diff --git a/.agents/skills/autoreview/SKILL.md b/.agents/skills/autoreview/SKILL.md
index e7ff79ab6d9c..c1964ec3d837 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/autoreview/SKILL.md
+++ b/.agents/skills/autoreview/SKILL.md
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ Dirty local work:
 ```
 
 Use this only when the patch is actually unstaged/staged/untracked in the
-current checkout. For committed, pushed, or PR work, point the helper at the commit
-or branch diff instead; do not force `--mode local` / `--uncommitted` just
+current checkout. `--mode uncommitted` is accepted as an alias for `--mode local`.
+For committed, pushed, or PR work, point the helper at the commit
+or branch diff instead; do not force dirty modes just
 because the helper docs mention dirty work first. A clean local review
 only proves there is no local patch.
 
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ If installed from `agent-scripts`, path is:
 The helper:
 
 - chooses dirty local changes first
+- accepts `--mode uncommitted` as an alias for `--mode local`
 - otherwise uses current PR base if `gh pr view` works
 - otherwise uses `origin/main` for non-main branches
 - supports `--engine codex`, `claude`, `droid`, and `copilot`; default is `AUTOREVIEW_ENGINE` or `codex`; Codex should remain the default when nothing is set
diff --git a/.agents/skills/autoreview/scripts/autoreview b/.agents/skills/autoreview/scripts/autoreview
index 653f75c455a9..0f27a189b930 100755
--- a/.agents/skills/autoreview/scripts/autoreview
+++ b/.agents/skills/autoreview/scripts/autoreview
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ def is_dirty(repo: Path) -> bool:
 
 
 def choose_target(repo: Path, mode: str, base_ref: str | None) -> tuple[str, str | None]:
+    mode = "local" if mode == "uncommitted" else mode
     branch = current_branch(repo)
     if mode == "local" or (mode == "auto" and is_dirty(repo)):
         return "local", None
@@ -889,7 +890,7 @@ def finish_parallel_tests(proc: subprocess.Popen, started: float) -> int:
 
 def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Bundle-driven AI code review.")
-    parser.add_argument("--mode", choices=["auto", "local", "branch", "commit"], default="auto")
+    parser.add_argument("--mode", choices=["auto", "local", "uncommitted", "branch", "commit"], default="auto")
     parser.add_argument("--base")
     parser.add_argument("--commit", default="HEAD")
     parser.add_argument("--engine", choices=ENGINES, default=os.environ.get("AUTOREVIEW_ENGINE", "codex"))