requesting-code-review Skill for Claude: What It Does and How to Install It

Makes Claude hand finished work to a fresh reviewer subagent, then fix the serious findings before it moves on.

Installs: 269.1K; on skills.sh
Stars: 310.6K; on GitHub
Files: 1; besides SKILL.md
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

requesting-code-review makes Claude stop after a task or feature and send the change to a separate reviewer subagent. Claude picks base and head commits with git, fills in a review template with what you built and what it should do, and gives the reviewer only that, never your session history.

It applies after each task in subagent-driven development, after a major feature, and before merging to main. Claude fixes Critical issues at once, fixes Important ones before continuing, notes Minor ones for later, and pushes back with reasoning if the reviewer is wrong. It bundles one template file, code-reviewer.md, and no scripts.

Good for

Developers who let Claude build features across several tasks
Solo developers who want a second look before merging
Teams using the superpowers plugin workflow

Install requesting-code-review

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the requesting-code-review skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

npx skills add https://github.com/obra/superpowers --skill requesting-code-review

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires Node.js.

From its listing on skills.sh. Source.

What's in the skill

When it loads

Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements

Sections in SKILL.md

When to Request Review
How to Request
Example
Common Rationalizations
Red Flags

Key facts

Author: obra
Repo: obra/superpowers (skills/requesting-code-review)
Installs on skills.sh: 269,131 (Nov 2026)
GitHub stars: 310,635 (Nov 2026)
License: MIT
Last repo commit: Oct 29, 2026
Files in the skill folder: 2 including SKILL.md
skills.sh audits: Gen Agent Trust Hub: pass, Socket: pass, Snyk: pass
Bundles: code-reviewer.md, the review template

What it includes

Finds the base and head commits of the work to review
Runs code · Get git SHAs
Fills the code-reviewer.md template and sends it to a general-purpose subagent
Read · Dispatch the reviewer
Fixes Critical and Important issues, notes Minor ones, pushes back if wrong
Write · Act on feedback
Required after each task, after a major feature and before merge
When to request

From the official docs

Permissions

Low risk

It runs git commands to find commit SHAs and dispatches a reviewer subagent. Claude then edits code to fix what the reviewer finds.

What it can do

Read your data
Create and change things
Delete things
Read-only mode

Watch out for

It runs git and dispatches a subagent
The SKILL.md example runs git rev-parse for the base and head SHAs. A clean review is not a test run, so run your tests before you merge (our advice, not SKILL.md's).

Questions

How do I install requesting-code-review?

Use the install box above. It is one skill in the obra/superpowers repo, and its review template, code-reviewer.md, sits in its own folder.

When does Claude use it?

SKILL.md makes review mandatory after each task in subagent-driven development, after a major feature and before merging to main. It is optional when Claude is stuck, before a refactor and after a complex bug fix.

Does the reviewer see my whole conversation?

No. The skill says the reviewer gets precisely crafted context, never your session history. Claude passes a short description, the requirements, and the two commit SHAs.

Is it safe?

It runs git commands (git rev-parse, or git merge-base in the SKILL.md example) to find commit SHAs, then dispatches a general-purpose subagent with a description, the requirements and the two SHAs. Claude then fixes the issues the reviewer reports, so review those changes in git as usual.

How is it different from verification-before-completion?

This skill sends the change to a separate reviewer subagent. verification-before-completion makes Claude run the command that proves a claim (tests, build, linter) and read its output before saying work is done. They check different things and can be used together.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: obra/superpowers
Folder: skills/requesting-code-review

obra/superpowers skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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requesting-code-review SKILL.md · github.com
verification-before-completion SKILL.md · github.com