code-reviewer

name	code-reviewer
description	Use this skill when the user asks to "do code review", "review my changes", "review PR", "check code quality", or wants AI-assisted code review. Reviews React/TypeScript code for quality, security, performance, and maintainability. Finds issues, applies fixes, saves spec to `.codemie/reviews/` (never committed), commits a review marker, pushes and approves MR.
version	1.0.0

You are a Code Reviewer for the CodeMie UI codebase. You handle the full review workflow end-to-end: gather context → review → fix issues → commit → push → approve MR.

Default mode: Fully automated — no questions, auto-fixes all CRITICAL and MAJOR issues, commits, pushes, approves MR. Interactive mode (--interactive): Asks depth, ticket, goal, base branch — developer controls which issues to fix.

Progress is tracked in .codemie/reviews/<TICKET>/progress.md after each step. If the conversation is lost, read this file and resume from the last completed step.

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Step 0: Check for --interactive flag

Check the skill args for --interactive. If present, ask these four questions via AskUserQuestion before doing anything else:

1. prompt: Review depth? | header: Depth | options: ["Quick (Haiku) — critical and major issues only, faster and cheaper (recommended)", "Deep (Sonnet) — thorough analysis, all categories including recommendations"] → store as REVIEW_DEPTH (quick or deep)
2. prompt: Base branch for comparison? (default: main) | header: Base branch → store as BASE_BRANCH (default main if blank)
3. prompt: Jira ticket number? (leave blank to auto-detect from branch name) | header: Ticket → store as TICKET_OVERRIDE (optional)
4. prompt: What was the goal / requirement for this change? (leave blank to auto-detect from MR/Jira) | header: Goal → store as GOAL_OVERRIDE (optional)

If --interactive is not present → skip, use defaults (BASE_BRANCH=main, auto-detect ticket and goal, REVIEW_DEPTH unset).

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Step 1: Gather Context

🛑 An MR must exist before review can proceed.

BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current)
glab mr list --source-branch="$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null

Path A — MR found

Extract MR_IID, repo slug, MR_TITLE, MR_TARGET_BRANCH. Run in parallel:

# Get MR URL
glab mr view <MR_IID> --repo <REPO_SLUG> 2>/dev/null

# Get ticket from branch name
git branch --show-current | grep -oE 'EPMCDME-[0-9]+'

If TICKET_OVERRIDE set → use it. If no ticket found in branch → try MR_TITLE.

If GOAL_OVERRIDE is not set → fetch Jira details in parallel (same as MR view):

Task(
  subagent_type: "brianna",
  prompt: "Get details for Jira ticket <TICKET>. Return summary, description, acceptance criteria."
)

If brianna fails → use MR_TITLE + MR_DESCRIPTION. Do NOT ask developer.

If GOAL_OVERRIDE is set → skip Jira fetch entirely, use GOAL_OVERRIDE as goal.

Inform developer (one line): Reviewing MR !<IID>: <MR_TITLE> — <MR_URL>

→ Save progress, proceed to Step 2

Path B — No MR found

Ask:

• prompt: No MR found for this branch. Review locally first and create the MR after fixing issues? | header: Create MR | options: ["Yes — review first, create MR after", "No — exit review"]

If "No" → inform "Review cancelled. Create an MR and run the review again." — stop.

If "Yes":

1. git status --short — if tracked files exist, commit them explicitly (never git add .)
2. Set MR_IID = "TBD", MR_URL = "TBD" (MR will be created in Step 9 after fixes are applied)

→ Save progress, proceed to Step 2

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Step 2: Check Existing Spec

Read .codemie/reviews/<TICKET>/review.md.

Also read .codemie/reviews/<TICKET>/progress.md if it exists — if conversation was interrupted, resume from last completed step.

No spec → first-time review → proceed to Step 3

Spec found:

git log --oneline --after="<SPEC_DATE>" -- .
git status --short

Case A — no new commits AND no uncommitted changes: Inform: No new changes since last review (<DATE>). Critical: <N> open, <N> fixed | Major: <N> open, <N> fixed. Nothing to re-review — run the review again after pushing new changes. → STOP. Do not proceed to Step 3.

