Agent skill

Tendril Review

by Ivy-Interactive in Ivy-Interactive/Ivy-Tendril

Comprehensive post-change review of all modified files. An agent skill from Ivy-Interactive/Ivy-Tendril.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Tendril Review

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Ivy-Interactive/Ivy-Tendril --skill tendril-review -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Ivy-Interactive/Ivy-Tendril tendril-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/Ivy-Interactive/Ivy-Tendril.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/tendril-review .claude/skills/tendril-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
tendril-review
GitHub stars
202
Token cost
~850 tokens
SKILL.md length
369 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
6
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Comprehensive post-change review of all modified files. An agent skill from Ivy-Interactive/Ivy-Tendril.

  • Works in 4 steps: Scope the Changes → Code Quality Review → Test Review → …
  • Tasks that involve Refactoring
  • SKILL.md covers Invocation, What This Skill Does, Execution Steps and Principles
  • Calls git and dotnet

What it does

Tendril Review is an agent skill from Ivy-Interactive/Ivy-Tendril. Comprehensive post-change review of all modified files. Checks for code smells, cleanup opportunities, unnecessary legacy support, missing tests, broken tests, and obsolete tests. Use after a big change to leave the codebase in better health.

Its SKILL.md is about 850 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Refactoring. It works with Git. The repository describes itself as: AI agents can now write 99% of the code. This changes what it means to be a developer. Our role shifts to knowing "what good looks like". To do that, we need completely new…

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Refactoring

Example prompts

  • “/tendril-review”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Scope the Changes
  2. Code Quality Review
  3. Test Review
  4. Summary Report

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3a1a241. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git
    • dotnet

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Tendril Review loads about 850 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 64 tokens; SKILL.md has 369 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~64
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~850

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 369 words (~850 tokens).

“Perform a thorough review of all changes in the current working tree (or a specified branch/PR). The goal is to leave every touched file in better code health than before.”

— opening of SKILL.md by Ivy-Interactive, Custom licence
name
tendril-review

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/tendril-review of Ivy-Interactive/Ivy-Tendril.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3a1a241

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Refactoring Auditepam/ai-dial-chat504—~4.3kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Nexus QueryHaaaiawd/Nexus-skills166—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Refactortermide/termide171—~2.8kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Tendril Review

What does Tendril Review do?

Comprehensive post-change review of all modified files. An agent skill from Ivy-Interactive/Ivy-Tendril. Tendril Review is an agent skill from Ivy-Interactive/Ivy-Tendril. Comprehensive post-change review of all modified files.

When should I use Tendril Review?

Tendril Review fits situations like: tasks that involve Refactoring.

How do I install Tendril Review in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Ivy-Interactive/Ivy-Tendril --skill tendril-review -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/tendril-review in Ivy-Interactive/Ivy-Tendril) into .claude/skills/tendril-review in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Tendril Review in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Ivy-Interactive/Ivy-Tendril --skill tendril-review -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/tendril-review in Ivy-Interactive/Ivy-Tendril) into .agents/skills/tendril-review in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Tendril 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 Ivy-Interactive/Ivy-Tendril --skill tendril-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/tendril-review, .gemini/skills/tendril-review, .github/skills/tendril-review and .opencode/skills/tendril-review in your project.

What does Tendril Review need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Tendril Review needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git and dotnet).

Does Tendril Review access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Tendril 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 Tendril Review use?

Tendril Review has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Tendril Review use?

About 850 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.4k 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 Tendril Review?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Tendril Review: Codex (skills-directory/skill-codex, 1.5k stars), Nexus Mapper (Haaaiawd/Nexus-skills, 166 stars), Refactoring Audit (epam/ai-dial-chat, 504 stars) and Nexus Query (Haaaiawd/Nexus-skills, 166 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Tendril Review?

Ivy-Interactive (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Ivy-Interactive/Ivy-Tendril, which has 202 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 15, 2026.

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