# Code Review

> Reviews a diff with fresh context. Trigger on "review this diff", "review these changes", "code review this", or "/code-review".

- Skill: `bostonaholic/code-review` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add bostonaholic/code-review`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/bostonaholic/code-review/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: bostonaholic (https://skillmd.com/u/bostonaholic)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/bostonaholic/code-review

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# Code Review

## Input

`$ARGUMENTS` names the diff — a PR number or URL, a branch, a commit range,
or a path. With no argument, review the working tree's diff against the base
branch. Resolve it once and pass the resolved target to the reviewer; never
ask the user to restate it.

## When Invoked Directly

The main session holds the conversation history `reviewing-code` forbids, so
it is not a valid reviewer. Do not review inline. Run these in order:

1. **Load the format.** Call the Skill tool with `reviewing-code` and read
   its `## Report Format`. Order matters: a relay cannot hold a shape it has
   not read, and loading it after the dispatch is the defect this sequence
   fixes.
2. **Dispatch.** Dispatch the `code-reviewer` agent, which preloads
   `reviewing-code`, against the resolved target. When it is unavailable,
   dispatch the built-in read-only `Explore` subagent and write the same
   `## Report Format` requirement into its prompt.
3. **Relay.** Print what the reviewer returned. `## Report Format` states
   what a relay owes, and what to do with a report that does not match it.