Agent skill

Be Review

by srid in srid/emanote

Run /be's review gauntlet SERIALLY — /lens-debate (lowy ⇄ hickey), then /codex-debate, then /simplify, then code-police, each editing and committing on the live branch in turn.

Custom licenceAuto-check passed

Install Be Review

skills CLI
$ npx skills add srid/emanote --skill be-review -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install srid/emanote be-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/srid/emanote.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/be-review .claude/skills/be-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
be-review
GitHub stars
963
Token cost
~4.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,326 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
25
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Run /be's review gauntlet SERIALLY — /lens-debate (lowy ⇄ hickey), then /codex-debate, then /simplify, then code-police, each editing and committing on the live branch in turn.

  • Works in 4 steps: /lens-debate — lowy + hickey debate… → /codex-debate — codex (xhigh) ⇄ claude… → /simplify — the self-applying reuse /… → …
  • Asks to run the review gauntlet
  • SKILL.md covers Preflight, Run the steps in order, Push, then comment and Report
  • Calls git, codex and gh; reaches agency.srid.ca

What it does

Be Review is an agent skill from srid/emanote. Run /be's review gauntlet SERIALLY — /lens-debate (lowy ⇄ hickey), then /codex-debate, then /simplify, then code-police, each editing and committing on the live branch in turn. Use from /be §4, or when the user asks to "run the review gauntlet". Requires Claude Code's Skill tool.

Its SKILL.md is about 4.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Emanate a structured view of your plain-text notes.

When your agent uses it

  • Asks to run the review gauntlet

Example prompts

  • “run the review gauntlet”
  • “/be-review”

Workflow steps

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

  1. /lens-debate — lowy + hickey debate boundaries/simplicity to consensus,
  2. /codex-debate — codex (xhigh) ⇄ claude author, debating to consensus.
  3. /simplify — the self-applying reuse / simplification / efficiency pass
  4. code-police — its rule-checklist and fact-check passes, applying their

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9d01037. 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
    • codex
    • gh

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

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • agency.srid.ca

    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

Be Review loads about 4.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 73 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,326 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~73
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.2k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,326 words (~4,204 tokens).

“Run four reviewers one after another on the live branch, each the sole editor while it runs. Collisions are an edit problem: two reviewers writing the same worktree at once see torn, half-edited state. Running serially makes that impossible without…”

— opening of SKILL.md by srid, Custom licence
name
be-review
argument-hint
[--base <branch>] [--rationale <note>] [--context <note>] [--tracks lens,codex,simplify,police]

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/be-review of srid/emanote.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9d01037

Compare with similar skills

Be Review next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Crossframe Debatesickn33/agentic-awesome-skills47k1 repos~1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
PR LensNousResearch/hermes-agent252k—~2.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Audit Serializationben-manes/caffeine18k—~364Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Questions about Be Review

What does Be Review do?

Run /be's review gauntlet SERIALLY — /lens-debate (lowy ⇄ hickey), then /codex-debate, then /simplify, then code-police, each editing and committing on the live branch in turn. Be Review is an agent skill from srid/emanote. Run /be's review gauntlet SERIALLY — /lens-debate (lowy ⇄ hickey), then /codex-debate, then /simplify, then code-police, each editing and committing on the live branch in turn.

When should I use Be Review?

Be Review fits situations like: asks to run the review gauntlet.

How do I install Be Review in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Be Review in Codex?

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

Can I use Be 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 srid/emanote --skill be-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/be-review, .gemini/skills/be-review, .github/skills/be-review and .opencode/skills/be-review in your project.

What does Be Review need to run?

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

Does Be Review access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: agency.srid.ca; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Be 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 Be Review use?

Be 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 Be Review use?

About 4.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 17k 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 Be Review?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Be Review: Product Lens (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars), Product Lens (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars), Crossframe Debate (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and PR Lens (NousResearch/hermes-agent, 252k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Be Review?

srid (a GitHub user) maintains it in srid/emanote, which has 963 GitHub stars. The repository holds 25 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 26, 2026.

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