# code-review-specialist

Evaluates code for security flaws, performance bottlenecks, and design issues. Useful when reviewing pull requests or planning refactoring.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 45376
- Author: luongnv89
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/luongnv89/claude-howto/tree/HEAD/03-skills/code-review-specialist/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/code-review-specialist

## What it does

The skill inspects code across security, performance, design patterns, and maintainability. It flags injection risks and data exposure flaws. The review also evaluates algorithmic efficiency with Big O analysis and checks caching opportunities. Functions must stay under 50 lines. Anything longer automatically draws a warning.

The package bundles markdown templates and Python tools. The file `templates/review-checklist.md` standardizes the inspection process, while `templates/finding-template.md` formats issues with file locations, severity levels, and code fixes. To collect quantitative stats, `scripts/analyze-metrics.py` counts functions, classes, and average line lengths. A separate tool, `scripts/compare-complexity.py`, contrasts cyclomatic and cognitive complexity between two revisions. Running these metric tools requires a local Python interpreter.

The final output assigns an overall score from 1 to 5. The agent details urgent defects first, attaching exact line numbers and proposed patches, then breaks down secondary remarks by category.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add luongnv89/claude-howto --skill code-review-specialist -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/code-review-specialist/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/code-review-specialist/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add luongnv89/claude-howto --skill code-review-specialist -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/code-review-specialist/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add luongnv89/claude-howto --skill code-review-specialist -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/code-review-specialist/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install luongnv89/claude-howto code-review-specialist
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/code-review-specialist/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add luongnv89/claude-howto --skill code-review-specialist -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/luongnv89/claude-howto --path 03-skills/code-review-specialist
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/code-review-specialist/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add luongnv89/claude-howto --skill code-review-specialist -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/luongnv89/claude-howto/tree/HEAD/03-skills/code-review-specialist/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- spot injection vulnerabilities and sensitive data exposure
- calculate Big O algorithmic efficiency and memory bottlenecks
- verify SOLID principles and structural design patterns
- compare cyclomatic and cognitive complexity before and after refactoring
- detect functions exceeding 50 lines of code

## Example prompts
- Review src/auth.ts for security flaws and performance bottlenecks
- Analyze this pull request against templates/review-checklist.md
- Compare complexity between revisions using scripts/compare-complexity.py

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: code-review-specialist
description: Comprehensive code review with security, performance, and quality analysis. Use when users ask to review code, analyze code quality, evaluate pull requests, or mention code review, security analysis, or performance optimization.
---

# Code Review Skill

This skill provides comprehensive code review capabilities focusing on:

1. **Security Analysis**
   - Authentication/authorization issues
   - Data exposure risks
   - Injection vulnerabilities
   - Cryptographic weaknesses
   - Sensitive data logging

2. **Performance Review**
   - Algorithm efficiency (Big O analysis)
   - Memory optimization
   - Database query optimization
   - Caching opportunities
   - Concurrency issues

3. **Code Quality**
   - SOLID principles
   - Design patterns
   - Naming conventions
   - Documentation
   - Test coverage

4. **Maintainability**
   - Code readability
   - Function size (should be < 50 lines)
   - Cyclomatic complexity
   - Dependency management
   - Type safety

## Reference Files

This skill includes supporting files that you should read when performing reviews:

- **`templates/review-checklist.md`** — Structured checklist covering security, performance, quality, and testing. Read this file and use it as a guide to ensure no category is missed during review.
- **`templates/finding-template.md`** — Standard template for documenting individual findings with severity, location, code examples, and impact analysis. Read this file and use its format when reporting issues.
- **`scripts/analyze-metrics.py`** — Python script that calculates code metrics (function count, class count, average line length, complexity score). Run this on the file under review to gather quantitative data.
- **`scripts/compare-complexity.py`** — Python script that compares cyclomatic and cognitive complexity between two versions of a file. Run this with the before and after versions when reviewing refactoring changes.

## Review Template

For each piece of code reviewed, provide:

### Summary
- Overall quality assessment (1-5)
- Key findings count
- Recommended priority areas

### Critical Issues (if any)
- **Issue**: Clear description
- **Location**: File and line number
- **Impact**: Why this matters
- **Severity**: Critical/High/Medium
- **Fix**: Code example

### Findings by Category

#### Security (if issues found)
List security vulnerabilities with examples

#### Performance (if issues found)
List performance problems with complexity analysis
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