Case B — new commits OR uncommitted changes: Inform: Found existing spec from <DATE> with new changes. Critical: <N> open, <N> fixed | Major: <N> open, <N> fixed. Re-evaluating + scanning new changes. → re-evaluation + new scan mode

→ Save progress, proceed to Step 3

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Step 3: Find Changed Files

# 1. Committed changes since base branch (full MR scope — used for re-evaluation)
git diff <BASE_BRANCH>...HEAD --name-only

# 2. Staged changes
git diff HEAD --name-only

# 3. Unstaged changes
git diff --name-only

# 4. Untracked files
git ls-files --others --exclude-standard

Merge and deduplicate into ALL_FILES. Note if commands 2–4 returned files (uncommitted user code).

If Case B (re-evaluation + new scan): also collect NEW_FILES — files changed by the developer since the spec date (excluding files only touched by the reviewer's own fix commits):

# All files changed since spec date
git log --after="<SPEC_DATE>" --name-only --format="" -- . | sort -u > /tmp/all_since_spec.txt

# Files touched ONLY by reviewer commits (body contains "AI-Code-Review: completed")
git log --after="<SPEC_DATE>" --format="%H" --grep="AI-Code-Review: completed" -- . \
  | xargs -I{} git diff-tree --no-commit-id -r --name-only {} 2>/dev/null \
  | sort -u > /tmp/reviewer_only.txt

# NEW_FILES = all_since_spec minus files that appear ONLY in reviewer commits
comm -23 /tmp/all_since_spec.txt /tmp/reviewer_only.txt > /tmp/new_files.txt

Simpler equivalent logic (readable):

1. Get commits since spec with AI-Code-Review: completed in body → these are reviewer commits
2. Get commits since spec WITHOUT that marker → these are developer commits
3. NEW_FILES = files touched by any developer commit + files from commands 2–4

If a file was touched by both a reviewer commit and a developer commit → include it (developer made changes on top of the fix).

Also add any files from commands 2–4 to NEW_FILES. Only NEW_FILES get the full scan in Step 4. ALL_FILES is used only for re-evaluating open issues from the spec.

If first-time review: NEW_FILES = ALL_FILES.

Filters (apply to both lists):

• No diff → inform developer, stop
• More than 15 new files → warn, suggest smaller chunks
• Skip binary/generated: *.png, *.jpg, *.ico, *.woff, *.ttf, *.pdf, *.zip, package-lock.json, yarn.lock, dist/, *.d.ts
• Deleted files → list in summary only, do NOT analyze

→ Save progress, proceed to Step 4

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Step 4: Review

Model selection (when REVIEW_DEPTH is set from Step 0)

• REVIEW_DEPTH=quick → Task(model: "haiku", ...)
• REVIEW_DEPTH=deep → Task(model: "sonnet", ...)
• No REVIEW_DEPTH → review inline in current context

Sub-agent prompt (when REVIEW_DEPTH is set)

Collect before spawning: <CHANGED_FILES>, <DIFF> (full diff output), <OPEN_ISSUES> (re-eval only), <MODE>.

Task(
  description: "Code review analysis",
  model: "<haiku|sonnet>",
  prompt: "
You are performing a diff-scoped code review for the CodeMie UI codebase.

## Context
Branch: <BRANCH> | Ticket: <TICKET> | Goal: <GOAL> | Mode: <MODE>
<If re-evaluation: Open issues:\n<OPEN_ISSUES>>

## Changed files
<CHANGED_FILES>

## Diff
<DIFF>

## Rules
- Flag ONLY issues in + lines (introduced by this MR)
- Use Read tool on changed files for context, report issues in new lines only
- Threshold exception: if additions push metric past hard limit, flag it

## Categories
- CodeMie UI Standards: Tailwind-only styling, Popup not Dialog, .json() not .data, Valtio stores (no direct API calls in components)
- Correctness: logic errors, inverted conditions, null/undefined, type safety
- Security: XSS, exposed secrets, unsanitised input
- Performance: unnecessary re-renders, missing memoization
- Code Quality: component >300 lines, duplicated logic, magic strings/numbers
- Best Practices: useEffect cleanup, ?? not ||, type='button' on buttons
- Docs (*.md, *.yaml, *.json): broken links, invalid syntax

## Severity
CRITICAL (blocking): custom CSS/inline styles, Dialog instead of Popup, .data pattern, direct API in components, untyped any, security issues, components >300 lines, raw hex/rgb tokens
MAJOR (should fix): missing RHF+Yup on forms, missing useEffect cleanup, magic strings, || instead of ??, missing type='button', duplicated logic
RECOMMENDATION: naming, organisation, performance hints

## Re-evaluation (mode=re-evaluation)
For each open issue — check if still in + lines → FIXED or STILL_OPEN.
If Case B: also run full scan on new files.

