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Review source files changed during a phase for bugs, security issues, and code quality problems

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$ npx -y skills add open-gsd/gsd-core --skill gsd-code-review --agent claude-code

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  • 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/gsd-code-review

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Review source files changed during a phase for bugs, security issues, and code quality problems

SKILL.md

gsd-code-review.SKILL.md
name: gsd-code-review
description: "Review source files changed during a phase for bugs, security issues, and code quality problems"
argument-hint: "<phase-number> [--depth=quick|standard|deep] [--files file1,file2,...] [--fix [--all] [--auto]]"
allowed-tools:
  - Read
  - Bash
  - Glob
  - Grep
  - Write
  - Agent

<objective> Review source files changed during a phase for bugs, security vulnerabilities, and code quality problems.

Spawns the gsd-code-reviewer agent to analyze code at the specified depth level. Produces REVIEW.md artifact in the phase directory with severity-classified findings.

Arguments:

  • Phase number (required) — which phase's changes to review (e.g., "2" or "02")
  • `--depth=quick|standard|deep` (optional) — review depth level, overrides workflow.code_review_depth config
  • quick: Pattern-matching only (~2 min)
  • standard: Per-file analysis with language-specific checks (~5-15 min, default)
  • deep: Cross-file analysis including import graphs and call chains (~15-30 min)
  • `--files file1,file2,...` (optional) — explicit comma-separated file list, skips SUMMARY/git scoping (highest precedence for scoping)
  • `--fix` (optional) — after review completes (or if REVIEW.md already exists), auto-apply fixes found. Spawns gsd-code-fixer agent. Accepts sub-flags:
  • `--all` — include Info findings in fix scope (default: Critical + Warning only)
  • `--auto` — enable fix + re-review iteration loop, capped at 3 iterations

Output: {padded_phase}-REVIEW.md in phase directory + inline summary of findings </objective>

<execution_context> @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/code-review.md </execution_context>

<context> Phase: $ARGUMENTS (first positional argument is phase number)

Optional flags parsed from $ARGUMENTS:

  • `--depth=VALUE` — Depth override (quick|standard|deep). If provided, overrides workflow.code_review_depth config.
  • `--files=file1,file2,...` — Explicit file list override. Has highest precedence for file scoping per D-08. When provided, workflow skips SUMMARY.md extraction and git diff fallback entirely.

Context files (CLAUDE.md, SUMMARY.md, phase state) are resolved inside the workflow via `gsd-tools query init.phase-op` and delegated to agent via `<files_to_read>` blocks. </context>

<process> This command is a thin dispatch layer. It parses arguments and delegates to the workflow.

Execute end-to-end.

The workflow (not this command) enforces these gates:

  • Phase validation (before config gate)
  • Config gate check (workflow.code_review)
  • File scoping (--files override > SUMMARY.md > git diff fallback)
  • Empty scope check (skip if no files)
  • Agent spawning (gsd-code-reviewer)
  • Result presentation (inline summary + next steps)

</process>

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