Agent skill

Independent Review

by benchflow-ai in benchflow-ai/benchflow

Incorporate feedback from an independent code reviewer to improve your solution.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Independent Review

skills CLI
$ npx skills add benchflow-ai/benchflow --skill independent-review -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install benchflow-ai/benchflow independent-review --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/benchflow-ai/benchflow.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/benchmarks/followup-bench .claude/skills/independent-review && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
independent-review
GitHub stars
356
Token cost
~232 tokens
SKILL.md length
110 words
Files
4
Skills in repo
8
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Incorporate feedback from an independent code reviewer to improve your solution.

  • Works in 5 steps: Read the reviewer's feedback carefully → Identify each specific issue raised → Fix only what the reviewer flagged —… → …
  • Tasks that involve Code review
  • SKILL.md covers Process, When reviewer finds bugs and When reviewer approves
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Independent Review is an agent skill from benchflow-ai/benchflow. Incorporate feedback from an independent code reviewer to improve your solution. The reviewer is a different agent that analyzed your work.

Its SKILL.md is about 230 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files (for example `evals/evals.json`, `followup-bench.md` and `runner.py`).

It sits in Development, covering Code review. The repository describes itself as: Research infra for creating RL environments, post-training, and evals. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Code review

Example prompts

  • “/independent-review”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read the reviewer's feedback carefully
  2. Identify each specific issue raised
  3. Fix only what the reviewer flagged — don't refactor unrelated code
  4. If the reviewer says the code is correct, don't make unnecessary changes
  5. Verify your fixes address each point

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e965eee. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships script files (Python), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Independent Review loads about 232 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 40 tokens; SKILL.md has 110 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~40
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~232

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from benchflow-ai/benchflow at commit e965eee, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© benchflow-ai). 110 words, ~232 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/independent-review/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
independent-review
description
Incorporate feedback from an independent code reviewer to improve your solution. The reviewer is a different agent that analyzed your work.

Independent Review Skill

When an independent reviewer provides feedback on your code, incorporate it effectively.

Process

  1. Read the reviewer's feedback carefully
  2. Identify each specific issue raised
  3. Fix only what the reviewer flagged — don't refactor unrelated code
  4. If the reviewer says the code is correct, don't make unnecessary changes
  5. Verify your fixes address each point

When reviewer finds bugs

  • Fix each bug the reviewer identified
  • Add edge case handling if reviewer pointed out missing cases
  • Test mentally that the fix resolves the specific issue

When reviewer approves

  • Acknowledge the positive review
  • Do NOT introduce unnecessary changes to working code
  • "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"

© benchflow-ai, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files in benchmarks/followup-bench of benchflow-ai/benchflow.

  • SKILL.md
  • evals/evals.json
  • followup-bench.md
  • runner.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e965eee

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Categories

Questions about Independent Review

What does Independent Review do?

Incorporate feedback from an independent code reviewer to improve your solution. Independent Review is an agent skill from benchflow-ai/benchflow. Incorporate feedback from an independent code reviewer to improve your solution.

When should I use Independent Review?

Independent Review fits situations like: tasks that involve Code review.

How do I install Independent Review in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add benchflow-ai/benchflow --skill independent-review -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (benchmarks/followup-bench in benchflow-ai/benchflow) into .claude/skills/independent-review in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Independent Review in Codex?

Run `npx skills add benchflow-ai/benchflow --skill independent-review -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (benchmarks/followup-bench in benchflow-ai/benchflow) into .agents/skills/independent-review in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Independent Review in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add benchflow-ai/benchflow --skill independent-review -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/independent-review, .gemini/skills/independent-review, .github/skills/independent-review and .opencode/skills/independent-review in your project.

What does Independent Review need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Independent Review needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Independent Review access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Independent Review safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Independent Review use?

Independent Review is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Independent Review use?

About 232 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 928 characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Independent Review?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Independent Review: PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars), Code Review Checklist (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars), Backend Code Review (langflow-ai/langflow, 155k stars) and Mole Bug Patterns (tw93/Mole, 70k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Independent Review?

benchflow-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in benchflow-ai/benchflow, which has 356 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: benchflow-ai/benchflow on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.