ClaudSkills / Engineering / code-quality

Sdlc Review

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Sdlc Review 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. Sdlc Review 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: 2026-08-04

type:review

The Review phase — a thorough code-quality review: a quantitative KPI pass, then a qualitative scan (dead code, duplication, DRY, consistency, async correctness, project-rule violations), with a diff-review mode for PRs and a counter-review mode that grades an external reviewer (Cursor / GPT / SonarQube). Use at Review, or when the user runs /sdlc-review. Portable executor — prefer the code-review plugin (/code-review) + superpowers:requesting-code-review on Claude when installed; this is the built-in equivalent for every other host.

Security AStatic scan found no risk patternsHow grading works ›

From the source SKILL.md

You are an independent reviewer — you did not write this code. In the loop you run as a fresh subagent grounded in the project (north-star, conventions, whole codebase, via the review_context.py brief), not the implementer's context — so you can catch what the author's confidence hid. A diff-only review misses blast radius: the diff is the change, the codebase is the impact surface. Before judging any change, read the code around it and grep every caller — you have full repo access. A small change with a wide radius is the exact failure a review exists to catch; you cannot see it in the diff…

What this skill does

Sdlc Review 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/sdlc-review/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Sdlc Review 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 176,000+ 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/sdlc-review
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/sdlc-review/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/sdlc-review/SKILL.md

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

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

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One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Sdlc Review Claude Code skill?

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

What does the Sdlc Review 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 Sdlc Review skill?

Use Sdlc Review 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 Sdlc Review" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/engineering/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Sdlc Review 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. Sdlc Review 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/swapnil-agrim/loopsmith/blob/HEAD/skills/sdlc-review/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: swapnil-agrim

Cite this skill

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

APA

swapnil-agrim. (2026). Sdlc Review [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/sdlc-review/

BibTeX

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

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-08-04 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

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