Review a diff, PR, branch, or path across ten dimensions. Emit a severity-grouped findings report. Use when the user wants a code review. Trigger on "review this", "/age", "is this safe to merge", or "find bugs". Also trigger on "spot security issues", "check for slop", "review my PR", or "what's wr

/age Review a diff or scoped path before merging or after /press . Use this skill whenever the user wants evidence backed observations rather than an approval verdict. Phase entry Run python3 skills/age/scripts/age.pyz wheypoint resolve ref <slug . authoritative uses the record; its working context is the first batched tilth read . not found proceeds cold; legacy shows its source and slug, then proceeds. gated , ambiguous , and error stop and show the payload. Show advisory stale commit and grounded path missing findings. Keep its record.revision id as <base ([§ Base revision](../cheese/references/handback contract.md base revision)). Inputs Repeat scope <path for each reviewed path. Every report needs a slug. Take the slug from the <slug form. Take it from slug <slug on a scoped or range review. Derive it with slugify only when the caller supplies neither. A caller in a pipeline always passes the pipeline slug. full expands the Low section when ten or more low severity findings exist. The default report collapses that section to a one line summary. safe re introduces cure selection. open pr propagates through /cure to terminal /plate . A new PR follows /plate 's explicit choice and review shape policy. After phase entry, use .cheese/press/<slug .md (if present) as Press context. Review the current working diff. For a <ref or range , review that range. Review the current working diff when the user supplies neither input. If the base branch is unclear, ask or use the repository's documented default. auto is the propagated autonomous mode flag from /cook auto . See Handoff and references/handoff detail.md § Auto mode for the cap rule and the full chain. handoff context.wiki hits is optional routed input from /cheese . Each hit carries page , line , and why . Reuse each valid hit before you ground the review again. Render the reused hits in Wiki context . hard propagates through /cure to /plate . Age never fires the gate. /plate gives /hard cheese the final verified artifact state before publication. html emits a static HTML copy alongside .cheese/age/<slug .md . Write the markdown first. Then run python3 skills/age/scripts/age.pyz html report report .cheese/age/<slug .md slug <slug . Print the returned path. The HTML groups findings by severity into the shared HTML shell. The output is offline and uses no CDN or JS. Read [ ../cheese/references/harness portability.md ](../cheese/references/harness portability.md) for helper resolution, sub agent dispatch, GitHub operations, and handoff transitions. Prefer the bundled or repo local helper. Treat ${CLAUDE SKILL DIR} as an optional host provided fallback. Slash commands are host renderings, not the control model. The handoff blocks below define the portable contract. Review effort and scope Use effort quick normal deep ; the default is normal . Use overall for full subject fan out across the review target. full still controls finding visibility, not review scope. Review dimensions Review correctness, security, encapsulation, spec, complexity, deslop, assertions, NIH, efficiency, telemetry, conventions, altitude, and reframe. Assign one blocker , high , medium , or low severity to each finding. Use references/dimensions.md for severity rules and recommendation shapes. This workflow omits the git history/precedent dimension. Flow ![The /age review flow](assets/review flow.svg) 1. Identify the diff, scope, and relevant specification or issue. Read references/fan out.md for the context checklist and deterministic planning contract. Collect instruction sources, build context, and run scripts/age.pyz age route through its bundle path. Use the assignments, effort, dispatch batches, and capability restrictions. Assemble shared evidence and the plan before the lock; do not launch a separate classifier agent. The lock covers the packet, because the packet is review evidence. Then run python3 skills/age/scripts/age.pyz review lock slug <slug to lock the production tree. Use the resolved slug from Inputs . Step 5 rejects the report when a production file changes. 2. Gather evidence from the diff, touched files, tests, and callers/imports. Resolve the upstream report with python3 skills/age/scripts/age.pyz artifact path phase press slug <slug . Validate its preamble with python3 skills/age/scripts/age.pyz read handoff slug phase press slug <slug . That command returns preamble fields only. Read the resolved file itself for the Review follow ups section and every unresolved item. Copy each unresolved item into a Press findings sub section. Keep the artifact and baseline values from that preamble for step 5. /cure reads only .cheese/age/<slug .md . If no press report exists but a cook handoff exists, record press: skipped (see Output ). Print the warning at handoff. If no cook artifact exists either, omit the marker and continue. If .cheese/glossary/<slug .md exists, read it to flag naming drift as a deslop finding. 3. Review every dimension. Omit dimensions with no findings. Report every defect, however minor. Do not filter findings by perceived significance. Verification filters findings after reconciliation. Do not report a gate failure that matches the diff's recorded baseline: block. Read [ ../cook/references/quality gates.md ](../cook/references/quality gates.md) for the baseline rules. Report only new or changed failures. 4. Compute severity per finding (base + location bump + compounding bump, capped at blocker ). Group findings by severity ( Blocker → High → Medium → Low ). Order findings by file within each severity group. Follow references/fan out.md for verification and the deep only gap sweep before writing. 