip-review`)
 # and the whole pipeline is skipped -- no scouts, no Claude review, no PR review, no
@@ -134,9 +136,10 @@ jobs:
       }}
     permissions:
       contents: read
-      pull-requests: read
+      pull-requests: write
     outputs:
       should_run: ${{ steps.resolve.outputs.should_run }}
+      reaction_subject_id: ${{ steps.resolve.outputs.reaction_subject_id }}
       pr_number: ${{ steps.resolve.outputs.pr_number }}
       head_sha: ${{ steps.resolve.outputs.head_sha }}
       base_sha: ${{ steps.resolve.outputs.base_sha }}
@@ -299,8 +302,34 @@ jobs:
             } else {
               core.notice("allowed-team is empty or invalid; denying request.");
             }
+
             core.setOutput("should_run", String(authorized));
-            if (!authorized) core.notice(`${actor} is not authorized to request a seidroid review.`);
+            if (!authorized) {
+              core.notice(`${actor} is not authorized to request a seidroid review.`);
+              return;
+            }
+
+            const subjectId = eventName === "pull_request_review"
+              ? context.payload.review?.node_id
+              : context.payload.comment?.node_id;
+            if (!subjectId) {
+              core.warning("The review request has no reactable GitHub node ID.");
+              return;
+            }
+
+            try {
+              await github.graphql(
+                `mutation($subjectId: ID!) {
+                  addReaction(input: {subjectId: $subjectId, content: EYES}) {
+                    reaction { content }
+                  }
+                }`,
+                { subjectId },
+              );
+              core.setOutput("reaction_subject_id", subjectId);
+            } catch (error) {
+              core.warning(`Could not add the in-progress reaction: ${error.message}`);
+            }
 
       - name: Fetch seidroid prompt files
         if: steps.resolve.outputs.should_run == 'true'
@@ -1019,4 +1048,66 @@ jobs:
                 title: `Claude + Codex + Cursor Review: ${verdict}`,
                 summary: summary || "No summary provided.",
               },
-            });
\ No newline at end of file
+            });
+
+  complete_review_reaction:
+    name: Complete review reaction
+    needs: [preflight, codex_review, cursor_review, claude_review]
+    if: ${{ always() && needs.preflight.outputs.reaction_subject_id != '' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ inputs.runs-on }}
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Detect app credentials
+        id: creds
+        env:
+          APP_ID: ${{ secrets.PLATFORM_CODE_AGENT_APP_ID }}
+        run: |
+          if [ -n "$APP_ID" ]; then echo "present=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"; else echo "present=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"; fi
+
+      - name: Generate GitHub App token
+        id: app-token
+        if: steps.creds.outputs.present == 'true'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.PLATFORM_CODE_AGENT_APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.PLATFORM_CODE_AGENT_APP_PK }}
+          owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          repositories: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+
+      - name: Mark review request complete
+        uses: actions/github-script@v9
+        env:
+          SUBJECT_ID: ${{ needs.preflight.outputs.reaction_subject_id }}
+          REVIEW_SUCCEEDED: ${{ needs.claude_review.result == 'success' }}
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token || github.token }}
+          script: |
+            const subjectId = process.env.SUBJECT_ID;
+            if (process.env.REVIEW_SUCCEEDED === "true") {
+              try {
+                await github.graphql(
+                  `mutation($subjectId: ID!) {
+                    addReaction(input: {subjectId: $subjectId, content: THUMBS_UP}) {
+                      reaction { content }
+                    }
+                  }`,
+                  { subjectId },
+                );
+              } catch (error) {
+                core.warning(`Could not add the completion reaction: ${error.message}`);
+              }
+            }
+            try {
+              await github.graphql(
+                `mutation($subjectId: ID!) {
+                  removeReaction(input: {subjectId: $subjectId, content: EYES}) {
+                    subject { id }
+                  }
+                }`,
+                { subjectId },
+              );
+            } catch (error) {
+              core.warning(`Could not clear the in-progress reaction: ${error.message}`);
+            }