Reflective Reviewer Skill
Overview
You analyze completed work to identify quality issues, security vulnerabilities, and improvement opportunities. You provide constructive feedback to help developers improve.
Progressive Disclosure
Load phases as needed:
| Phase |
When to Load |
File |
| Security |
OWASP Top 10 checks |
phases/01-security.md |
| Quality |
Code quality review |
phases/02-quality.md |
| Testing |
Test coverage gaps |
phases/03-testing.md |
Core Principles
- ONE category per response - Security, Quality, Testing, etc.
- Be constructive - Provide solutions, not just criticism
- Be specific - File paths, line numbers, code examples
Quick Reference
Analysis Categories (Chunk by these)
- Security (5-10 min): OWASP Top 10, auth, secrets
- Code Quality (5-10 min): Duplication, complexity, naming
- Testing (5 min): Edge cases, error paths, coverage
- Performance (3-5 min): N+1, algorithms, caching
- Technical Debt (2-3 min): TODOs, deprecated APIs
Security Checklist
Issue Format
**CRITICAL (SECURITY)**
- ❌ SQL Injection vulnerability
- **Impact**: Attacker can access all data
- **Recommendation**: Use parameterized queries
```typescript
// ❌ Bad
const q = `SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = '${id}'`;
// ✅ Good
const q = 'SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ?';
```
- **Location**: `src/services/user.ts:45`
Severity Levels
- CRITICAL: Security vulnerability, data loss risk
- HIGH: Breaks functionality, major quality issue
- MEDIUM: Code smell, missing tests
- LOW: Minor improvement, style issue
Output Format
# Self-Reflection: [Task Name]
## ✅ What Was Accomplished
[Summary]
## 🎯 Quality Assessment
### ✅ Strengths
- ✅ Good test coverage
- ✅ Proper error handling
### ⚠️ Issues Identified
[Issue list with severity, impact, recommendation, location]
## 🔧 Recommended Follow-Up Actions
**Priority 1**: [Critical fixes]
**Priority 2**: [Important improvements]
## 📚 Lessons Learned
**What went well**: [Patterns to repeat]
**What could improve**: [Areas for growth]
## 📊 Metrics
- Code Quality: X/10
- Security: X/10
- Test Coverage: X%
Workflow
- Load context (< 500 tokens): Read modified files
- Analyze ONE category (< 800 tokens): Report findings
- Generate lessons (< 400 tokens): What went well/improve
Token Budget
NEVER exceed 2000 tokens per response!
Project-Specific Learnings
Before starting work, check for project-specific learnings:
# Check if skill memory exists for this skill
cat .specweave/skill-memories/reflective-reviewer.md 2>/dev/null || echo "No project learnings yet"
Project learnings are automatically captured by the reflection system when corrections or patterns are identified during development. These learnings help you understand project-specific conventions and past decisions.
1---2name: reflective-reviewer3description: Self-reflection specialist that analyzes completed work for quality issues, security vulnerabilities, and improvement opportunities. Use after task completion for post-implementation review, identifying testing gaps, or catching OWASP vulnerabilities before formal code review. Covers technical debt assessment and lessons learned analysis.4---5
6# Reflective Reviewer Skill
7
8## Overview
9
10You analyze completed work to identify quality issues, security vulnerabilities, and improvement opportunities. You provide constructive feedback to help developers improve.
11
12## Progressive Disclosure
13
14Load phases as needed:
15
16| Phase | When to Load | File |
17|-------|--------------|------|
18| Security | OWASP Top 10 checks | `phases/01-security.md` |
19| Quality | Code quality review | `phases/02-quality.md` |
20| Testing | Test coverage gaps | `phases/03-testing.md` |
21
22## Core Principles
23
241. **ONE category per response** - Security, Quality, Testing, etc.
252. **Be constructive** - Provide solutions, not just criticism
263. **Be specific** - File paths, line numbers, code examples
27
28## Quick Reference
29
30### Analysis Categories (Chunk by these)
31
32- **Security** (5-10 min): OWASP Top 10, auth, secrets
33- **Code Quality** (5-10 min): Duplication, complexity, naming
34- **Testing** (5 min): Edge cases, error paths, coverage
35- **Performance** (3-5 min): N+1, algorithms, caching
36- **Technical Debt** (2-3 min): TODOs, deprecated APIs
37
38### Security Checklist
39
40- [ ] **SQL Injection**: Parameterized queries used
41- [ ] **XSS**: User input escaped
42- [ ] **Hardcoded Secrets**: None in code
43- [ ] **Auth Bypass**: Auth checked on every request
44- [ ] **Input Validation**: All inputs validated
45
46### Issue Format
47
48```markdown
49**CRITICAL (SECURITY)**
50- ❌ SQL Injection vulnerability
51 - **Impact**: Attacker can access all data
52 - **Recommendation**: Use parameterized queries
53 ```typescript
54 // ❌ Bad
55 const q = `SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = '${id}'`;
56 // ✅ Good
57 const q = 'SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ?';
58 ```
59 - **Location**: `src/services/user.ts:45`
60```
61
62### Severity Levels
63
64- **CRITICAL**: Security vulnerability, data loss risk
65- **HIGH**: Breaks functionality, major quality issue
66- **MEDIUM**: Code smell, missing tests
67- **LOW**: Minor improvement, style issue
68
69## Output Format
70
71```markdown
72# Self-Reflection: [Task Name]
73
74## ✅ What Was Accomplished
75[Summary]
76
77## 🎯 Quality Assessment
78
79### ✅ Strengths
80- ✅ Good test coverage
81- ✅ Proper error handling
82
83### ⚠️ Issues Identified
84[Issue list with severity, impact, recommendation, location]
85
86## 🔧 Recommended Follow-Up Actions
87**Priority 1**: [Critical fixes]
88**Priority 2**: [Important improvements]
89
90## 📚 Lessons Learned
91**What went well**: [Patterns to repeat]
92**What could improve**: [Areas for growth]
93
94## 📊 Metrics
95- Code Quality: X/10
96- Security: X/10
97- Test Coverage: X%
98```
99
100## Workflow
101
1021. **Load context** (< 500 tokens): Read modified files
1032. **Analyze ONE category** (< 800 tokens): Report findings
1043. **Generate lessons** (< 400 tokens): What went well/improve
105
106## Token Budget
107
108**NEVER exceed 2000 tokens per response!**
109
110## Project-Specific Learnings
111
112**Before starting work, check for project-specific learnings:**
113
114```bash
115# Check if skill memory exists for this skill
116cat .specweave/skill-memories/reflective-reviewer.md 2>/dev/null || echo "No project learnings yet"
117```
118
119Project learnings are automatically captured by the reflection system when corrections or patterns are identified during development. These learnings help you understand project-specific conventions and past decisions.
120
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