5. Write the report body to .cheese/age/<slug body.md . Write the body only. Do not write the handoff preamble into that file. Do not write .cheese/age/<slug .md yourself. The gated writer creates it. Compute the recommended set first (see Handoff ). Set <next to cure when that set is not empty. Set <next to done when that set is empty. Set <artifact to the upstream report path from step 2. Use "" only when no upstream report exists. Set <baseline to the baseline block from that upstream handoff. Omit baseline only when the upstream handoff has none. Run python3 skills/age/scripts/age.pyz write handoff artifact phase age [ base <base ] slug <slug status ok next <next artifact "<artifact " orientation "<one line orientation " durable flags "<none one line per flag " baseline "<baseline " grounded <path[ start end] body file ".cheese/age/<slug body.md" . Print the path. Only a new packet for this slug permits recovery; follow references/packet.md § Late evidence. Other changes require a fresh review. 6. Hand off (see Handoff below). Sub agent fan out /age plans independent review subjects with the contextual age router ( src/easy cheese/shared/fanout/age route.py ). See references/fan out.md , references/packet.md , and references/sub agent gate.md for mechanics. Call each source code backend through the shared [ code intelligence routing.md ](../cheese/references/code intelligence routing.md) contract. Output Use [ ../cheese/references/formatting.md ](../cheese/references/formatting.md) for cross cutting house style and citation form. This section defines the findings report shape. formatting.md defines the voice rules and footnote primitive. The gated writer writes .cheese/age/<slug .md . It puts the minimum handoff slug at the top. The slug carries status , next , artifact , durable flags , baseline , and one line orientation. Supply each value through the step 5 command. Write the body below into .cheese/age/<slug body.md , with no preamble. references/report example.md § Body order defines the section order, the exact finding format, and the full skeleton. Read it before you write the body. Use the voice kernel scale for per finding confidence: (see references/voice.md § Reasoning posture). Use certain for direct evidence from a diff/code read or command output. Use speculating for an inference from an indirect signal. Do not ship a don't know grading as a finding row. Gather the missing evidence or drop the claim. Reserve don't know for the report level Confidence line. Add suppressed lows to the cure selection table only when the user passes full . Set status: ok when the review completes. Set status: halt: <reason when the review cannot reach evidence. Follow the [handback contract](../cheese/references/handback contract.md). Derive next from the recommended set that Handoff computes. Keep every finding in the report, whatever next says. Set durable flags: to none by default, as in cook's gate. When the plan or host restricts coverage, record the actual restriction in durable flags and Confidence , not a size only warning. Record the resolved worker types under Agent resolution in the body. Record dispatch metadata for every topology. Use the fields in [report example.md](references/report example.md). Check supplied dispatch observations with scripts/age.pyz review plan check before writing; absent observations remain explicitly unobserved. Print Age report: .cheese/age/<slug .md . When press: skipped is set, print the following warning: Warning: no .cheese/press/<slug .md. Re run /cook or /press <slug , or continue with /cure. When the user passes html , print the HTML path that html report returns. The render command appears under html in Inputs . Handoff Pipeline: culture → mold → cook (⇄ press) → [age] → cure → plate Compute the recommended set. Use the all medium, cheap composite. Include the medium floor (blocker+high+medium). Also include every Low with fix cost now: contained . Decide whether to act or ask. This selection is the only one. Output derives next from it. A review with contained lows and no medium finding has a non empty set. That review sets next: cure and keeps every low finding in the report. Empty set — Set next: done . Print the report path. Stop. Reason to ask — Ask when a set member has fix cost now: sprawling or fix cost later: structural . Also ask when two findings conflict. Also ask when the user passes safe . Read references/handoff detail.md first. Render the gate per [ ../cheese/references/handoff gate.md ](../cheese/references/handoff gate.md). Pre select the composite. Mark each heavy row. Otherwise — Act. Announce the selection. Dispatch /cure per references/handoff detail.md § Dispatch. Do not render a gate. auto substitutes a severity floor selection and its own chain. Read references/handoff detail.md § Auto mode before an auto run. That file also defines the no chain override under /cook 's fan pathway. Rules Review is not a verdict. Explain where to look and why. Do not edit production files. The step 1 review lock enforces this rule. /cure applies each fix. Do not raise a finding for a gate failure that matches the recorded baseline: block. Default to acting. Auto select the recommended set. Dispatch /cure without a gate. Ask first only for a genuine reason or when safe is active. Treat an empty recommended set as a clean stop, not a question. Do not invent evidence. Cite files, diffs, commands, or unavailable source notes. Agree when the diff is fine. Treat an empty dimension as a valid outcome, not a gap to fill. Keep confidence qualitative ( certain speculating don't know ) in the report and each finding. Never use a numeric score. Give each finding a location and recommendation. Write recommendation: and optional invariants: per references/report example.md . Do not add JSON sid