Code Review Staged

When to Use This Skill

ALWAYS invoke this skill when user wants to review STAGED git changes:

Chinese (关键词"暂存" + 动词: 审查/评审/看/检查):

• "审查暂存" / "审查暂存区" / "审查暂存的代码" / "暂存区审查" / "暂存区代码审查"
• "评审暂存" / "评审暂存区"
• "看看暂存" / "看一下暂存" / "看看暂存区" / "看一下暂存区"
• "检查暂存" / "检查暂存区"

English:

• "review staged" / "review staged changes" / "staged code review" / "staged CR"
• "check staged" / "look at staged" / "review cached changes"

This skill is specifically for STAGED changes (git diff --cached). For remote GitHub PRs, use github-code-review-pr instead.

Requirements

• Working directory: Must be inside a git repository
• Review language: Match the user's input language (Chinese or English)
• Commit message: Always in English, single line, max 72 characters

Implementation

The skill executes these steps:

Step 1: Get Staged Changes and Branch Info

Run these commands concurrently:

git diff --cached
git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD

If no staged changes found, report and suggest git add.

Step 2: Gather Repository Context

Since we're already inside the repository, context gathering is cheap and fast — just local file reads.

2a. Project structure overview

git ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD | head -200

This reveals the project's module organization, naming conventions, and architecture without reading any file content.

2b. Coding conventions and config files

Read key project files (if they exist) to understand coding standards. Prioritize by relevance to the changed files' languages.

AI agent instruction files (highest priority — these define project conventions explicitly):

| File | Tool | |---|---| | AGENTS.md | Cross-tool standard (Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Amp, Windsurf, Devin) | | CLAUDE.md | Claude Code | | GEMINI.md | Gemini CLI | | .github/copilot-instructions.md | GitHub Copilot | | .cursorrules / .cursor/rules/ | Cursor | | .windsurfrules / .windsurf/rules/ | Windsurf |

Project and build config files:

| File | Purpose | |---|---| | README.md | Project overview | | CONTRIBUTING.md | Development guidelines, contribution rules | | pyproject.toml / setup.cfg | Python project config, linting rules | | package.json | Node.js project config, lint config | | .editorconfig | Editor formatting rules | | .eslintrc.* / biome.json | JS/TS linting rules | | Makefile / Justfile | Build conventions | | Cargo.toml | Rust project config | | go.mod | Go module config | | .clang-format / .clang-tidy | C/C++ formatting rules |

Constraints:

• Read at most 3-5 config files — prioritize the ones most relevant to the changed files' languages
• Skim only; skip files larger than ~50KB

2c. Full content of modified files

Read the full content of staged files to understand complete context around changes. Use a change-volume driven strategy instead of a fixed file count:

• > 50 lines changed (additions + deletions): Must read full file — major changes require complete context
• 5-50 lines changed: Read full file — surrounding code is important for correctness judgment
• **100KB) — only use the diff for those. This size limit applies to ALL files, including new files

2d. Related files not in the diff (targeted)

Analyze the diff to determine if files NOT in the staged changes need to be read for a high-quality review:

• When to read context:
• If a function signature changes, check its callers or definition
• If a class inherits from a base class not in diff, read the base class definition
• If a variable type is unclear, check its declaration
• If a config value changes, check where it's consumed if the impact is ambiguous
• Header/Source Pairing: For C/C++, always check the corresponding .h or .cpp file if one is modified
• Tests: Check if existing tests need updates or if new tests are consistent with existing patterns
• Constraints:
• Read 3-5 related files that are strictly necessary to validate the correctness of the staged changes
• If a file is huge, read only relevant sections

Step 3: Detect Language

Analyze user's input to determine review output language:

• Contains Chinese characters → Chinese review
• Only English → English review
• Commit message always in English

Step 4: Perform Code Review

Structure the review into these sections:

If Chinese review requested:

1. 变更概览

• 此 diff 主要做了什么（修复 bug、添加功能、重构、配置变更等）
• 变更规模和受影响的主要模块
• 项目的编码规范和风格（基于 config 文件和已有代码推断）
• 此变更是否符合项目整体风格和架构模式

2. 代码质量 & Clean Code 评价

• 全面评估变更的代码风格、命名、注释、可读性、可维护性、设计架构、模块解耦、重复代码等
• 特别关注：变更是否与项目现有代码风格一致（命名惯例、代码组织方式、错误处理模式等）
• 发现任何易错写法、不安全代码、低效实现、反模式或不符合最佳实践的地方要具体列出
• 指出被修改的具体位置与问题描述（行号/文件名/代码片段，或足够明确的定位描述）
• 提出详细的修复/重构/优化建议，并解释理由

