thermo-nuclear-code-quality-review

name	thermo-nuclear-code-quality-review
description	Strict maintainability review for branch/PR diffs: thermonuclear/deep code quality, code-judo simplification, 1k-line growth, spaghetti conditionals, abstraction/type/boundary debt. Do not use for whole-repo audits, ponytail-only reviews, quick nits, security-only reviews, LGTM, or bug triage.

Thermo-Nuclear Code Quality Review

Goal

Deliver a demanding maintainability review that pushes for structural simplification without changing intended behavior.

Success criteria

• Branch diff audited against the full rubric in references/review-rubric.md.
• Review stays read-only: findings and sign-off only, no file edits through this skill.
• Context scoped to the diff's blast radius: no whole-repo scan, no diff-only tunnel vision.
• Findings cite concrete path/line or changed-hunk evidence, structural impact, and preferred remediation.
• Findings prioritized: structural regressions and missed simplification first.
• Approval withheld when presumptive blockers apply unless clearly justified.
• Few high-conviction comments over cosmetic nit floods.

Use when

• User wants thermo-nuclear / thermonuclear / deep maintainability review.
• PR needs harsh scrutiny on structure, file size, and abstraction—not just correctness.

When not to use

• Quick style pass or typo hunt.
• Security-only or incident triage without maintainability scope.
• Rubber-stamp "LGTM" requests.

Workflow

1. Read references/review-rubric.md completely before reviewing.
2. Gather context per the scope contract below.
3. For each meaningful change, run the primary review questions in the rubric.
4. Flag presumptive blockers explicitly; propose preferred remedies from the rubric.
5. Order output per output expectations in the rubric. If fixes are requested, return the review and recommended remediation path rather than editing files.