code-review-excellence
Systematic code review practices for constructive feedback, bug detection
by wshobsonFree
Description
code-review-excellence is an agent skill from the wshobson/agents collection for running code reviews that give constructive feedback, catch bugs and share knowledge across a team. It treats review as a way to teach and collaborate rather than as gatekeeping. The skill lays out the full review workflow: gathering context on what the change is for, a high-level assessment of the architecture, a line-by-line analysis of the code, and a decision with clear severity labels such as blocking, important, nit and suggestion, so the author knows which comments must be fixed and which are optional. Its core principles include a review mindset that focuses on the code rather than the person, and feedback written so it can be acted on. The skill applies when reviewing pull requests and code changes, establishing review standards for a team, mentoring junior developers through their reviews, conducting architecture reviews, creating review checklists and guidelines, and reducing review cycle time. It is installed with the skills CLI from the wshobson/agents repository, and its skills.sh page showed about 29.7K installs and passing results from three security audits at the time of the scan.…
Highlights
- Review workflow from context to decision
- Severity labels: blocking, important, nit, suggestion
- High-level architecture and line-by-line passes
- Constructive feedback guidance
- Checklists and team review standards
- Installs with the skills CLI
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What does this skill do?
It guides an agent through a structured code review, from context and architecture to line-by-line feedback and a decision.
What do the severity labels mean?
The skill uses labels such as blocking, important, nit and suggestion so authors know which comments must be fixed and which are optional.
Can it help me set team standards?
Yes. It covers establishing review standards, creating checklists and guidelines.
Is it only for reviewing other people?
No. It also covers mentoring junior developers through reviews and running architecture reviews.
How do I install it?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/wshobson/agents --skill code-review-excellence.
What security audits does it have?
skills.sh lists three audits: Gen Agent Trust Hub Pass, Socket Pass and Snyk Pass.
What are the best code-review-excellence alternatives?
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