Code Quality Workflow
Overview
Standardize how to analyze, review, and improve code quality. This skill centralizes quality assessment, code review practices, and systematic improvements with validation gates.
When to Use
- Quality assessment or code analysis requests
- Code review (PRs, refactors, pre-merge checks)
- Maintainability or performance improvements
- Security hygiene improvements (non-audit level)
Avoid when:
- A full security audit is required (use security-specific skills)
- The task is purely dependency or artifact cleanup (use repo-cleanup)
Quick Reference
| Task | Load reference |
|---|---|
| Code analysis | skills/code-quality-workflow/references/analyze-code.md |
| Code review | skills/code-quality-workflow/references/code-review.md |
| Systematic improvements | skills/code-quality-workflow/references/quality-improve.md |
Workflow
- Select the mode: analyze, review, or improve.
- Load the matching reference file for the expected structure.
- Inspect code and identify findings or opportunities.
- Apply changes (if improving) with safety validation.
- Verify with tests or lint as appropriate.
- Report findings, fixes, and follow-ups.
Output
- Findings or improvements summary
- Validation evidence or recommended checks
- Follow-up backlog items if needed
Common Mistakes
- Skipping severity prioritization
- Mixing review and improvement without sign-off
- Applying fixes without baseline tests
- Overlapping with full security audit scopes