code-review-excellence

Master effective code review practices to provide constructive feedback, catch bugs early, and foster knowledge sharing while maintaining team morale. Use when reviewing pull requests, establishing review standards, or mentoring developers.

by wshobson 38k GitHub stars MIT Updated Jul 22, 2026
code-review-excellence skill by wshobson
code-review-excellence — Workflow skill by wshobson

Overview

code-review-excellence is an open-source workflow skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by wshobson. Its author describes it as: “Master effective code review practices to provide constructive feedback, catch bugs early, and foster knowledge sharing while maintaining team morale. Use when reviewing pull requests, establishing review standards, o…”. The project has 38k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents`.

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Installation

Add code-review-excellence to your agent with:

/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents

Review 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
  • Codex — declared in the repository topics
  • Cursor — declared in the repository topics
  • Gemini CLI — declared in the repository topics
  • OpenCode — declared in the repository topics
  • GitHub Copilot — declared in the repository topics

License

code-review-excellence is published under the MIT license.

Strengths

  • Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
  • Ships in wshobson/agents, an established project with 38,469 GitHub stars
  • Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot
  • Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days

Author

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Topics

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Frequently asked questions

What does code-review-excellence do?
Master effective code review practices to provide constructive feedback, catch bugs early, and foster knowledge sharing while maintaining team morale. Use when reviewing pull requests, establishing review standards, or mentoring developers.
How do I install code-review-excellence?
Run /plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/wshobson/agents before installing.
Is code-review-excellence free to use?
Yes. code-review-excellence is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
Which agents does code-review-excellence work with?
code-review-excellence lists Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, and GitHub Copilot — 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 code-review-excellence come from?
code-review-excellence ships inside wshobson/agents, a repository that contains 54 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 38,469 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.

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