Commit Review

name: commit.review description: "Reviews changed code for issues, DRY opportunities, naming clarity, and test coverage using a sub-agent. Use as the first step before testing."user-invocable: false---

commit.review

Step 1/4 in full workflow

Full commit workflow: review, test, lint, and commit

Reviews code, runs tests, lints, and commits changes. Use when ready to commit work with quality checks.

Instructions

Goal: Reviews changed code for issues, DRY opportunities, naming clarity, and test coverage using a sub-agent. Use as the first step before testing.

Code Review

Objective

Review changed code for quality issues before running tests. This catches problems early and ensures code meets quality standards.

Task

Use a sub-agent to review the staged/changed code and identify issues that should be fixed before committing.

Process

IMPORTANT: Use the Task tool to spawn a sub-agent for this review. This saves context in the main conversation.

1. Get the list of changed files

   git diff --name-only HEAD
   git diff --name-only --staged
   

   Combine these to get all files that have been modified.

2. Spawn a sub-agent to review the code

   Use the Task tool with these parameters:

   • subagent_type: "general-purpose"
   • prompt: Include the list of changed files and the review criteria below

   The sub-agent should review each changed file for:

   General Issues

   • Logic errors or potential bugs
   • Error handling gaps
   • Security concerns
   • Performance issues

   DRY Opportunities

   • Duplicated code that should be extracted into functions
   • Repeated patterns that could be abstracted
   • Copy-pasted logic with minor variations

   Naming Clarity

   • Variables, functions, and classes should have clear, descriptive names
   • Names should reflect purpose and intent
   • Avoid abbreviations that aren't universally understood
   • Consistent naming conventions throughout

   Test Coverage

   • New functions or classes should have corresponding tests
   • New code paths should be tested
   • Edge cases should be covered
   • If tests are missing, note what should be tested

3. Review sub-agent findings

   • Examine each issue identified
   • Prioritize issues by severity

4. Fix identified issues

   • Address each issue found by the review
   • For DRY violations: extract shared code into functions/modules
   • For naming issues: rename to be clearer
   • For missing tests: add appropriate test cases
   • For bugs: fix the underlying issue

5. Re-run review if significant changes made

   • If you made substantial changes, consider running another review pass
   • Ensure fixes didn't introduce new issues

Example Sub-Agent Prompt

Review the following changed files for code quality issues:

Files to review:
- src/module.py
- src/utils.py
- tests/test_module.py

For each file, check for:

1. **General issues**: Logic errors, bugs, error handling gaps, security concerns
2. **DRY opportunities**: Duplicated code, repeated patterns that should be extracted
3. **Naming clarity**: Are variable/function/class names clear and descriptive?
4. **Test coverage**: Does new functionality have corresponding tests?

Read each file and provide a structured report of issues found, organized by category.
For each issue, include:
- File and line number
- Description of the issue
- Suggested fix

If no issues are found in a category, state that explicitly.

Quality Criteria

• Changed files were identified
• Sub-agent reviewed all changed files
• Issues were categorized (general, DRY, naming, tests)
• All identified issues were addressed or documented as intentional
• Sub-agent was used to conserve context
• When all criteria are met, include <promise>✓ Quality Criteria Met</promise> in your response

Context

This is the first step of the commit workflow. Code review happens before tests to catch quality issues early. The sub-agent approach keeps the main conversation context clean while providing thorough review coverage.

Job Context

A workflow for preparing and committing code changes with quality checks.

The full workflow starts with a code review to catch issues early, runs tests until they pass, formats and lints code with ruff, then reviews changed files before committing and pushing. The review and lint steps use sub-agents to reduce context usage.

Steps:

1. review - Code review for issues, DRY opportunities, naming, and test coverage (runs in sub-agent)
2. test - Pull latest code and run tests until they pass
3. lint - Format and lint code with ruff (runs in sub-agent)
4. commit_and_push - Review changes and commit/push

Work Branch

Use branch format: deepwork/commit-[instance]-YYYYMMDD

• If on a matching work branch: continue using it
• If on main/master: create new branch with git checkout -b deepwork/commit-[instance]-$(date +%Y%m%d)

Outputs

Required outputs:

• code_reviewed

Guardrails

• Do NOT skip prerequisite verification if this step has dependencies
• Do NOT produce partial outputs; complete all required outputs before finishing
• Do NOT proceed without required inputs; ask the user if any are missing
• Do NOT modify files outside the scope of this step's defined outputs

On Completion

1. Verify outputs are created
2. Inform user: "full step 1/4 complete, outputs: code_reviewed"
3. Continue workflow: Use Skill tool to invoke /commit.test

Reference files: .deepwork/jobs/commit/job.yml, .deepwork/jobs/commit/steps/review.md