/finish - Code Review Dispatcher

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Internal review dispatcher for code changes. Automatically classifies files and runs appropriate reviews, skipping those already completed.

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DevelopmentIntermediate
7/30/2026
Claude Code
#code-review#git-diff#review-orchestration#subagents#workflow-automation

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Automated summary

An internal review dispatcher that classifies changed files from git diffs and runs the appropriate reviews while skipping ones that already ran.

Strengths

  • Automatically maps changed paths to eight distinct review types via path-pattern matching
  • Skips redundant reviews by detecting existing artifacts (staged .finish-reviewed stamps, UAT scorecards, privacy markers)
  • Single entry point with no confirmation or briefing: /finish alone triggers everything
  • Gathers git context in parallel (unstaged, staged, diff vs main, branch commits)

Limitations

  • Tightly coupled to a specific repo layout (src/, features/p*.md, .claude/commands/slava/, supabase/migrations/, criteria/ files)
  • Assumes prerequisites such as a main branch and subagents wired up to the criteria/*.md files
  • Built to be called from /dev and /fix; standalone use is explicitly discouraged except for manually written code
When to use it

Use it when you coded manually without /dev and want a review before /ship, or as the automatic review step inside /dev and /fix.

When not to use it

Don't use it on a repository that doesn't follow the expected directory structure, nor to review a single isolated file outside this workflow.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score88/100

The skill runs read-only git inspection commands (diff, log, branch, rev-parse, rev-list) and dispatches review subagents. It does not execute destructive actions, exfiltrate secrets, or obfuscate payloads. No network calls, no shell pipelines that could be abused.

No concerns found

How this analysis is made

Examples

Review all changes
/finish
Code review only
/finish code
Manual review before shipping
I built this feature by hand without /dev. Run /finish to review all my changes before I ship.

name: finish description: "Internal review dispatcher — called by /dev and /fix for code review. Run standalone only if you coded manually without /dev." when_to_use: "Automatically inside /dev (step 9.5) and /fix (QA gate). Standalone use: only when user coded without /dev and wants a review before /ship." version: 1.1.0

/finish

Smart review dispatcher. Classifies what changed, runs the right reviews, skips what already ran.

Principle: The right review for the right change. One command, zero briefing.

Usage

/finish              # Review all changes (auto-classify)
/finish code         # Code review only (for /dev and /fix auto-mode)

Step 1: Gather Context

Run in parallel:

git diff --name-only                    # Unstaged changes
git diff --cached --name-only           # Staged changes
git diff main...HEAD --name-only        # All branch changes vs main
git branch --show-current               # Current branch
git log main..HEAD --oneline            # Branch commits

Union all file lists into CHANGED_FILES.

If empty: Report "Nothing to review — working tree clean, no commits ahead of main." → exit.

If a P-number feature is detected (from branch name or commits): read the feature spec for context to pass to reviewers.


Step 2: Classify Changes

Apply path-pattern matching to CHANGED_FILES. Each file can trigger one or more review types:

| Path pattern | Review key | Reviewer | |---|---|---| | src/**, e2e/**, scripts/*.ts | code | Subagent with criteria/code.md | | src/app/**/*.tsx, src/app/**/*.css | uat | Delegate to /verify | | .claude/commands/slava/** | skills | Subagent with criteria/skills.md | | .claude/rules/**, CLAUDE.md | rules | Subagent with criteria/rules.md | | supabase/migrations/** | migrations | Subagent with criteria/migrations.md | | features/p*.md (not in done/) | specs | Subagent with criteria/specs.md | | docs/**, features/** (public prose) | privacy | Delegate to /privacy | | docs/decisions.md, docs/technical/** | docs | Subagent with criteria/docs.md |

If /finish code was invoked: only run code type, skip all others.

Report briefly and proceed immediately — no confirmation prompt:

Reviewing 12 files — spawning 3 reviewers (code, skills, privacy). Skipping uat (scorecard exists).

Do NOT ask "proceed?" — the user invoked /finish, that IS the proceed.


Step 3: Detect Already-Ran Reviews

For each review type, check for existing artifacts. Skip reviews that already completed:

| Review key | Detection method | |---|---| | uat | features/uat/p{N}.md exists with passing marks in Test Execution Log | | privacy | .claude/.privacy-reviewed OR $(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)/.privacy-reviewed stamp exists AND its SHA covers all watched-path commits since git rev-list --count origin/main..HEAD -- WATCHED_PATHS returns 0 uncovered commits | | code | $(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)/.finish-reviewed has a {"type":"code","branch":"<current branch>",...} entry newer than last commit | | skills | $(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)/.finish-reviewed has a {"type":"skills","branch":"<current branch>",...} entry newer than last commit | | rules | $(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)/.finish-reviewed has a {"type":"rules","branch":"<current branch>",...} entry newer than last commit | | migrations | $(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)/.finish-reviewed has a {"type":"migrations","branch":"<current branch>",...} entry newer than last commit | | docs | $(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)/.finish-reviewed has a {"type":"docs","branch":"<current branch>",...} entry newer than last commit | | specs | $(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)/.finish-reviewed has a {"type":"specs","branch":"<current branch>",...} entry newer than last commit |

Report what was skipped: "Skipping uat — UAT scorecard p621.md exists (5/5 passing)."


