# code-review

Guides your coding agent through structured code reviews covering security, logic bugs, speed, and test coverage before merging pull requests.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 79238
- Author: shareAI-lab
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code/tree/HEAD/skills/code-review/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-28
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/shareai-lab-code-review

## What it does

This skill defines a structured review process covering security, correctness, performance, maintainability, and testing. It flags injection vulnerabilities, hardcoded credentials, unhandled exceptions, and N+1 query patterns. Review prompts also trigger terminal checks like `npm audit`, `pip-audit`, or `cargo audit` to scan dependencies.

Output follows a strict Markdown structure: a summary, critical issues with line numbers and fixes, improvement suggestions, and a merge verdict. For Python projects, it checks code complexity using `radon cc` and searches the tree for unhandled `TODO` comments or exposed tokens.

Automated dependency audits and complexity scores will fail if tools like `radon` or language package managers are missing from your environment.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code --skill code-review -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code --skill code-review -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code --skill code-review -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code code-review
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code --skill code-review -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code --path skills/code-review
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code --skill 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/shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code/tree/HEAD/skills/code-review/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- scan pull requests for injection flaws and exposed credentials
- catch unhandled errors, race conditions, and memory leaks
- measure function complexity and eliminate copy-pasted blocks
- generate structured review summaries with actionable merge verdicts

## Example prompts
- Review the recent changes in this branch before I merge
- Audit auth.py for security vulnerabilities and hardcoded secrets
- Check this component for N+1 queries and memory leaks

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: code-review
description: Perform thorough code reviews with security, performance, and maintainability analysis. Use when user asks to review code, check for bugs, or audit a codebase.
---

# Code Review Skill

You now have expertise in conducting comprehensive code reviews. Follow this structured approach:

## Review Checklist

### 1. Security (Critical)

Check for:
- [ ] **Injection vulnerabilities**: SQL, command, XSS, template injection
- [ ] **Authentication issues**: Hardcoded credentials, weak auth
- [ ] **Authorization flaws**: Missing access controls, IDOR
- [ ] **Data exposure**: Sensitive data in logs, error messages
- [ ] **Cryptography**: Weak algorithms, improper key management
- [ ] **Dependencies**: Known vulnerabilities (check with `npm audit`, `pip-audit`)

```bash
# Quick security scans
npm audit                    # Node.js
pip-audit                    # Python
cargo audit                  # Rust
grep -r "password\|secret\|api_key" --include="*.py" --include="*.js"
```

### 2. Correctness

Check for:
- [ ] **Logic errors**: Off-by-one, null handling, edge cases
- [ ] **Race conditions**: Concurrent access without synchronization
- [ ] **Resource leaks**: Unclosed files, connections, memory
- [ ] **Error handling**: Swallowed exceptions, missing error paths
- [ ] **Type safety**: Implicit conversions, any types

### 3. Performance

Check for:
- [ ] **N+1 queries**: Database calls in loops
- [ ] **Memory issues**: Large allocations, retained references
- [ ] **Blocking operations**: Sync I/O in async code
- [ ] **Inefficient algorithms**: O(n^2) when O(n) possible
- [ ] **Missing caching**: Repeated expensive computations

### 4. Maintainability

Check for:
- [ ] **Naming**: Clear, consistent, descriptive
- [ ] **Complexity**: Functions > 50 lines, deep nesting > 3 levels
- [ ] **Duplication**: Copy-pasted code blocks
- [ ] **Dead code**: Unused imports, unreachable branches
- [ ] **Comments**: Outdated, redundant, or missing where needed

### 5. Testing

Check for:
- [ ] **Coverage**: Critical paths tested
- [ ] **Edge cases**: Null, empty, boundary values
- [ ] **Mocking**: External dependencies isolated
- [ ] **Assertions**: Meaningful, specific checks

## Review Output Format

```markdown
## Code Review: [file/component name]

### Summary
[1-2 sentence overview]

### Critical Issues
1. **[Issue]** (line X): [Description]
   - Impact: [What could go wrong]
   - Fix: [Suggested solution]

### Improvements
1. **[Suggestion]** (line X): [Description]

### Positive Notes
- [What was done well]

### Verdict
[ ] Ready to merge
[ ] Needs minor changes
[ ] Needs major revision
```

## Common Patterns to Flag

### Python
```python
# Bad: SQL injection
cursor.execute(f"SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = {user_id}")
# Good:
cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ?", (user_id,))

# Bad: Command injection
os.system(f"ls {user_input}")
# Good:
subprocess.run(["ls", user_input], check=True)

# Bad: Mutable default argument
````
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