--- title: "Requesting Code Review: review, setup & limitations · Undominated.ai" canonical: https://undominated.ai/skills/obra-requesting-code-review/ description: "Prepares a requirements-aware review brief around an explicit base and head revision." --- # Requesting Code Review: review, setup & limitations · Undominated.ai > Prepares a requirements-aware review brief around an explicit base and head revision. [← Explore all skills](/skills/) DEVELOPMENT WORKFLOW / Superpowers # Requesting Code Review Prepares a requirements-aware review brief around an explicit base and head revision. [See setup guidance ↓](#setup)[Original source ↗](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/8ca22dba9a94f28898bbce59f2537ff4d87c747d/skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md) SOURCE REVIEW Reviewed 2026-10-07 Evidence 3 linked sources Publisher Superpowers Licence [MIT ↗](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/8ca22dba9a94f28898bbce59f2537ff4d87c747d/LICENSE) Revision 8ca22dba9a94 [Read what was—and wasn’t—checked ↓](#review) “Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements” [Superpowers · upstream description ↗](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/8ca22dba9a94f28898bbce59f2537ff4d87c747d/skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md) Our analysis follows below. 01 / THE REASONING ## Why this made the selection. - Gives the reviewer concrete requirements, implementation context and a bounded Git comparison. - The companion reviewer template requires file references, severity and rationale and prohibits mutating the reviewed checkout. ### A good fit for - Reviewing a committed implementation milestone - Preparing a focused independent review before integration ### Weigh up before choosing - A base-to-head comparison excludes uncommitted changes; include those separately when they are in scope. - The review is advisory. It does not replace runtime checks or prove production readiness, and read-only instructions require host enforcement. 02 / THE REVIEW RECORD ## What we actually inspected. Source review has boundaries. A clear record is more useful than a “safe” badge. ### Material inspected - Full SKILL.md - Full code-reviewer.md companion template - LICENSE ### Our findings - The companion forbids moving HEAD or modifying the reviewed checkout and asks for a list of considered-but-unreviewed behavior. ### Not established by this review - No end-to-end agent session, effectiveness benchmark or target-project security assessment was run. - No upstream installer, helper script or generated workload was executed. The review applies to the material and revision named here. A newer upstream release can change its behavior. 03 / PUT IT TO WORK ## Add a skill to your workflow. [Upstream setup instructions ↗](https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills#readme) DOCUMENTED COMMAND npx skills add https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/8ca22dba9a94f28898bbce59f2537ff4d87c747d/skills/requesting-code-review --skill requesting-code-review Copy command ↗ Copying does not execute this command. It may retrieve a newer version than the reviewed source. - Inspect the pinned skill and its supporting files before installation. - Run the command from the intended project; use the installer prompts to select the agent and scope. - Keep the complete skill directory and its licence. Install any task-specific tools separately and test on a small authorized example. ### Before you start - Node.js and npm for the Skills CLI - An Agent Skills compatible coding assistant - Git history and a host capable of dispatching the reviewer ### Compatibility Agent Skills compatible clients ### Agent instructions and host-provided tools - Read source, Git history and diffs; launch a reviewer through the host - A separate temporary worktree may be needed to inspect another revision ### Cost model MIT-licensed instructions; coding-assistant and subagent usage are separate. 04 / FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE ## The source trail. Our notes are separate from the original resource. Check upstream before adopting a new version. - [Definition at the reviewed revision ↗](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/8ca22dba9a94f28898bbce59f2537ff4d87c747d/skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md) Checked 2026-10-07 https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/8ca22dba9a94f28898bbce59f2537ff4d87c747d/skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md Supports: summary, upstreamDescription, whySelected, bestFor, limitations, review, access - [Licence at the reviewed revision ↗](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/8ca22dba9a94f28898bbce59f2537ff4d87c747d/LICENSE) Checked 2026-10-07 https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/8ca22dba9a94f28898bbce59f2537ff4d87c747d/LICENSE Supports: license, access.cost - [Skills CLI directory URLs and named-skill selection ↗](https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills#readme) Checked 2026-10-07 https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills#readme Supports: install, compatibility KEEP COMPARING ## Other approaches to consider. Related by category or shared topics. These are alternatives to inspect, not a measured quality order. [### Dispatching Parallel Agents ↗ Splits independent investigations into bounded agent assignments and checks their integration afterward.](/skills/obra-dispatching-parallel-agents/)[### API and Interface Design ↗ Designs stable API contracts, consistent errors and retry-safe idempotency behavior.](/skills/addyosmani-api-and-interface-design/)[### Constraint-driven development ↗ Records project quality constraints with measured baselines, enforcement commands and reviewable exceptions.](/skills/addyosmani-constraint-driven-development/) [AI Tools ↗](/tools/)[Skills ↗](/skills/)[Agents ↗](/agents/)[MCP Servers ↗](/mcp-servers/)[Workflows ↗](/workflows/) ## Continue your investigation - [Choose a toolkit](/tools/) - [Inspect execution hosts](/agents/) - [Check tool access](/mcp-servers/) - [Check project dependencies](/check-repo/)