ClaudSkills / Engineering / code-quality

Review Document

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Review Document skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Review Document is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Engineering · Sub-category: code-quality · Last updated: 2026-10-25

type:review

Review one document from its file path, such as a design draft on disk or a document with uncommitted edits, or the documents a pull request changes, through the code-review pipeline's design reviewer, and write a validated report and record. Use it when asked to review a design document, a Word or PDF draft, another text file, or a pull request's documents rather than its code.

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From the source SKILL.md

Review one document from its file path: a draft on disk, or a document in a git checkout with uncommitted edits. Or review the documents a pull request changes, named as owner/repo#number or by its URL, open or merged, since one closed without being merged fails with FAILED Pull request is closed without being merged: each Markdown, plain-text, Word, or PDF document it changes is read from GitHub, with no checkout, and reviewed on its own, or only the one --document names. A Word document (.docx) is reviewed as the text the pipeline extracts from it, one line per paragraph or table row, and a…

What this skill does

Review Document is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the code-quality sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/review-document/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Review Document Claude Code skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 211,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/review-document
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/review-document/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/review-document/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/review-document/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/review-document/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\review-document\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Review Document Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/review-document/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Review Document skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Review Document skill?

Use Review Document when your Claude Code task falls under the Engineering category — specifically in the code quality area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Review Document" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/engineering/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Review Document skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Review Document is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Engineering category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/EJRyan89/coding-agent-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/review-document/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: EJRyan89

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

EJRyan89. (2026). Review Document [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/review-document/

BibTeX

@misc{review-document-2026,
  author    = {EJRyan89},
  title     = {Review Document [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/review-document/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-10-25 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

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