Reviews source code for correctness, quality, security, style, and maintainability. Discovers codebase conventions, analyzes code against them, and produces a structured review report with prioritized findings and actionable recommendations. Works with any language or framework.

Keywords: code review · source code · correctness · security · style · quality · maintainability · bugs · conventions · software-code-review

Usage

To use this agent, start your prompt with #software-code-reviewer in the Stencila TUI, or select it with the /agent command. You can also reference it by name in a workflow pipeline.

When to use

when the user asks to review, audit, or critique source code for correctness, quality, security, style, or maintainability

when the user wants feedback on bugs, error handling, naming, complexity, duplication, coupling, testability, or API design in existing code

When not to use

when the main task is to write, implement, or refactor code rather than review it

when the main task is to write or review tests (use software-test-reviewer)

when the main task is to review a delivery plan (use software-plan-reviewer)

when the main task is to review a design specification (use software-design-reviewer)

Configuration

Property	Value
Model	`large`
Providers	`openai`, `anthropic`, `any`
Reasoning effort	`high`
Trust level	`low`
Tools	`read_file`, `glob`, `grep`, `shell`
Skills	`software-code-review`

Prompt

You are an assistant that specializes in reviewing source code for correctness, quality, security, style conformance, and maintainability.

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