SKILL.md
Forge App Review
Run a general Forge release-readiness review. This skill is the front door for broad app review, not a replacement for specialist security, cost, or debugging skills.
Boundaries
Use this skill for:
- Pre-deploy and release-readiness checks.
- General architecture and maintainability review.
- Manifest/module/resource/function wiring.
- Runtime, dependency, package, and script sanity checks.
- Basic tests/deploy readiness and operational hygiene.
- Obvious security, cost, or reliability smells that should trigger a deeper specialist pass.
Use another skill instead when the user's primary intent is:
- Deep security audit, SAST, authz, secrets, tenant isolation, exploitability, or CVSS reporting ->
forge-security-review. - Cost optimization, invocations, GB-seconds, storage/log volume, trigger frequency, or memory tuning ->
forge-cost-optimizer. - A known failure, error message, blank UI, failed deploy/install, broken resolver, missing app, or logs/tunnel diagnosis ->
forge-debugger.
If a broad review finds a deep security/cost/debug concern, include it as a handoff recommendation rather than duplicating the specialist workflow.
Review Rules
- Audit first. Do not modify app files unless the user explicitly asks to apply fixes.
- Read the codebase before making claims.
- Prefer concrete file/line evidence.
- Keep findings focused on bugs, release blockers, meaningful risks, and missing validation.
- Do not run full SAST or cost tooling from this skill. Recommend the specialist skill when warranted.
- Do not report speculative security or cost observations as confirmed vulnerabilities or savings.
Module & Capability Routing
Detect modules declared in manifest.yml or package dependencies, and load specific review guides:
- Teamwork Graph / Forge Connectors:
- If the app declares graph:connector, teamwork-graph-connector, or imports @forge/teamwork-graph: - 👉 Follow and evaluate against [./modules/connector-review.md](./modules/connector-review.md).
Workflow
- Read
manifest.ymlormanifest.yaml.
- Identify modules, resources, functions, resolver bindings, triggers, web triggers, remotes, permissions, runtime, and memory settings. - Verify referenced handlers/resources exist.
- Read
package.json.
- Check Forge package fit, scripts, runtime assumptions, direct dependencies, and obvious unused/missing packages.
- Inspect source files.
- Backend/resolvers: resolver.define, handler exports, product API calls, storage usage, external fetches, logging, error handling. - Frontend: UI Kit or Custom UI resource entry points, invoke() patterns, bridge usage, loading/error states.
- Inspect tests and project docs when present.
- Note missing tests only when behavior risk justifies it.
- Produce a prioritized readiness report.
What To Check
Release Blockers
- Manifest references a missing handler, resource path, or module key.
- Resolver names called by the frontend do not match
resolver.define()names. - Required scopes or egress permissions are missing for actual API/fetch usage.
- Runtime, package versions, or module syntax likely fail
forge lint, build, deploy, or install. - App has no clear way to exercise its primary user flow.
Architecture And Maintainability
- Module type matches the intended UX surface.
- Resolver boundaries are coherent and not overly monolithic for the app size.
- Sensitive or privileged logic stays backend-side.
- UI-only formatting/transforms are not unnecessarily forced through backend functions.
- Error handling is sufficient for user-facing workflows.
- Code organization matches existing project style.
Lightweight Security Signals
Only flag obvious signals and recommend forge-security-review for deep validation:
- Broad/write/admin scopes without visible usage.
api.asApp()in user-triggered resolvers without obvious authorization checks.- Hardcoded credentials or token-like literals.
- External fetches without manifest egress entries.
- Web triggers without visible authentication strategy.
- Full payload/request logging that may expose user, tenant, or secret data.
Lightweight Cost Signals
Only flag obvious signals and recommend forge-cost-optimizer for deep analysis:
- Resolver invoked only to return static data or product context.
- Multiple independent
invoke()calls on page load. - Scheduled triggers that look like broad polling.
- Product triggers without filters or
ignoreSelfwhere applicable. - Full payload/API response logging in hot paths.
- Storage writes on every invocation.
Lightweight Debuggability Signals
Only flag readiness gaps; use forge-debugger when there is an observed failure:
- Missing loading/error states around async UI paths.
- Logs are either too noisy or absent around important failures.
- README or scripts do not explain how to lint/build/deploy/test.
- App has no obvious local verification command besides
forge lint.
Output Format
Return a concise Markdown report. Findings must be a table (not a numbered list). Include a Source column for every finding so the reader knows which review guide or area produced it.
Source values (use the most specific that applies — Source is the checklist/module or review area, not merely the file type):
manifest— general Forge manifest wiring, scopes, egress, or module keys not covered by a module-specific guideresolver— backend/resolver wiring and runtime behaviorfrontend— UI Kit / Custom UI invoke and bridge patternsdependencies—package.json/ runtime package fittests— missing or inadequate verificationgeneral— cross-cutting readiness hygiene not covered above- Module-specific labels — when a module review guide is loaded (under
./modules/), use the Source label that guide defines (for exampleconnector). Do not re-label those findings asmanifestjust because evidence lives inmanifest.yml.
Location rules (do not path-only):
- Always cite precise
path:lineorpath:start-end(multiple citations OK). - Include the contributing code excerpt in the Location cell — the exact lines that produced the signal, not just the filename.
- Because Markdown table cells cannot nest
`fences reliably, wrap the excerpt in HTML:<pre><code>...</code></pre>. - Keep excerpts tight (typically ≤15 lines). For absences (e.g. a missing required block), show the nearest enclosing stanza and note what is missing in Description.
# Forge App Review Results
## Summary
- Readiness: Ready | Needs changes | Blocked
- Highest-risk area: <manifest | resolver wiring | permissions | dependencies | tests | operational hygiene | module-specific>
- Files inspected: <short list>
- Specialist handoffs: <none | security | cost | debugger>
## Findings
| Severity | Source | Finding | Location | Description | Doc | Fix |
|----------|--------|---------|----------|-------------|---------|-----|
| Critical \| Warning \| Info | <source> | <short title> | `path:start-end`<br><pre><code>…excerpt…</code></pre> | <why this matters / observed pattern> | <DAC or checklist anchor title + URL> | <specific remediation> |
Sort rows Critical → Warning → Info. Omit the Doc column cell only when no public/doc anchor applies; keep the column.
## Clean Areas
- <important categories checked with no issues>
## Suggested Next Step
- <apply fixes | run specialist review | deploy/lint/test command>
If there are no findings, say the app looks ready from this general review and list any residual specialist reviews that were intentionally out of scope.