review-local-branch

Deep code review of the branch you are standing on, before it becomes a PR. Scope is merge-base..working-tree, so it covers commits, staged and unstaged changes together. Runs the same review lanes as review-pr — implementation, verification, approach, security — against the local checkout through the sandbox CLI, and saves a draft to ~/.nx-branch-reviews/<branch>.md. Use when asked to review "this branch", "my changes", or work that is not yet on GitHub.

Quality

85%

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Passed

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Quality

Content

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A well-structured, validation-heavy review pipeline with executable bash and explicit feedback loops throughout. Its main weaknesses are minor verbosity and reliance on the sibling review-pr skill for several critical blocks rather than bundling them.

Suggestions

Inline or bundle the Step 5 verification block and Step 7 trim list (currently delegated to review-pr) so the skill is self-contained and the security-critical shell has a single source of truth within this skill's bundle.

Tighten the Trust-model and Step-3 prose sections by converting explanatory paragraphs into bulletted guardrail rules to reclaim tokens without losing the load-bearing cautions.

Add the missing verification/proof-of-work line format inline (or in a bundled reference) so agents do not have to cross-read review-pr to satisfy Step 5's REQUIRED report opening.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Dense and purposeful prose that assumes Claude's competence and only explains non-obvious gotchas (write-then-verify-then-move, two-dot-with-working-tree, `\|\| true` requirement); a few prose sections could be trimmed, keeping it just below the lean 5 anchor.	4 / 5
Actionability	Copy-paste-ready bash for scope, charter, dispatch, and cleanup plus a concrete Agent template, but Step 5's verification block and Step 7's trim are delegated to review-pr rather than inlined, leaving minor gaps versus the fully-executable 5 anchor.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	A clearly sequenced 7-step pipeline with explicit validation checkpoints (BASE/empty-diff guards, write-then-verify-then-move, refuse-default-branch, agent verification with retry rule, integer gate) and feedback loops for this batch/review operation.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Well-organized with clear step headers and one-level-deep delegation to the sibling review-pr skill instead of duplication, but no bundle files exist and several critical blocks live in another skill rather than being bundled, leaving a minor organization gap below the 5 anchor.	4 / 5
	Total	17 / 20 Passed

Description

88%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A precise, third-person description that concretely states capabilities and gives explicit natural-language trigger conditions. Its only soft spot is trigger-term breadth and a slight overlap with the sibling review-pr skill.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions — 'Deep code review of the branch', covers 'commits, staged and unstaged changes', runs four named lanes (implementation, verification, approach, security), and 'saves a draft to ~/.nx-branch-reviews/<branch>.md' — comprehensive coverage matching the 5 anchor.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what (deep review with named lanes over a defined scope, saving a draft) and when ('Use when asked to review "this branch", "my changes", or work that is not yet on GitHub') with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Strong natural triggers users would actually say ('this branch', 'my changes', 'work that is not yet on GitHub'), but lacks the synonym/extension breadth the 5 anchor expects; sits noticeably above the 3 anchor yet just short of comprehensive.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Clear niche (pre-PR, local, not on GitHub) with distinct triggers, but minor overlap risk with the closely related review-pr sibling skill keeps it just below the 5 anchor.	4 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Validation

87%

Warnings & errors only

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
allowed_tools_field	'allowed-tools' contains unusual tool name(s)	Warning
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	14 / 16 Passed

Repository: nrwl/nx
Path: .claude/skills/review-local-branch/SKILL.md
Commit: b616fa1

Reviewed: 4 days ago

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