What do I need to use Code Review Checklist?

Language and framework; Type of change; Risk level; PR description; Code or diff (optional); Author context.

Is Code Review Checklist free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Code Review Checklist

Q: How do I know the Code Review Checklist output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Checklist is tailored to the stated language (not generic); Change-type-specific section is included; Risk-appropriate depth matches stated risk level; Decision framework includes at least one named blocking condition and one named non-blocking comment condition.

🟢 Production-Ready🕐 updated 2026-07-14 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-engineering

Generate a tailored code review checklist for any pull request based on the language, type of change, and risk level. Use when asked to review code, check a PR, review a pull request, or generate a code review checklist. Produces a focused checklist with language-specific checks, risk-level-appropriate depth, and a clear approve/request-changes recommendation.

📚 Based on Google Engineering Practices — Code Review Developer Guide

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft View SKILL.md ↗

What to give it

▸Language and framework — e.g. TypeScript + React / Python + FastAPI / Go

▸Type of change — feature / bug fix / refactor / dependency upgrade / security patch / performance

▸Risk level — low / medium / high / critical

▸PR description — paste the description or link to the PR

▸Code or diff (optional) — optional — paste key changed files or a `git diff`; significantly improves checklist specificity

▸Author context — new starter / experienced / external contributor

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓Checklist is tailored to the stated language (not generic)

✓Change-type-specific section is included

✓Risk-appropriate depth matches stated risk level

✓Decision framework includes at least one named blocking condition and one named non-blocking comment condition

✓Common pitfalls are specific to the stated language + change-type combo (not generic advice like "watch out for bugs")

⚠️ What it refuses to do

Do not generate a generic checklist that ignores the stated language — a Python checklist and a Go checklist have fundamentally different correctness concerns

Do not treat "looks fine" as a valid review outcome — the checklist exists to surface specific concerns, not validate a superficial read

Do not scope a "high risk" review the same as a "low risk" review — depth must scale with the stated risk level

Do not flag every stylistic preference as a blocking issue — distinguish between blocking correctness issues and non-blocking comments

Do not skip the "common pitfalls" section for the stated language and change-type combination — this is where the most valuable knowledge lives

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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