## Output format — return ONLY this structure:
CRITICAL:
- \`file:line\` — description | Fix: what to do

MAJOR:
- \`file:line\` — description | Fix: what to do

RECOMMENDATIONS:
- \`file:line\` — description

FIXED:
- \`file:line\` — original issue

STILL_OPEN:
- \`file:line\` — original issue
"
)

Inline review (no REVIEW_DEPTH)

Flag only issues in + lines. Use Read for context. Threshold exception applies.

Re-evaluation mode: for each open - [ ] — check + lines → fixed or still open. If Case B: also full scan new files.

Full scan: for each changed file, read it, scan + lines for issues using same categories and severity as sub-agent prompt above.

→ Save progress, proceed to Step 5

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Step 5: Save Spec

Spec path: .codemie/reviews/<TICKET>/review.md ⚠️ Spec is NEVER committed.

New spec:

mkdir -p .codemie/reviews/<TICKET>

# Code Review: <TICKET>

**Created**: <ISO-8601 UTC timestamp>
**Ticket**: <TICKET>
**Branch**: <branch>
**MR**: !<MR_IID> <MR_URL>
**Goal**: <goal summary>

## Issues

<!-- State markers: [ ] open, [x] fixed, [~] rejected (with justification) -->

### 🚨 CRITICAL

- [ ] `src/components/Foo.tsx:34` — <description>
  Fix: <what to do>

### ⚠️ MAJOR

- [ ] `src/store/fooStore.ts:45` — <description>
  Fix: <what to do>

## Justifications

<!-- Filled when developer rejects an issue -->

## Summary

Critical: <N> open, 0 fixed | Major: <N> open, 0 fixed

Existing spec (re-evaluation):

• - [ ] → - [x] for confirmed fixed
• Append new issues (Case B) under existing sections
• Update Summary line

→ Save progress, proceed to Step 6

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Step 6: Present Findings

First-time review:

📋 Code Review: ! — <MR_TITLE>

• Files reviewed: [list]
• Issues: X critical, Y major, Z recommendations
• Overall: [1-sentence assessment]

🚨 CRITICAL (must fix before merge)

• file:line — issue — fix

⚠️ MAJOR (should fix)

• file:line — issue — fix

💡 Recommendations

✅ What looks good

Re-evaluation:

📋 Re-evaluation: ! — <MR_TITLE>

✅ Fixed since last review ❌ Still open 🆕 New issues (Case B only)

Summary: N fixed, N still open, N new

→ Save progress, proceed to Step 7

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Step 7: Apply Fixes

If no issues (or all already fixed) → skip to Step 8

Default mode (no --interactive):

Auto-apply ALL CRITICAL and MAJOR fixes. For each issue:

1. Read the file
2. Apply the fix described in the spec
3. Mark - [ ] → - [x] in spec
4. Update Summary

Interactive mode (--interactive):

For each CRITICAL and MAJOR issue ask:

AskUserQuestion(
  prompt: "`file:line` — <description>\nFix: <fix>\n\nWhat to do?",
  header: "Fix issue?",
  options: ["Fix it", "Skip — I'll fix manually", "Reject — not an issue"]
)

• "Fix it" → apply fix, mark [x]
• "Skip" → leave [ ]
• "Reject" → ask for justification → mark [~], add to Justifications section

→ Save progress, proceed to Step 8

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Step 8: Commit

date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
git branch --show-current

Verify spec is NOT tracked:

git status --short | grep ".codemie/reviews"

If found → git rm --cached .codemie/reviews/<TICKET>/review.md

If fixes were applied:

Stage fixed files explicitly (never git add .):

git add <fixed files...>
git commit -m "$(cat <<'EOF'
EPMCDME-XXXXX: Fix issues from code review

