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Reviewdog by javimosch — Agent Skill

Name: Reviewdog
Author: javimosch

File contents

reviewdog Plugin

Automated code review tool integrated with any code analysis tools regardless of programming language. Post review comments to pull requests with diff filtering.

Commands

Code Review

reviewdog code review — Run code review on project

Utility

reviewdog _ _ — Passthrough to reviewdog CLI

Usage Examples

"Run code review on this project"
"Review pull request changes"
"Check for code issues"
"Integrate linter with PR review"

Installation

brew install reviewdog

Or via Go:

go install github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/cmd/reviewdog@latest

Examples

# Run with GitHub PR checks
reviewdog code review --reporter github-pr-check

# Run with GitHub checks
reviewdog code review --reporter github-check

# Local reporter (print to stdout)
reviewdog code review --reporter local

# Filter by added lines
reviewdog code review --filter added

# Filter by diff context
reviewdog code review --filter diff_context

# Filter by file
reviewdog code review --filter file

# No filter (all lines)
reviewdog code review --filter nofilter

# Fail on errors
reviewdog code review --fail-on-error

# Set report level
reviewdog code review --level error

# Use config file
reviewdog code review --conf .reviewdog.yml

# Also print to stdout
reviewdog code review --tee

# Any reviewdog command with passthrough
reviewdog _ _ --reporter github-pr-check --filter added
reviewdog _ _ --conf .reviewdog.yml --tee

Key Features

Language agnostic - Works with any programming language
Multiple reporters - GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, local
Diff filtering - Only review changed lines
Linter integration - Supports any static analysis tool
CI integration - GitHub Actions, Travis CI, Circle CI, GitLab CI
Configurable - YAML config file support
Error formats - Supports various linter error formats
SARIF support - Standard Analysis Result Format
Code suggestions - Automatic fix suggestions
Multiple reporters - Can report to multiple platforms

Notes

Requires CI environment for PR reporters
Diff filtering only reviews changed lines
Can be used in CI pipelines
Supports custom error formats
Config file at .reviewdog.yml
Perfect for enforcing code quality

---name: reviewdogdescription: Use this skill when the user wants to run automated code review, integrate linters with PR reviews, or perform static analysis on code.---# reviewdog PluginAutomated code review tool integrated with any code analysis tools regardless of programming language. Post review comments to pull requests with diff filtering.## Commands### Code Review- `reviewdog code review` — Run code review on project### Utility- `reviewdog _ _` — Passthrough to reviewdog CLI## Usage Examples- "Run code review on this project"- "Review pull request changes"- "Check for code issues"- "Integrate linter with PR review"## Installation```bashbrew install reviewdog```Or via Go:```bashgo install github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/cmd/reviewdog@latest```## Examples```bash# Run with GitHub PR checksreviewdog code review --reporter github-pr-check# Run with GitHub checksreviewdog code review --reporter github-check# Local reporter (print to stdout)reviewdog code review --reporter local# Filter by added linesreviewdog code review --filter added# Filter by diff contextreviewdog code review --filter diff_context# Filter by filereviewdog code review --filter file# No filter (all lines)reviewdog code review --filter nofilter# Fail on errorsreviewdog code review --fail-on-error# Set report levelreviewdog code review --level error# Use config filereviewdog code review --conf .reviewdog.yml# Also print to stdoutreviewdog code review --tee# Any reviewdog command with passthroughreviewdog _ _ --reporter github-pr-check --filter addedreviewdog _ _ --conf .reviewdog.yml --tee```## Key Features- **Language agnostic** - Works with any programming language- **Multiple reporters** - GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, local- **Diff filtering** - Only review changed lines- **Linter integration** - Supports any static analysis tool- **CI integration** - GitHub Actions, Travis CI, Circle CI, GitLab CI- **Configurable** - YAML config file support- **Error formats** - Supports various linter error formats- **SARIF support** - Standard Analysis Result Format- **Code suggestions** - Automatic fix suggestions- **Multiple reporters** - Can report to multiple platforms## Notes- Requires CI environment for PR reporters- Diff filtering only reviews changed lines- Can be used in CI pipelines- Supports custom error formats- Config file at .reviewdog.yml- Perfect for enforcing code quality

Frequently asked questions

Reviewdog