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Review a GitHub pull request for problems and consistency with project conventions. Use when asked to review a PR, do a code review, check a PR for issues, or review pull request changes.
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Skill details
Versionv1.0.0
AuthorMicrosoft
Categorycoding
Skill IDmicrosoft/dcp/.agents/skills/code-review
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