code-review
A code review skill kept in the VS Code repository's .github folder for checking proposed changes, from a PR or branch to a patch or uncommitted edits.
What the skill teaches
A code review skill kept in the VS Code repository's .github folder for checking proposed changes, from a PR or branch to a patch or uncommitted edits. The agent first works out what the change is meant to do from the request, PR description and linked issue, then gathers the full diff against the right base and traces the changed behaviour through callers, dependencies and tests. It looks for wrong logic and broken edge cases, regressions, missing error handling, unsafe assumptions about ordering, concurrency or object lifetime, tests that would pass without the fix, and changes unrelated to the goal. Each finding gives impact, trigger conditions, the smallest relevant line range and why it is wrong, ordered by severity.
Capabilities
- Establish the intended change from the PR description and linked issue
- Trace changed behaviour through callers, dependencies and tests
- Flag regressions, unsafe concurrency or lifetime assumptions and weak tests
- Report findings by severity with the exact line range
About
- Publisher
- Microsoft
- Tool
- Code review
Install
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Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Skill | |
| Tool | Code review | |
| Publisher | Microsoft | source |
| Official status | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Includes scripts | No | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Licence | MIT | source |
| Pricing | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Activity | Last commit Nov 11, 2026195,341 GitHub starsDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI) | source |
| Links | Repository Website |
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Also listed under: Code review
Sources
- Skill file (SKILL.md)github.com/microsoft/vscodeNov 14, 2026
- Licence file (LICENSE.txt)github.com/microsoft/vscode · Backs: LicenceNov 12, 2026
- GitHub repositorygithub.com/microsoft/vscode · Backs: Publisher, Activity, LicenceNov 11, 2026
- Folder in the repository (code-review)github.com/microsoft/vscode · Backs: Includes scriptsNov 14, 2026