| name | review-anvil-readonly |
| description | Multi-agent code review without any edits or commits — N rounds of parallel reviewers, synthesis, and a final report. Use when the user wants a code review of a diff, branch, path, or PR but does NOT want any fixes applied automatically (no edits, no commits, no staging). Activates the `review-anvil` engine in read-only mode. |
review-anvil-readonly
Thin preset that runs the multi-agent review loop without applying any fixes. Activates the review-anvil engine skill with commit_mode=none and a default of rounds=1.
How to invoke
The agent reads the user's request, then activates review-anvil with this argument string:
commit_mode: none, <pass-through any args the user specified>, rounds: 1
Assembly order matters. The engine parses left-to-right with first-occurrence-wins precedence. Pinned values (commit_mode: none) go before user args so the pin is authoritative. Defaults the user can override (rounds: 1) go after user args so any user-supplied rounds: N wins.
Pin-rejection (defense in depth). Pins for this preset: commit_mode. Before assembling, apply the canonical pin-rejection algorithm defined in the engine SKILL.md → "Preset pin-rejection" (segment-parse $ARGUMENTS, lowercase the key of each segment, abort if any key matches commit_mode). The preset name in the abort message is review-anvil-readonly.
Pass-through args the user may specify (each documented in the engine's SKILL.md):
target: PR #42 / target: src/auth/ / target: branch / target: uncommitted — what to reviewfocus: <topic> — narrow the four-pillar focus, or only: <topic> to replace itrounds: N — the user's value wins over the default rounds: 1agents: 2 codex + 1 claude — custom reviewer mix
After the engine completes, surface the synthesized report inline. Do not follow with edits, commits, or any side effects — that's exactly what commit_mode=none rules out.
When not to use this
- If the user wants fixes applied and committed, activate
review-anvil directly with commit_mode=per_fix (or just leave it default).
- If the user wants the report posted back to a GitHub PR comment, activate
review-anvil-pr instead.
Engine reference
See ../review-anvil/SKILL.md for: full parameter surface, mix policy, focus options, reviewer prompt template, and final report format. This preset is a one-line argument addition; all behavior comes from the engine.
