# Code Review

> Review code for best practices and potential issues

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

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# Code Review

## Purpose

Review code for best practices and potential issues

## Routing

- Use when: Use when a user explicitly asks for a code review, bug-risk sweep, or pre-merge feedback for a specific path.
- Do not use when: Don't use when the task is a broad architecture rewrite or only formatting fixes.
- Outputs: Findings grouped by severity and file-level recommendations.
- Success criteria: Returns prioritized issues with concrete fixes and no false-critical claims.

## Trigger Examples

### Positive

- Use the code-review skill for this request.
- Help me with code review.
- Use when a user explicitly asks for a code review, bug-risk sweep, or pre-merge feedback for a specific path.
- Code Review: provide an actionable result.

### Negative

- Don't use when the task is a broad architecture rewrite or only formatting fixes.
- Do not use code-review for unrelated requests.
- This request is outside code review scope.
- This is conceptual discussion only; no tool workflow is needed.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| path | string | Yes | Path to the file or folder to review |

## Runtime Prompt

- Current runtime prompt length: 320 characters.
- Runtime prompt is defined directly in `../code-review.json`.