Overview
demand-first-review is an open-source backend skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by CherryHQ. Its author describes it as: “Use when reviewing a PR, API, IPC channel, endpoint, parameter, type, config, or architectural extension point that adds or expands shared surface area, especially when consumers are absent, exports are unused or spec…”. The project has 51k stars on GitHub and is available under the AGPL-3.0-only license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio ~/.claude/skills/demand-first-review`.
What demand-first-review does
Audit this causal chain before implementation quality:
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for demand-first-review is organised into these sections:
- Principle
- Workflow
- 1. Reconstruct the demand
- 2. Audit consumer legitimacy
- 3. Normalize related demands
- 4. Classify evidence
- 5. Test architectural demand
- 6. Check responsibility and overlap
- 7. Decide, then review implementation
- Rationalization Guards
- Red Flags
- Calibration
Installation
Add demand-first-review to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio ~/.claude/skills/demand-first-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 — declared in the repository topics
- Codex — declared in the repository topics
License
demand-first-review is published under the AGPL-3.0-only license.
Strengths
- Clear AGPL-3.0-only license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in CherryHQ/cherry-studio, an established project with 50,983 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code, Codex
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
- Its repository gained 1,795 GitHub stars over the last 24 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does demand-first-review do?
- Use when reviewing a PR, API, IPC channel, endpoint, parameter, type, config, or architectural extension point that adds or expands shared surface area, especially when consumers are absent, exports are unused or speculative, existing consumers are hack-heavy, forward compatibility is claimed, or multiple similar APIs may express one demand.
- How do I install demand-first-review?
- Run git clone https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio ~/.claude/skills/demand-first-review in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio before installing.
- Is demand-first-review free to use?
- Yes. demand-first-review is free and open source under the AGPL-3.0-only license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does demand-first-review work with?
- demand-first-review lists Claude Code and Codex — 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 demand-first-review come from?
- demand-first-review ships inside CherryHQ/cherry-studio, a repository that contains 37 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 50,983 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
