Claude Code Review Loop

Overview

Use this skill to run Claude Code as an external reviewer while Codex remains the owner of judgment, edits, verification, and commits. Default loop: 3 rounds of Claude review -> Codex triage -> Codex fixes -> verification -> commit.

Hard Rules

• Use this only when the user explicitly asks to involve Claude Code, a Claude Code CLI command, or this skill.
• Treat Claude Code as a reviewer, not the authority. Validate every finding against the repo before changing code.
• Ask Claude Code to produce reports only. Do not ask it to edit files, commit, push, delete, or rewrite the repo.
• Before starting, record git status --short --branch. Preserve unrelated dirty files and never commit them.
• Store Claude reports outside the repo by default, for example under /tmp/claude-code-review-<repo>-<timestamp>/.
• If the Claude Code command unexpectedly changes files, stop, inspect the diff, and report it. Do not discard user or tool changes blindly.
• Run at least 3 review rounds unless the user requests fewer, the repo has no code, or the CLI is unavailable.
• Stop after round 3 unless there is a concrete verified blocker. Do not create an open-ended agent loop.

Prerequisites