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contextual-review

Automated code review assistant for PRs, focusing on quality, security, and maintainability.

Install

mkdir -p .claude/skills/contextual-review && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/8709" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/contextual-review && rm skill.zip

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Activation

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Review pull requests for code quality, security vulnerabilities, best practices, and potential issues. Use when reviewing PRs, examining diffs, or providing code review feedback.
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Intermediate

Key capabilities

  • →Review code diffs
  • →Check project architecture patterns
  • →Provide structured feedback

How it works

The skill analyzes code changes against project-specific guidelines and security standards, providing categorized feedback.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
Pull request or code diff
You get back
Structured review report

When to use contextual-review

  • →Reviewing pull request diffs
  • →Checking code against project architecture patterns
  • →Identifying potential security flaws in new code

About contextual-review

Analyzes code diffs and pull requests against project-specific guidelines. Identifies security vulnerabilities, logic errors, and departures from core quality standards.

Review pull requests for code quality, security vulnerabilities, best practices, and potential issues. Use when reviewing PRs, examining diffs, or providing code review feedback.

When not to use it

  • →Tasks unrelated to code review

Prerequisites

Base guidelines (base-review.md)

Limitations

  • →Requires adherence to base-review.md guidelines
  • →Severity levels are predefined

How it compares

It enforces project-specific standards and automated checks rather than relying on generic manual review.

Compared to similar skills

contextual-review side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.

SkillInstallsUpdatedSafetyDifficulty
contextual-review (this skill)08moNo flagsIntermediate
github-code-review134moReviewAdvanced
reviewing-code2110moNo flagsIntermediate
reviewing-nextjs-16-patterns1110moReviewIntermediate

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