# langgraph-code-review

LangGraph code review skill for Claude Code and coding agents. It flags state mutations, missing reducers, and broken graph topologies.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 884 installs · ★ 84
- Author: existential-birds
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/existential-birds/beagle/tree/HEAD/plugins/beagle-ai/skills/langgraph-code-review/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/langgraph-code-review

## What it does

The skill audits LangGraph pipelines through five sequential review gates. It first locates graph definitions like `StateGraph`, inspects schema types, checks persistence settings, and verifies line citations. The checklist catches direct state mutations like appending to state in-place, missing `add_messages` or `operator.add` annotations, and calls to `interrupt` without a compiled checkpointer.

Contextual priming often makes models hallucinate bugs that do not exist. To counter this, gate 0 requires echoing the exact code snippet and `file:line` read in the current turn before any finding can be reported. A finding without a same-turn quote is rejected immediately.

The inspection flags topology mistakes before runtime errors occur. It detects graphs missing an edge from `START`, unreachable orphan nodes, and `add_conditional_edges` missing route branches. For `Command` returns, it flags missing `destinations` arguments that break graph rendering.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add existential-birds/beagle --skill langgraph-code-review -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add existential-birds/beagle --skill langgraph-code-review -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add existential-birds/beagle --skill langgraph-code-review -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install existential-birds/beagle langgraph-code-review
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add existential-birds/beagle --skill langgraph-code-review -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/existential-birds/beagle --path plugins/beagle-ai/skills/langgraph-code-review
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add existential-birds/beagle --skill langgraph-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/existential-birds/beagle/tree/HEAD/plugins/beagle-ai/skills/langgraph-code-review/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- detect in-place state mutations instead of returned partial updates
- find list fields missing `operator.add` or `add_messages` reducers
- verify checkpointer setup and `thread_id` passing for `interrupt` calls
- locate orphan nodes and incomplete paths in `add_conditional_edges`

## Example prompts
- Review `agent/graph.py` for LangGraph state management and reducer issues.
- Inspect our `StateGraph` definition and checkpointer configuration.
- Audit the graph structure for unreachable nodes and missing entry points.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: langgraph-code-review
description: Reviews LangGraph code for bugs, anti-patterns, and improvements. Use when reviewing code that uses StateGraph, nodes, edges, checkpointing, or other LangGraph features. Catches common mistakes in state management, graph structure, and async patterns.
---

# LangGraph Code Review

When reviewing LangGraph code, check for these categories of issues.

## Anti-confabulation (gate 0 — runs before every other gate)

Before issuing **any** finding — flag a bug, anti-pattern, or improvement — you MUST echo the exact artifact you are judging, quoted from a source you read in **this** turn:

- The code finding: its `file:line` plus the cited code, read freshly now.
- The graph/state code under review: the `StateGraph`, node, edge, or state-schema snippet your finding depends on, quoted from the file you just read.

> The artifact is the only source of truth. **Never** infer what you are reviewing from the branch name, the working directory, surrounding files, or recollection. If your mental model differs from the freshly read source, **the source wins.** A finding issued without a same-turn echo of its target is invalid — emit the echo first, or do not emit the finding.

This gate exists because an LLM under contextual priming will confidently flag code that is not in the file. It runs **before** the gates below.

## Review gates (sequenced)

Complete in order. Each step has an objective pass condition before moving on.

1. **Locate graph code** — Search the review scope for `StateGraph`, `compile(`, `invoke`, `ainvoke`, `add_node`, `add_edge`, `add_conditional_edges`. **Pass:** a short list of file paths (or explicit “none in scope” after searching).

2. **Map state schema** — For each graph state type (`TypedDict`, `BaseModel`, etc.), list fields that hold lists, dicts, or messages and whether `Annotated` + reducers (`add_messages`, `operator.add`, …) are present. **Pass:** every such field is either covered by a reducer pattern below or explicitly flagged as intentional overwrite.

3. **Trace persistence** — If interrupts, `thread_id`, or checkpoint APIs appear, follow them to `compile(..., checkpointer=...)` and invocation `config`. **Pass:** behavior matches the interrupt/checkpointer/thread_id guidance below—or you document a concrete mismatch with file:line.
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