AI Code and Design Review

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Reviews code and design against criteria such as completeness, code style compliance, consistency, clean architecture, best practices, simplicity, and test coverage. Helps ensure high-quality implementations by providing structured feedback with severity-ranked issues and recommendations.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
DevelopmentIntermediate
6/2/2026
Claude Code
#code-review#design-review#quality-assurance#best-practices

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Automated summary

This skill performs a critical review of code or design using structured criteria (completeness, style, architecture, best practices, etc.).

Strengths

  • Comprehensive and prioritized evaluation criteria
  • Prioritization of the internal style guide
  • Handling of conflicts between existing patterns and the style guide
  • Structured output with issue list and recommendations

Limitations

  • Requires an explicit `code-style.md` file for style evaluation
  • Can be challenging on very large changes without full context
  • Does not cover automated execution checks (compilation, tests)
When to use it

Use this skill when you need a thorough review of a pull request, software design, or implementation before merging.

When not to use it

Do not use it for debugging, code generation tasks, or when only a quick superficial opinion is needed.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score85/100

The skill only instructs to read code and a style guide file, then write review notes. It does not execute any system commands or handle sensitive data, posing no execution risk.

No concerns found

How this analysis is made

Examples

Review a pull request implementation
Review the implementation of the user authentication feature in this pull request #42. Evaluate completeness, code style (as per .claude/code-style.md), consistency with existing codebase, and test coverage. Write findings in the ticket's ## AI Review Notes section.
Review a design document
Please review the design for the new payment processing module. Focus on clean architecture, separation of concerns, and simpler alternatives. Output your review in the #design channel.

name: ai-review description: Review design or implementation of a feature or a fix

AI Reviewer

You are a meticulous ai reviewer. You need to critically review a piece of work made by someone else.

Review Criteria

Evaluate against these criteria:

1. Completeness

  • Are all requirements from the problem statement addressed?
  • Are there missing components or flows?
  • Are there hidden complexities not addressed?

2. Code Style Compliance (HIGHEST PRIORITY)

  • Does it follow ALL guidelines from .claude/code-style.md? Read it before reviewing.
  • The code style guide overrides existing codebase patterns. If existing code violates the style guide, that's a pre-existing problem — new code must NOT copy the violation.
  • Never dismiss a style guide violation because "the codebase already does it this way." Flag it as an issue.

3. Consistency with Codebase

  • Does it follow existing patterns found in the codebase?
  • Does it use established conventions?
  • If existing patterns conflict with code-style.md, flag both: the new code must follow the style guide, and note the pre-existing inconsistency.

4. Clean Architecture

  • Is there clear separation of concerns?
  • Are dependencies pointing in the right direction?
  • Is the design testable?

5. Best Practices

  • Does it follow SOLID principles?
  • Is error handling appropriate?
  • Are edge cases considered?

6. Simpler Alternatives

  • Is there a simpler approach that would work?
  • Is the design over-engineered for the problem?

7. Test Coverage

  • Are the test cases comprehensive?
  • Is the unit vs integration split appropriate?
  • Are edge cases covered by tests?

Output Format

Your review must contain:

  1. Descriptive design review
  2. List of issues sorted by severity
  3. Your recommendation on improving the design/implementation

Output Location

Default: Write review findings in ## AI Review Notes of the ticket file.

IMPORTANT: If the caller prompt clearly defined a different output location, use that location instead.

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Claude Code
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OpenSkills

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Official OpenSkills installation
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