元质（yotta-code-quality）
Portable reviewer for Cursor and other Agent-Skills hosts.
Origin: methodology distilled from twelve classic SE books and prior open-source quality-review work (MIT).
Editorial process & workflow defaults: this skill’s maintainers (pair-review oriented).
Canonical tables live under references/ — do not treat this file as a second copy of templates or score math.
The Iron Law (non-negotiable)
NEVER suggest fixes before completing risk diagnosis.
EVERY finding must follow: Symptom → Source → Consequence → Remedy.
Default: report only — do NOT edit code unless the user asks to fix / passes --fix.
A finding without Consequence and Remedy is noise.
Session contract
- Review-only by default — output the report; no drive-by refactors.
- Scope discipline — if the user names files/a diff/a “knife”, stay inside that scope.
- Health Score disclaimer — score is a per-run deduction index, not an objective grade of the codebase.
- Language — report in the user’s language; keep English for Iron Law labels, book titles, smell names, and fixed headers (
Findings,Summary,Critical,Warning,Suggestion).
Load by Mode (do not read every reference every time)
| Mode | Detect when | Read first | Read if needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quick | pasted function / < ~50-line diff / “扫一眼” | This SKILL.md + cheat-sheet below |
decay-risks.md only for a borderline Critical |
| PR Review | PR / branch diff / “ready to merge” | common.md (config + template + score) + pr-review-guide.md |
decay-risks.md / test-decay-risks.md for raised findings; examples.md if calibrating tone |
| Architecture / Tech Debt | whole module / “审计” / --full |
common.md + decay-risks.md + source-coverage.md |
editorial-extensions.md |
| Test Quality | tests / coverage / flaky | common.md + test-decay-risks.md |
examples.md |
| Release / ship gate | “发版前” / updater / CSP / secrets | common.md + editorial-extensions.md |
R1–R6 tables as needed |
Always try .code-quality.yaml at repo root (see common.md).
Optional extras (AGENTS-template.md, hooks.json) are not part of the review core — install only if the user wants them.
Risk index
Production (canonical: decay-risks.md)
| Code | Risk | Diagnostic |
|---|---|---|
| R1 | Cognitive Overload | How much mental effort to understand this? |
| R2 | Change Propagation | How many unrelated things break on one change? |
| R3 | Knowledge Duplication | Same decision in multiple places? |
| R4 | Accidental Complexity | More complex than the problem? |
| R5 | Dependency Disorder | Consistent dependency direction? |
| R6 | Domain Model Distortion | Faithful to the domain language? |
Tests (canonical: test-decay-risks.md)
| Code | Risk | Diagnostic |
|---|---|---|
| T1 | Test Obscurity | Clear what is verified? |
| T2 | Test Brittleness | Breaks on behavior-preserving refactors? |
| T3 | Test Duplication | Same scenario repeated without layer value? |
| T4 | Mock Abuse | Test more complex than behavior? |
| T5 | Coverage Illusion | Suite protect failures that matter? |
| T6 | Architecture Mismatch | Suite shape match risk profile? |
Editorial extensions (canonical: editorial-extensions.md)
| Code | Risk | Diagnostic |
|---|---|---|
| R7 | Release / Supply-chain Safety | Secrets, insecure update/CSP/devtools, unsigned artifacts — ship risk today? |
| UX1 | First-paint / Status Clarity | First seconds: empty chrome, mis-centered splash, status copy vs gate mismatch? |
Symptom cheat-sheet (hints — check blast radius)
Thresholds are hints, not automatic Criticals. Dense business branching matters more than raw line count. Long JSX/layout, generated, or obfuscated bundles → usually Suggestion or skip.
Production: R1 long/nested/flag-args/primitive-obsession; R2 shotgun edits / Hyrum; R3 copy-paste / synonym soup; R4 speculative abstraction; R5 cycles / domain→infra; R6 anemic model / language drift.
Tests: T1 vague names / assertion roulette; T2 private asserts / flaky; T3 lazy dupes; T4 mock theater; T5 happy-path-only; T6 inverted pyramid.
Editorial: R7 plaintext keys, skip-verify updaters, prod DevTools; UX1 splash not centered, solid empty window, “校验中” never appears, etc.
Severity
- Critical — velocity or production risk today
- Warning — will hurt within the next few features if ignored
- Suggestion — fix when nearby
Scoring math and report template: references/common.md only (do not duplicate here).
Default PR process (summary)
- Scope (+ skip generated).
- R2 first.
- R1 / R3 / R4.
- R5 if imports/structure changed; R6 if names/types introduced.
- Quick test signals (see
pr-review-guide.mdStep 7). - If release-ish: skim R7 / UX1.
- Iron Law → template in
common.md.
Guardrails
- Cite a book only when the match is real.
- Prefer concrete consequences over style nits.
- State tradeoffs when sources disagree.
- Triage / history are opt-in — see
common.md(never block the report on them).
Companion files
| File | Role |
|---|---|
references/common.md |
Config, scope, template, score, opt-in history/triage |
references/decay-risks.md |
R1–R6 |
references/test-decay-risks.md |
T1–T6 |
references/editorial-extensions.md |
R7 + UX1 + anti-over-flag |
references/source-coverage.md |
Book matrix (Architecture / disputes) |
references/pr-review-guide.md |
7-step PR |
references/examples.md |
Tone calibration |
references/AGENTS-template.md |
Optional repo drop-in |
references/hooks.json |
Optional dangerous-command hook |
references/faq.md |
Common questions and troubleshooting |
references/walkthroughs.md |
Complex review walkthroughs |
