# reflect

A skill that makes the agent reread its own answer and list the flaws before you accept the work.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1400 installs · ★ 1787
- Author: NeoLabHQ
- License: GPL-3.0 · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit/tree/HEAD/skills/reflect/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/neolabhq-reflect

## What it does

\`reflect` ships in the context-engineering-kit collection. It runs the agent's last response through a checklist: completeness, quality, correctness, dependencies, factual claims, and verification of generated files. There are no scripts inside, just a set of steps and questions the agent works through.

Tasks get sorted by complexity first. A single-file edit or a plain question takes the short path. Multi-file changes, new features and architecture calls get the full pass, with a required confidence above 4.0 out of 5.0. Core system changes, security code and performance-critical sections raise that bar to 4.5 out of 5.0.

A separate block covers code. Before writing anything custom, the agent has to look for an existing library or service. Date handling, form validation, HTTP requests, state management — those problems already have packages, and the skill demands a check. Custom code stays justified for business logic that exists nowhere else.

Worth installing if your agent tends to ship on the first try and you keep catching missed edge cases. One caveat: the instruction tone is deliberately harsh. The agent takes the role of a fault-finding reviewer, not a cheerleader.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --skill reflect -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --skill reflect -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --skill reflect -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit reflect
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --skill reflect -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --path skills/reflect
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --skill reflect -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/NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit/tree/HEAD/skills/reflect/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- reread its own answer and spot missed requirements
- check whether an edit breaks something that depends on it
- filter out invented claims about performance and security
- catch leaked paths and keys in generated files
- stop writing a helper where a library already exists

## Example prompts
- reflect on your last response and list the problems you find
- check this change against the dependency checklist before recommending a file removal
- run a reflection pass on this code: is there a library instead of my own implementation

## Similar
- [mantis-reflect](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/mantis-reflect.md) — skill · 1500 installs
- [memory-reflect](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/basicmachines-co-memory-reflect.md) — skill · 746 installs
- [reflect-skill](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/reflect-skill.md) — plugin · ★ 28733
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- [thermo-nuclear-code-quality-review](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/thermo-nuclear-code-quality-review.md) — skill · 22200 installs
- [simplify](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/simplify.md) — skill · 20100 installs

## Other versions with the same name
- [reflect · backnotprop](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/backnotprop-reflect.md) — 5300 installs
- [reflect · alirezarezvani](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/reflect.md) — 320 installs
- [reflect · haowjy](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/haowjy-reflect.md) — 378 installs

From the same set: [neolabhq/context-engineering-kit](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/by/neolabhq/context-engineering-kit.md) — 64 cards

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