# requesting-code-review

Dispatches an independent subagent to inspect code diffs without session history. Catches regressions, broken contracts, and design drift before merging.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1388
- Author: GanyuanRan
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/GanyuanRan/Aegis/tree/HEAD/skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ganyuanran-requesting-code-review

## What it does

This skill organizes code evaluations by spawning a dedicated subagent with the `code-reviewer.md` template. The reviewer inspects pure code artifacts and explicit diffs instead of reading your chat logs. Keeping dialogue history out of review context prevents confirmation bias. It also protects token limits during long sessions.

Every review follows a findings-first structure. Subagents report functional bugs, missing test evidence, and architectural drift before offering any general feedback. The outcome is strictly advisory. It never grants completion authority or replaces separate verification steps. Without an explicit Git scope or fresh test logs, the review request cannot proceed.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill requesting-code-review -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill requesting-code-review -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill requesting-code-review -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install GanyuanRan/Aegis requesting-code-review
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill requesting-code-review -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/GanyuanRan/Aegis --path skills/requesting-code-review
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill requesting-code-review -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/GanyuanRan/Aegis/tree/HEAD/skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- dispatch isolated subagents for unbiased Git diff evaluation
- catch architectural deviations before merging into main branches
- enforce test evidence validation across subagent task boundaries
- track deprecated fallbacks and temporary patches slated for retirement

## Example prompts
- Request code review for the latest working-tree changes using `code-reviewer.md`
- Review the commit range between `<known-start>` and `HEAD` against task requirements
- Prepare review inputs with test logs and dispatch the reviewer subagent

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: requesting-code-review
description: "Use when requesting independent code review, after implementation slices, before merging high-risk work, or when verification exposes evidence, baseline, architecture, compatibility, or retirement uncertainty."
---

# Requesting Code Review

Dispatch a reviewer subagent using the canonical `code-reviewer.md` template to
catch issues before they cascade. The reviewer gets precisely crafted context
for evaluation — never your session's history. This keeps the reviewer focused
on the work product, not your thought process, and preserves your own context
for continued work.

This skill is the canonical review-request workflow for method-pack implementation work. Use it to request review only after you have enough evidence, enough context, and a clear authority boundary for what the reviewer is being asked to assess.

**Core principle:** Review early, review often.

**Findings First:** Reviews lead with concrete findings before summary. Use
bugs first, risk first, tests first. Strengths and general assessment are still
useful, but they must not bury correctness, evidence, architecture, or
retirement problems.

Review readiness is not merge approval. A review can reduce uncertainty and
recommend readiness, but it does not replace `verification-before-completion`
and does not grant completion authority.

## When to Request Review

**Mandatory:**
- After each task in subagent-driven development
- After completing major feature
- Before merge to main

**Optional but valuable:**
- When stuck (fresh perspective)
- Before refactoring (baseline check)
- After fixing complex bug

## Required Outputs

Before you leave this workflow, you must be able to state:

1. **What exact scope is being reviewed**
2. **What plan, requirement, or contract defines success**
3. **What Product / Requirement Baseline defines accepted behavior and non-goals**
4. **What Architecture / Runtime Boundary Baseline defines the expected architecture state**
5. **What fresh evidence already exists**
6. **What compatibility boundary must still hold**
7. **What old owner / fallback / patch stays, shrinks, or retires**
8. **What the reviewer must specifically validate**
9. **Whether the reviewer is providing advisory review only, or also any higher-level merge recommendation**
10. **Aegis Visibility**: why findings-first ordering, evidence sufficiency,
    baseline alignment, compatibility, or retirement risk matters for this
    review request
11. **Semantic context scope**: which relevant canonical terms, deprecated
    aliases, or public naming boundaries the review must preserve

Review in this method pack is advisory and evidence-oriented. It is not authoritative completion by itself.

Compare requirements and result in both directions: omissions or weakening,
and unsupported additions or strengthening. Preserve relevant relationships,
```
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