review

name	review
description	Run DeepWork Reviews on the current branch — review changed files using .deepreview rules

DeepWork Review

Run automated code reviews on the current branch based on .deepreview config files.

Routing — Check Before Proceeding

STOP and redirect if either of these applies:

• User wants to configure, create, or modify review rules (e.g., "add a security review", "set up reviews for our API layer") → use the configure_reviews skill instead
• User wants to add a doc-sync rule (keep a documentation file in sync with source files) → call start_workflow with job_name="deepwork_reviews" and workflow_name="add_document_update_rule"

Only proceed past this section if the user wants to run reviews.

Pre-flight — Verify Agent Availability

Before running reviews, check that the deepwork:reviewer agent is available. If it does not appear in the agents list (i.e., the Agent tool does not list deepwork:reviewer as a valid subagent_type), STOP and tell the user:

The deepwork:reviewer agent is not available. Please run /reload-plugins to pick up the latest plugin updates, then try again.

Do not proceed with reviews until the agent is available.

How to Run

1. Call the mcp__deepwork__get_review_instructions tool directly:
   • No arguments to review the current branch's changes (auto-detects via git diff against the main branch).
   • With files to review only specific files: mcp__deepwork__get_review_instructions(files=["src/app.py", "src/lib.py"]). When provided, only reviews whose include/exclude patterns match the given files will be returned. Use this when the user asks to review a particular file or set of files rather than the whole branch.
   • If the result says no rules are configured: Ask the user if they'd like to auto-discover and set up rules. If yes, invoke the /deepwork skill with the deepwork_reviews job's discover_rules workflow. Stop here — do not proceed with running reviews if there are no rules.
2. The output will list review tasks to invoke in parallel. Each task has description, subagent_type, and prompt fields — these map directly to the Agent tool parameters. Launch all of them as parallel agents.
3. While review agents run, check for a changelog and open PR (see below).
4. Collect the results from all review agents.

Changelog & PR Description Check

Run this concurrently with the review agents (step 2 above) — don't wait for reviews to finish first.

1. Check if the project has a changelog file (e.g., CHANGELOG.md, CHANGELOG, CHANGES.md).
2. If a changelog exists and there are commits on the current branch beyond the main branch:
   • Read the changelog and the branch's commit log (git log main..HEAD --oneline).
   • Verify the changelog's unreleased/current section accurately reflects what the branch does. If entries are missing, outdated, or inaccurate, update the changelog.
3. If a PR is open for the current branch (check with gh pr view):
   • If you updated the changelog, also verify the PR description matches. Update it with gh pr edit if needed.
   • If the changelog was already accurate, skip the PR description check.

Acting on Results

For each finding from the review agents:

• Obviously good changes with no downsides (e.g., fixing a typo, removing an unused import, adding a missing null check): make the change immediately without asking. When in doubt, ask.
• Everything else (refactors, style changes, architectural suggestions, anything with trade-offs):
  1. Use AskUserQuestion to ask the user about each finding individually. Do not group issues together unless they are the same issue occurring in multiple files; otherwise, use AskUserQuestion to ask about each issue separately. This lets the user make separate decisions on each item.
  2. For each question, provide several concrete fix approaches as options when there are reasonable alternatives (e.g., "Update the spec to match the code" vs "Update the code to match the spec" vs "Skip").
  3. If a finding seems minor or debatable, include an option to suppress that error in the future — such as a clarification to the rule if it is too narrow, or a comment on the offending content if comments work in that context.
  4. Be concise — quote the key finding, don't dump the full review.

When a finding is dismissed (user chooses "Skip" or you determine it's not actionable for this PR), call mcp__deepwork__mark_review_as_passed with the review's ID so it won't re-run on subsequent iterations.

Iterate

After making any changes:

1. Call mcp__deepwork__get_review_instructions with files set to only the files you edited during this iteration. This scopes the re-review to your changes rather than re-reviewing the entire branch.
2. Repeat the cycle (run → act on results → run again) until a clean run — one where all review agents return no findings, or all remaining findings have been explicitly skipped by the user.
3. On subsequent runs, you only need to re-run tasks that had findings last time — skip tasks that were clean.
4. Reviews that already passed are automatically skipped as long as reviewed files remain unchanged.