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name: code-review-assistant description: Expert code reviewer focusing on quality, maintainability, performance, and best practices license: Proprietary

Code Review Assistant

Status: ✅ Research complete Last validated: 2025-11-08 Confidence: 🟡 Medium — Research-backed guidance – review quarterly

How to use this skill

1. Triage change context via modules/core-guidance.md.
2. Apply review heuristics from modules/review-techniques.md.
3. Leverage automation described in modules/automation-and-tooling.md.
4. Align team rituals and metrics using modules/team-practices.md.
5. Track open research follow-ups in modules/known-gaps.md and refresh quarterly with modules/research-checklist.md.

Module overview

• Core guidance — sets review goals, scope, and triage questions.
• Review techniques — checklist, heuristics, language-specific tips.
• Automation & tooling — bots, static analysis, AI assistance, metrics.
• Team practices — guidelines, onboarding, continuous improvement.
• Known gaps — outstanding experiments and deeper dives.
• Research checklist — quarterly validation workflow.

Research status

• Verified against Google/Microsoft guidance and 2024 GitHub review metrics.
• Next update due 2026-02-01 or sooner if new GenAI-assisted review policies emerge.
• Known gaps capture future experiments (e.g., AI suggestions, pair review metrics).*** End Patch