Overview
open-code-review is an open-source security skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by alibaba. Its author describes it as: “Performs AI-powered code review on Git changes using the `ocr` CLI from alibaba/open-code-review. Use when the user asks to review code, review a pull request, review staged/unstaged changes, review a commit, or compa…”. The project has 21k stars on GitHub and is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add alibaba/open-code-review`.
What open-code-review does
A skill for invoking open-code-review (`ocr`) — an open-source AI code review CLI that reads Git diffs and generates structured, line-level review comments.
Best for
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for open-code-review is organised into these sections:
- Prerequisites check
- Workflow
- Step 1: Gather Business Context
- Step 2: Run Code Review
- Step 3: Classify and Report
- Step 4: Fix
- Output Format
- Custom Review Rules
- Gotchas
- Validation
- References
Installation
Add open-code-review to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add alibaba/open-code-reviewReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
License
open-code-review is published under the Apache-2.0 license.
Strengths
- Clear Apache-2.0 license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in alibaba/open-code-review, an established project with 20,727 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does open-code-review do?
- Performs AI-powered code review on Git changes using the `ocr` CLI from alibaba/open-code-review. Use when the user asks to review code, review a pull request, review staged/unstaged changes, review a commit, or compare branches for code quality issues. Produces line-level review comments and can automatically apply fixes when requested. With appropriate review rules, can detect various types of issues including bugs, security vulnerabilities, performance problems, and code quality concerns.
- How do I install open-code-review?
- Run /plugin marketplace add alibaba/open-code-review in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/alibaba/open-code-review before installing.
- Is open-code-review free to use?
- Yes. open-code-review is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does open-code-review work with?
- open-code-review lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does open-code-review come from?
- open-code-review ships inside alibaba/open-code-review, a repository that contains 3 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 20,727 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