3. 潜在的重大问题和风险

• 检查代码逻辑是否存在难以发现的 bug、异常未处理、未校验边界条件、性能瓶颈、安全隐患等
• 检查是否有遗漏的修改（如：改了接口但没改调用方，改了 schema 但没改迁移）
• 指出这些疑点，并简单说明为何值得关注

4. 增量建议

• 给出进一步增强代码质量、工程可维护性、测试覆盖的建议
• 建议是否需要补充测试、文档、类型声明等

5. 推荐提交信息

• 严格遵循 [references/commit-format.md](references/commit-format.md) 的格式规范 — 这是单一事实来源
• 提交信息使用英文，单行，最多 72 字符，subject 使用动词原形开头
• scope 必须从 branch name 自动推导，禁止使用 repo 名当 scope
• 关键规则速查（完整规则见 commit-format.md）：
• 分支 // → scope = JIRA key（如 feat[XYZ-190]: add export endpoint）
• 分支 / 且 title ≤ 30 字符 → scope = lowercase-hyphenated title
• 分支 / 且 title > 30 字符 → 按 commit-format.md 的"Long-title compression"压缩
• -iter-N 后缀不进 scope；-vN 后缀保留在 scope 中
• 默认分支（master/main/dev）或无 / 分支 → 不带 scope，用 type: subject
• scope + 模板字符 + subject 总长超 72 字符时，丢掉 scope 优先保 subject

If English review requested:

1. Change Overview

• What this diff does (bug fix, feature, refactor, config change, etc.)
• Change scope and primary modules affected
• Project coding conventions and style (inferred from config files and existing code)
• Whether this change aligns with the project's overall style and architectural patterns

2. Code Quality & Clean Code Evaluation

• Thoroughly assess code style, naming conventions, comments, readability, maintainability, architecture, modularity, code duplication, etc.
• Pay special attention to: whether changes are consistent with existing project code style (naming conventions, code organization, error handling patterns, etc.)
• Identify error-prone code, unsafe patterns, inefficient implementations, anti-patterns, or violations of best practices
• Clearly specify the exact location and nature of each problem (line number, filename, code snippet, or sufficiently precise description)
• Provide actionable suggestions for fixes/refactoring/optimization with explanatory reasoning

3. Major Issues and Risks

• Evaluate hard-to-detect logic bugs, unhandled exceptions, missing boundary checks, performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities
• Check for missed changes (e.g., changed an interface but not its callers, changed a schema but not its migration)
• Point out suspicious areas and explain their potential impact

4. Incremental Suggestions

• Suggestions for improving code quality, maintainability, and test coverage
• Whether additional tests, documentation, or type annotations are needed

5. Recommended Commit Message

• Strictly follow [references/commit-format.md](references/commit-format.md) — it is the single source of truth
• English, single line, max 72 characters, subject in imperative mood
• Scope MUST be auto-derived from the branch name; NEVER use the repo name as scope
• Quick rules (full rules in commit-format.md):
• Branch // → scope = JIRA key (e.g. feat[XYZ-190]: add export endpoint)
• Branch / with title ≤ 30 chars → scope = lowercase-hyphenated title
• Branch / with title > 30 chars → apply "Long-title compression" from commit-format.md
• -iter-N suffix is stripped from scope; -vN suffix is kept in scope
• Bare branches (master/main/dev) or branches without / → no scope, use type: subject
• When scope + template chars + subject would exceed 72 chars, drop scope to preserve subject

Error Handling

• No staged changes: Report that no staged changes found and suggest using git add
• Not a git repo: Report and suggest navigating to a git repository
• Language detection failure: Default to English review
• Large diff (>50 files): Warn the user; focus on the most critical files

Examples

Example 1: Chinese Request

User input: "审查暂存区的代码" Branch: feat/audio-support Action: Get staged diff → gather repo context locally → review in Chinese Output: Context-aware Chinese review with recommended commit message

Example 2: English Request

User input: "Review my staged changes" Branch: fix/wifi-connection Action: Get staged diff → gather repo context locally → review in English Output: Context-aware English review with recommended commit message

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: jie-meng
• Source: jie-meng/mythril-agent-skills
• License: Apache-2.0

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.