Agent skill

Review

by poteto in poteto/noodle

Review plans and code changes. An agent skill from poteto/noodle.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Review

skills CLI
$ npx skills add poteto/noodle --skill review -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install poteto/noodle 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/poteto/noodle.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/review .claude/skills/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
review
GitHub stars
447
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
620 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
26
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Review plans and code changes. An agent skill from poteto/noodle.

  • Works in 6 steps: Load Principles → Determine Scope → Gather Context → …
  • Tasks that involve Code quality
  • SKILL.md covers Autonomous Session Mode, Step 1 — Load Principles, Step 2 — Determine Scope and Step 3 — Gather Context, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Review is an agent skill from poteto/noodle. Review plans and code changes. Walks Architecture → Code Quality → Tests → Performance, numbering issues with tradeoff options. Triggers: "review", "review this", "code review", "look over this", "check my changes", "audit", "critique", "what do you think", "sanity check".

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k 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 Code quality. The repository describes itself as: Orchestrate agents using skills. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Code quality

Example prompts

  • “review”
  • “review this”
  • “code review”
  • “/review”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Load Principles
  2. Determine Scope
  3. Gather Context
  4. Gather Domain Skills
  5. Review Sections
  6. Issue Format

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 82d2921. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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

Review loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 70 tokens; SKILL.md has 620 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~70
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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 poteto/noodle at commit 82d2921, republished under its MIT licence (© poteto). 620 words, ~1,220 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/review/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
review
description
Review plans and code changes. Walks Architecture → Code Quality → Tests → Performance, numbering issues with tradeoff options. Triggers: "review", "review this", "code review", "look over this", "check my changes", "audit", "critique", "what do you think", "sanity check".

Review

Thorough, interactive review grounded in project principles. Do NOT make changes — the review is the deliverable.

Autonomous Session Mode

When this skill runs in a non-interactive Noodle execution session (for example Cook, Oops, or Repair):

  • Do not use AskUserQuestion. For each issue found, state the recommended action directly instead of presenting options.
  • Write findings to a report file at brain/audits/review-<date>-<subject>.md in addition to session output.
  • For high-severity issues, file a todo in brain/todos.md using the /todo skill.
  • For low-severity issues, note them in the report but don't file separate todos.
  • Conclude by committing the review report. Do not wait for direction.

Use Tasks to track progress. Create a task for each step below (TaskCreate), mark each in_progress when starting and completed when done (TaskUpdate). Check TaskList after each step.

Step 1 — Load Principles

Read brain/principles.md. Follow every [[wikilink]] and read each linked principle file. These principles govern review judgments — refer back to them when evaluating issues.

Do NOT skip this. Do NOT use memorized principle content — always read fresh.

Step 2 — Determine Scope

Infer what to review from context — the user's message, recent diffs, or referenced plans/PRs. If genuinely ambiguous (nothing to infer), ask.

Auto-detect review mode from change size:

  • BIG CHANGE (50+ lines changed, 3+ files, or new architecture) — all sections, at most 4 top issues per section
  • SMALL CHANGE (under those thresholds) — one issue per section

Step 3 — Gather Context

For SMALL CHANGE reviews, read files directly in the main context — delegation overhead exceeds the cost of reading a few files. For BIG CHANGE reviews, delegate exploration to subagents via the Task tool.

Spawn exploration agents (subagent_type: Explore) to:

  • Read the code or plan under review
  • Identify dependencies, callers, and downstream effects
  • Map relevant types, tests, and infrastructure

Run multiple agents in parallel when investigating independent areas.

Step 4 — Gather Domain Skills

Check installed skills (.claude/skills/) for any that match the review's domain. Common matches:

DomainSkillWhen
Frontend UIfrontend-designWeb UI components, layouts, visual design
Codex delegationcodexTasks delegated to Codex workers

For domains not listed above, use find-skills to search for a relevant skill.

Invoke matched skills now — read their output and use domain guidance to inform your review.

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Step 5 — Review Sections

Work through all sections, then present the full review. The user can redirect mid-stream if needed.

1. Architecture
  • System design and component boundaries
  • Dependency graph and coupling
  • Data flow patterns and bottlenecks
  • Scaling characteristics and single points of failure
  • Security architecture (auth, data access, API boundaries)
2. Code Quality
  • Code organization and module structure
  • DRY violations — be aggressive
  • Error handling patterns and missing edge cases (call out explicitly)
  • Technical debt hotspots
  • Over-engineering or under-engineering relative to foundational-thinking principles; consider redesign-from-first-principles
3. Tests
  • Coverage gaps (unit, integration, e2e)
  • Test quality and assertion strength
  • Missing edge case coverage — be thorough
  • Untested failure modes and error paths
4. Performance
  • N+1 queries and database access patterns
  • Memory-usage concerns
  • Caching opportunities
  • Slow or high-complexity code paths

Step 6 — Issue Format

NUMBER each issue (1, 2, 3...). For every issue:

  • Describe the problem concretely with file and line references
  • Present 2–3 options with LETTERS (A, B, C), including "do nothing" where reasonable
  • For each option: implementation effort, risk, impact on other code, maintenance burden
  • Give a recommended option and why, mapped to foundational-thinking principles
  • Ask whether the user agrees or wants a different direction

When using AskUserQuestion, label each option with issue NUMBER and option LETTER. Recommended option is always first.

Interaction Rules

  • Do not assume priorities on timeline or scale
  • Do not make changes — present findings and wait for direction
  • Present all sections together, then ask for feedback once at the end
  • Per prove-it-works: if something can be tested, note how in the issue description

© poteto, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/review of poteto/noodle.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 82d2921

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Questions about Review

What does Review do?

Review plans and code changes. An agent skill from poteto/noodle. Review is an agent skill from poteto/noodle. Review plans and code changes.

When should I use Review?

Review fits situations like: tasks that involve Code quality.

How do I install Review in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Review in Codex?

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

Can I use 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 poteto/noodle --skill 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/review, .gemini/skills/review, .github/skills/review and .opencode/skills/review in your project.

What does Review need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Review is instructions for the agent only.

Does 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 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 Review use?

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

How many tokens does Review use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Review?

poteto (a GitHub user) maintains it in poteto/noodle, which has 447 GitHub stars. The repository holds 26 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 19, 2026.

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