vmcp-review - SKILL.md Agent Skill

name: vmcp-review description: Reviews vMCP code changes for known anti-patterns that make the codebase harder to understand or more brittle. Use when reviewing PRs, planning features, or refactoring vMCP code.

vMCP Code Review

Purpose

Review code in pkg/vmcp/ and cmd/vmcp/ for known anti-patterns that increase cognitive load, create brittle dependencies, or undermine testability. This skill is used both for reviewing proposed changes and for auditing existing code.

Instructions

1. Determine Scope

Identify the files to review:

If reviewing a PR or diff, examine only the changed files under pkg/vmcp/ and cmd/vmcp/
If auditing a package, examine all .go files in the target package
Skip files outside the vMCP codebase — this skill is vMCP-specific

2. Anti-Pattern Detection

For each file under review, check against the anti-patterns defined in .claude/rules/vmcp-anti-patterns.md (which is auto-loaded when vMCP files are read). Not every anti-pattern applies to every file — use judgment about which checks are relevant based on what the code does.

For each finding, classify severity:

Must fix: The anti-pattern is being introduced or significantly expanded by this change
Should fix: The anti-pattern exists in touched code and the change is a good opportunity to address it
Note: The anti-pattern exists in nearby code but is not directly related to this change — flag for awareness only

3. Present Findings

Structure your report as:

## vMCP Review: [scope description]

### Must Fix
- **[Anti-pattern name]** in `path/to/file.go:line`: [What's wrong and what to do instead]

### Should Fix
- **[Anti-pattern name]** in `path/to/file.go:line`: [What's wrong and what to do instead]

### Notes
- **[Anti-pattern name]** in `path/to/file.go:line`: [Brief description, for awareness]

### Clean
No issues found for: [list anti-patterns that were checked and passed]

If no issues are found, say so explicitly — a clean review is valuable signal.

What This Skill Does NOT Cover

General Go style issues (use golangci-lint for that)
Security vulnerabilities (use the security-advisor agent)
Test quality (use the unit-test-writer agent)
Non-vMCP code (use the general code-reviewer agent)
Performance issues (unless they stem from an anti-pattern like repeated body parsing)