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Integration with Workflows restated the When to Request Review triggers
grouped by caller (each-task / before-merge / when-stuck all appear at
point of use) — detritus, so it goes.
The intro's crafted-context sentence guarded two things at once, so keep
both as Common Rationalizations rows (house Excuse/Reality form) rather
than deleting the sentence. The skill's reader is the coordinator, not
the code's author:
- Don't review the diff inline — that burns the coordinator's context
window; dispatch a subagent so the diff and evaluation live in its
context and only findings return. ("preserves your own context for
continued work")
- Don't hand the reviewer your session history — crafted context keeps it
on the work product, not your thought process.
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---
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name: requesting-code-review
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description: Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements
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---
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# Requesting Code Review
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Dispatch a code reviewer subagent to catch issues before they cascade. The reviewer gets precisely crafted context for evaluation — never your session's history.
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**Core principle:** Review early, review often.
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## When to Request Review
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**Mandatory:**
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- After each task in subagent-driven development
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- After completing major feature
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- Before merge to main
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**Optional but valuable:**
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- When stuck (fresh perspective)
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- Before refactoring (baseline check)
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- After fixing complex bug
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## How to Request
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**1. Get git SHAs:**
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```bash
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BASE_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD~1) # or origin/main
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HEAD_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
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```
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**2. Dispatch code reviewer subagent:**
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Dispatch a `general-purpose` subagent, filling the template at [code-reviewer.md](code-reviewer.md)
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**Placeholders:**
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- `{DESCRIPTION}` - Brief summary of what you built
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- `{PLAN_OR_REQUIREMENTS}` - What it should do
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- `{BASE_SHA}` - Starting commit
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- `{HEAD_SHA}` - Ending commit
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**3. Act on feedback:**
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- Fix Critical issues immediately
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- Fix Important issues before proceeding
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- Note Minor issues for later
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- Push back if reviewer is wrong (with reasoning)
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## Example
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```
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[Just completed Task 2: Add verification function]
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You: Let me request code review before proceeding.
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BASE_SHA=$(git log --oneline | grep "Task 1" | head -1 | awk '{print $1}')
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HEAD_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
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[Dispatch code reviewer subagent]
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DESCRIPTION: Added verifyIndex() and repairIndex() with 4 issue types
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PLAN_OR_REQUIREMENTS: Task 2 from docs/superpowers/plans/deployment-plan.md
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BASE_SHA: a7981ec
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HEAD_SHA: 3df7661
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[Subagent returns]:
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Strengths: Clean architecture, real tests
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Issues:
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Important: Missing progress indicators
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Minor: Magic number (100) for reporting interval
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Assessment: Ready to proceed
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You: [Fix progress indicators]
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[Continue to Task 3]
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```
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## Common Rationalizations
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| Excuse | Reality |
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|--------|---------|
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| "I'll just review the diff myself instead of dispatching a reviewer" | You're the coordinator — reviewing the diff inline burns the context window you need to keep driving the work. Dispatch a reviewer subagent: the diff and the evaluation live in its context, and only the findings come back to you. |
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| "The reviewer needs my whole session history to understand the change" | Hand it precisely crafted context, never your session's history. That keeps the reviewer on the work product, not your thought process. |
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## Red Flags
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**Never:**
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- Skip review because "it's simple"
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- Ignore Critical issues
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- Proceed with unfixed Important issues
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- Argue with valid technical feedback
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**If reviewer wrong:**
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- Push back with technical reasoning
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- Show code/tests that prove it works
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- Request clarification
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See template at: [code-reviewer.md](code-reviewer.md)
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