Development Using Claude Code or Codex · Part 6
Part 6: Code Review Gate Skill
April 12, 2026 · 1 min read
Code ReviewQualityRisk Management
Code review is where many teams lose quality because standards are inconsistent. A dedicated review skill solves that.
Skill for This Post: code-review-gate
Create .ai/skills/code-review-gate/SKILL.md:
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name: code-review-gate
description: Review a completed task diff for correctness, regressions, maintainability, and test sufficiency.
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# Code Review Gate
## Review Areas
- Functional correctness
- Edge cases and failure handling
- Security and data exposure risks
- Performance and scalability impact
- Test coverage adequacy
- Readability and maintainability
## Output Format
1) findings by severity: high, medium, low
2) required fixes before merge
3) optional improvements
4) final recommendation: approve | changes-requestedPrompt Pattern
Run code-review-gate on the staged diff.
List findings by severity and include concrete remediation steps.
Do not approve if high severity issues remain.Why This Skill Matters
- Standardizes review quality across contributors
- Creates a reusable gate before QA
- Builds a written trail of technical risk decisions
Cross-Agent Install
ln -sfn "$PWD/.ai/skills/code-review-gate" ~/.claude/skills/code-review-gate
ln -sfn "$PWD/.ai/skills/code-review-gate" ~/.codex/skills/code-review-gateNext
Part 7 introduces the QA execution skill that converts review-approved code into verified behavior.