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Use when the user asks for a review of any artifact -- code diff, PR, book chapter, campaign brief, landing-page copy, or design tokens. Trigger: review, code review, review this, PR review, review my X, review chapter, review brief, review page, /ijfw-review

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Install
$ npx -y skills add FerroxLabs/ijfw --skill ijfw-review --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/ijfw-review

Context preview

The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

Use when the user asks for a review of any artifact -- code diff, PR, book chapter, campaign brief, landing-page copy, or design tokens. Trigger: review, code review, review this, PR review, review my X, review chapter, review brief, review page, /ijfw-review

SKILL.md

ijfw-review.SKILL.md
name: ijfw-review
since: '1.5.0'
description: "Use when the user asks for a review of any artifact -- code diff, PR, book chapter, campaign brief, landing-page copy, or design tokens. Trigger: review, code review, review this, PR review, review my X, review chapter, review brief, review page, /ijfw-review"

Domain-agnostic critique. One-line findings, severity-tagged, with a written `REVIEW.md` artifact.

Severity vocabulary (all domains)

  • **BLOCK** -- must-fix before ship. Bug, data loss, broken claim, factual error, WCAG violation, missing CTA.
  • **FLAG** -- should discuss. Risky choice, weak evidence, voice break, ambiguous audience, fragile coupling.
  • **NIT** -- polish. Phrasing, micro-spacing, naming, redundancy.

Format per finding: `<LOC>: [SEVERITY] <one-line problem>. <one-line fix>.` `<LOC>` is `file:line` for code, `<section>` or `<page>` for prose/design.

Domain checklists

Software (code diff / PR)

  • Null & undefined handling, error paths, retry/backoff semantics.
  • Security boundaries: input validation, authz, secret leakage, path traversal.
  • Test coverage: happy path + at least one failure case per public surface.
  • Concurrency: race conditions, idempotency, ordering assumptions.
  • Public API: backward compatibility, types, naming.

Book chapter

  • Continuity with prior chapters (character state, world facts, timeline).
  • Voice / POV consistency.
  • Pacing: scene-vs-summary ratio, dwell on stakes.
  • Character beats: motivation legible, agency visible.
  • Stakes: what is at risk on this page, why now.

Campaign brief

  • Audience: named, specific, has a current alternative.
  • Message-to-channel fit: format matches where the audience already is.
  • CTA: single, frictionless, measurable.
  • KPI coverage: leading + lagging indicator named.
  • Kill criteria: the condition under which you stop spending.

Landing page (copy + layout)

  • Promise -> proof -> CTA alignment in the first viewport.
  • Mobile-readiness: tap targets >= 44px, no horizontal scroll, hero readable at 375px.
  • Accessibility: WCAG AA contrast 4.5:1 body / 3:1 large text; alt text on meaningful images; keyboard reachable CTA.
  • Conversion-path friction: number of decisions before primary CTA.

Design artifact (tokens / mockup)

  • Token consistency: every color/space/radius/shadow resolves to a defined token.
  • Contrast: WCAG AA on every text-on-surface pair.
  • Type scale: modular ratio respected; no orphan sizes.
  • Spacing rhythm: 4/8 baseline (or declared grid) respected.

Output rules

  • Lead with BLOCK findings, then FLAG, then NIT.
  • No praise for meeting baseline expectations.
  • Max 10 findings unless the caller asks for exhaustive.
  • If nothing found: `Clean. Reviewed <N> <units> across BLOCK/FLAG/NIT gates. No findings.`

Artifact-write contract (MANDATORY)

Every review MUST write a `REVIEW.md` to a predictable path so the artifact is durable and resumable:

  • **Software review of a planned unit of work**: `.planning/<milestone>/<phase-dir>/REVIEW.md`
  • **Software review without a planning context** (ad-hoc PR): `REVIEW.md` at the repo root, or `<branch>-REVIEW.md` if reviewing a named branch.
  • **Standalone artifact** (chapter, brief, page, design file): write `<artifact-basename>-REVIEW.md` alongside the artifact. Example: `chapter-7.md` -> `chapter-7-REVIEW.md`.

REVIEW.md required sections

# Review: <artifact name>

Reviewed: <ISO-8601 timestamp>
Reviewer: ijfw-review
Domain: <software | book | campaign | landing | design>

## Summary
<2-4 sentences. Headline verdict + the single most important thing to fix.>

## BLOCK findings (must-fix)
- <LOC>: <one-line problem>. <one-line fix>.

## FLAG findings (should-discuss)
- <LOC>: <one-line problem>. <one-line fix>.

## NIT findings (polish)
- <LOC>: <one-line problem>. <one-line fix>.

If a section has no findings, keep the header and write `(none)` underneath -- absence is a signal, not a typo.

Second opinion

For high-stakes artifacts the caller can request a multi-lens audit via `/cross-audit` -- this fans the same artifact across Trident (codex / gemini / claude) and converges on a consensus verdict. Use it when stakes warrant a second pair of eyes.

Output contract

Emit a `gate-result` block as the **LAST** content of your output. Nothing after it. Use `gate="swarm-review"`. Statuses: `PASS | CONDITIONAL | WARN | FLAG | FAIL`.

`affected_artifacts` MUST include the absolute path to the `REVIEW.md` that was written.

Format:

{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "gate": "swarm-review",
  "status": "<STATUS>",
  "project_type": "<from project-type-detector>",
  "lenses": [],
  "affected_artifacts": ["<absolute path to REVIEW.md>"],
  "accounting": {"duration_ms": 0, "lenses_invoked": 0, "cost_usd": null},
  "remediation": [],
  "receipts_ref": null,
  "supersedes": null,
  "gate_id": "<gate-with-colons-replaced-by-dashes>-<ts>-<rand4>",
  "emitted_at": "<ISO-8601>"
}
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