Step 4: Dispatch Reviews

Subagent reviews (spawn in parallel — single message, multiple Agent calls)

For each review type that needs a subagent:

  1. Read the criteria file: .claude/commands/slava/build/finish/criteria/{type}.md
  2. Read the changed files (or their diffs if files are large)
  3. If feature spec exists: read it for context
  4. If docs/decisions.md [technical] entries exist: extract them for the code reviewer
  5. Spawn subagent with all content inlined:
Agent(
  description="{type} review",
  subagent_type="general-purpose",
  model="sonnet",
  prompt="You are reviewing {type} changes for ClarityPledge.

[CRITERIA FILE CONTENT INLINED]

## Changed Files
[FILE CONTENTS OR DIFFS INLINED]

## Feature Context (if available)
[SPEC SUMMARY]

## Prior Technical Decisions (for code review)
[decisions.md [technical] entries]

Find all specific issues (expect 3-15 for typical changes). If genuinely clean, state what you checked and why no issues were found."
)

Delegated reviews

  • uat: Report "UAT needed — run /verify after fixing any issues from this review."
  • privacy: Invoke /privacy directly (it handles its own scanning and .privacy-reviewed stamp).

Step 5: Present Findings and Apply Approved Fixes

After all subagents complete:

  1. Present concisely. For each issue found, one line:

    • What was wrong (the issue)
    • Why it matters (what would happen without the fix)
    • What the fix would do
  2. Ask for decision: "Fix issues before closing? (all HIGH / select / skip)"

    • all HIGH — apply fixes for every HIGH issue; leave MEDIUM for user review.
    • select — user picks which issues to fix by number.
    • skip — no fixes applied; findings recorded in stamp with issues_fixed: 0.
  3. Apply only what user approved. Never auto-apply without explicit consent — this is the user's decision point.

  4. Flag ambiguous issues separately. If a fix could change behavior beyond the stated issue (e.g., tightens a validator in a way that might reject prior-valid input), present it as "Flagged — needs your decision because [reason]" and do NOT include it in all HIGH bulk-apply.

Example output:

/finish — 4 issues found.

HIGH:
1. Stale `/review-all` ref in dev.md:459 — would route to archived skill. Fix: update to `/finish`.
2. Missing null check in story-card.tsx:67 — would crash on deleted points. Fix: add optional chaining.

MEDIUM:
3. Third-party names in p581:72 — PII risk in public repo. Fix: anonymize.
4. Unreleased pricing in p599:33 — competitive exposure. Fix: replace with [FOUNDER DECISION].

Fix issues before closing? (all HIGH / select / skip)

After user decision, apply approved fixes and proceed to Step 6.

Manifest drift check (supabase changes detected)

After applying fixes, if the branch touches supabase/migrations/ or supabase/functions/, run:

if git diff --name-only main..HEAD | grep -qE '^supabase/(migrations|functions)/'; then
  if ! ./scripts/check-deploy-manifest.sh --env prod 2>/dev/null; then
    echo "⚠ Prod manifest drift detected — run before /ship:"
    echo "  ./scripts/migrate.sh --env prod     (if migrations pending)"
    echo "  supabase functions deploy ...       (if edge functions pending)"
    echo "This won't block /ship, but you'll hit the same gate there."
  fi
fi

Non-blocking — /finish continues regardless of drift. Surfaces the warning while the work is fresh; the hard gate remains at /ship step 3.6. Do NOT write anything to .finish-reviewed for this check.


Step 6: Write Artifact

Subagent mode — skip this step. When /finish is dispatched as a subagent by /dev (step 9.5) or /fix (QA gate step 1), the caller writes the stamp itself in step 9.5a / 1a. Subagents cannot reliably run this step — only standalone /finish invocations reach Step 6.

After review completes, write the shared stamp at <git-common-dir>/.finish-reviewed (resolves to the main repo from any worktree, mirroring .privacy-reviewed, P950/P1002):

GIT_COMMON_DIR="$(git rev-parse --path-format=absolute --git-common-dir)"
BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
echo "{\"type\":\"code\",\"branch\":\"$BRANCH\",\"timestamp\":\"2026-04-03T14:00:00Z\",\"issues_found\":2,\"issues_fixed\":2}" >> "$GIT_COMMON_DIR/.finish-reviewed"

JSON-lines format — one line per review type, each carrying the branch it was reviewed on (the file is shared across every worktree, so this lets gate 2.7/2.7b distinguish this branch's review from a concurrent worktree's review of an unrelated feature — P1002). Append (don't overwrite) so partial runs are preserved.


Notes

  • Parallel = fast. All subagent reviews run simultaneously.
  • User-approved fixes. /finish presents findings and asks before applying. This matches how /dev and /fix use it (they inherit the same approval gate).
  • Partial results OK. If one subagent times out, fix what was found and note what was skipped.
  • Re-run is cheap. /finish after fixes will skip already-reviewed types (checks .finish-reviewed timestamps).

Related Skills

  • /verify — Live UAT via Playwright/Chrome (delegated by /finish for UI changes)
  • /privacy — PII scan (delegated by /finish for public doc changes)
  • /dev — Implementation pipeline (calls /finish code at step 9.5)
  • /fix — Bug fix pipeline (calls /finish code at QA gate)
  • /ship — Shipping gate (checks .finish-reviewed exists)

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