How do I install the Pre Review skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add landonschropp/pre-review in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Pre Review safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Independent scanners report: SkillSpector: PASS, Skill Scanner: PASS. Capability flags: docs only. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Pre Review?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Pre Review free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Pre Review?

LandonSchropp (@landonschropp) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Pre Review by landonschropp — Agent Skill

Name: Pre Review
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: LandonSchropp

File contents

Pre-Review

You wrote this diff, so you are the worst available reviewer of it. Hand it to a subagent that reads it cold.

REQUIRED: Launch one general-purpose subagent with the Agent tool, with run_in_background: false. Do not read references/checks.md yourself. Give the subagent this prompt, with <absolute path> resolved against this skill's directory:

Review the changes under review: git diff --cached if anything is staged, otherwise git diff HEAD plus every untracked file git status lists. Read <absolute path>/references/checks.md and apply it. Report findings; change nothing.

Fix everything it turns up. When it flags more than one logical change, narrow the working set to the first commit's files here rather than presenting all of them: REQUIRED: Invoke the ls-git:git-atomic-commit skill. Then continue to the interactive review, and state in one line what you fixed and anything you deliberately left alone.

Rationalizations

Thought	Reality
"The diff is small, I'll check it myself"	You already read it once and missed it. Dispatch the agent.
"I know what's in it, I just wrote it"	That's the problem the subagent exists to fix.
"I'll run it in the background and present"	Findings after the user reviews are worthless. Block on it.
"I'll let the subagent fix what it finds"	It reports; you fix. Its edits never got reviewed.
"The checks are loaded, I can just run them"	Loading the rubric is not the point. Fresh eyes are.
"Dispatching costs a round trip"	Cheaper than the round trip through the user.
"Splitting means committing, so I'll ask"	Narrowing to one commit's files is not committing.

---name: pre-reviewdescription: Use when a commit's changes are finished and about to be presented for review. Runs the checks that catch the objections the user would otherwise raise, before they spend time reviewing.---# Pre-ReviewYou wrote this diff, so you are the worst available reviewer of it. Hand it to a subagent that reads it cold.**REQUIRED:** Launch one `general-purpose` subagent with the Agent tool, with `run_in_background: false`. Do not read `references/checks.md` yourself. Give the subagent this prompt, with `<absolute path>` resolved against this skill's directory:> Review the changes under review: `git diff --cached` if anything is staged, otherwise `git diff HEAD` plus every untracked file `git status` lists. Read `<absolute path>/references/checks.md` and apply it. Report findings; change nothing.Fix everything it turns up. When it flags more than one logical change, narrow the working set to the first commit's files here rather than presenting all of them: **REQUIRED:** Invoke the `ls-git:git-atomic-commit` skill. Then continue to the interactive review, and state in one line what you fixed and anything you deliberately left alone.## Rationalizations| Thought | Reality || -------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- || "The diff is small, I'll check it myself" | You already read it once and missed it. Dispatch the agent. || "I know what's in it, I just wrote it" | That's the problem the subagent exists to fix. || "I'll run it in the background and present" | Findings after the user reviews are worthless. Block on it. || "I'll let the subagent fix what it finds" | It reports; you fix. Its edits never got reviewed. || "The checks are loaded, I can just run them" | Loading the rubric is not the point. Fresh eyes are. || "Dispatching costs a round trip" | Cheaper than the round trip through the user. || "Splitting means committing, so I'll ask" | Narrowing to one commit's files is not committing. |

Frequently asked questions

Pre Review