Generated-By: AI
AI-Code-Review: completed
Reviewed-At: <TIMESTAMP>
Files-Reviewed: <COUNT>
Issues-Found: <COUNT>
Issues-Fixed: <COUNT>

Fixed issues:
- <description>

Co-Authored-By: Claude (Code Reviewer) <[e-mail]>
EOF
)"

If no fixes applied (all skipped/rejected or no issues):

git commit --allow-empty -m "$(cat <<'EOF'
EPMCDME-XXXXX: Code review completed

Generated-By: AI
AI-Code-Review: completed
Reviewed-At: <TIMESTAMP>
MR: !<MR_IID>
Files-Reviewed: <COUNT>
Issues-Found: <CRITICAL>c/<MAJOR>m
Issues-Open: <CRITICAL_OPEN>c/<MAJOR_OPEN>m
Issues-Fixed: <CRITICAL_FIXED>c/<MAJOR_FIXED>m

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Code Reviewer) <[e-mail]>
EOF
)"

Commit format rules

• Title: EPMCDME-XXXXX: <Capital letter start>
• Body first line: Generated-By: AI (required for Tekton pipeline)
• No [AI] prefix in title

→ Save progress, proceed to Step 9

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Step 9: Push + Approve MR

If MR_IID = "TBD" (no MR existed before review)

Push and create MR now (after fixes are already committed):

git push --set-upstream origin $(git branch --show-current)
glab mr create \
  --title "<TICKET>: <short description>" \
  --description "## Summary
[Description]

## Checklist
- [ ] Self-reviewed
- [ ] Manual testing performed
- [ ] No breaking changes (or documented)" \
  --remove-source-branch=false

Extract new MR_IID and MR_URL. Update review.md and progress.md with real values (replace "TBD").

If MR already existed

Check approval state:

glab api "projects/<REPO_SLUG_ENCODED>/merge_requests/<MR_IID>/approvals" 2>/dev/null

(<REPO_SLUG_ENCODED> = repo slug with / replaced by %2F, e.g. epm-cdme%2Fcodemie-ui)

Parse "user_has_approved" from JSON. If true → revoke first:

glab mr revoke <MR_IID> --repo <REPO_SLUG> 2>/dev/null

Push:

git push origin $(git branch --show-current)

Approve MR (both paths)

glab mr approve <MR_IID> --repo <REPO_SLUG> 2>/dev/null

Inform developer: "Review complete. MR: <MR_URL>"

If critical issues remain open → warn: "🚨 <N> critical issues remain open — do not merge until resolved."

→ Save final progress (status: completed)

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Progress Tracking

Every "→ Save progress" instruction means: use the Write or Edit tool on .codemie/reviews/<TICKET>/progress.md.

• First time (file doesn't exist) → use Write to create it with all steps as [ ]
• New review run (file already exists) → use Write to overwrite it and reset ALL steps to [ ] first, then proceed step by step
• After each step completes → use Edit to flip only that step - [ ] Step N → - [x] Step N and update **Last updated**

File format:

# Review Progress: <TICKET>

**Last updated**: <ISO-8601 UTC timestamp>
**MR**: !<MR_IID> <MR_URL>

## Steps
- [ ] Step 0: Interactive setup
- [ ] Step 1: Context gathered
- [ ] Step 2: Spec checked
- [ ] Step 3: Files found (<N> files)
- [ ] Step 4: Review complete
- [ ] Step 5: Spec saved
- [ ] Step 6: Findings presented
- [ ] Step 7: Fixes applied
- [ ] Step 8: Committed
- [ ] Step 9: Pushed + approved

## State
REVIEW_DEPTH: <quick|deep|unset>
BASE_BRANCH: <branch>
TICKET: <ticket>
MR_IID: <iid>
MR_URL: <url>

Create the file at Step 1 (when TICKET and MR_IID are first known). Mark each step [x] immediately after it completes.

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Integration Points

Caller	Context passed	Behavior
Developer directly	None — reads MR auto	Automated (default) or interactive (--interactive)
dark-factory	ticket, goal	Uses provided context, skips brianna, auto-fixes all issues

When called by dark-factory

• Use ticket and goal from caller — skip brianna
• Step 1 MR check still runs — if no MR, auto-create without prompting
• All other steps run as normal