/age

Review a diff or scoped path before merging or after /press. Use this skill whenever the user wants evidence-backed observations rather than an approval verdict. Do not apply fixes in this skill. Let /cure apply them.

Inputs

/age [<ref-or-range>] [--scope <path>]... [--slug <slug>] [--full] [--safe] [--open-pr] [--auto] [--hard] [--html]
/age <slug> [--full] [--safe] [--open-pr] [--auto] [--hard] [--html]

Repeat --scope <path> for each reviewed path. Every report needs a slug. Take the slug from the <slug> form. Take it from --slug <slug> on a scoped or range review. Derive it with slugify only when the caller supplies neither. A caller in a pipeline always passes the pipeline slug.

--full expands the ## Low section when ten or more low-severity findings exist. The default report collapses that section to a one-line summary.

--safe re-introduces cure selection. --open-pr propagates through /cure to terminal /plate. A new PR follows /plate's explicit-choice and review-shape policy.

For a <slug>, resolve .cheese/press/<slug>.md (if present) for press context. Review the current working diff. For a <ref-or-range>, review that range. Review the current working diff when the user supplies neither input. If the base branch is unclear, ask or use the repository's documented default.

--auto is the propagated autonomous-mode flag from /cook --auto. See ## Handoff and references/handoff-detail.md § Auto mode for the cap rule and the full chain.

handoffcontext.wikihits is optional routed input from /cheese. Each hit carries page, line, and why. Reuse each valid hit before you ground the review again. Render the reused hits in ## Wiki context.

--hard propagates through /cure to /plate. Age never fires the gate. /plate gives /hard-cheese the final verified artifact state before publication.

--html emits a static HTML copy alongside .cheese/age/<slug>.md. Write the markdown first. Then run python3 skills/age/scripts/age.pyz html-report --report .cheese/age/<slug>.md --slug <slug>. Print the returned path. The HTML groups findings by severity into the shared HTML shell. The output is offline and uses no CDN or JS.

Read [../cheese/references/harness-portability.md](../cheese/references/harness-portability.md) for helper resolution, sub-agent dispatch, GitHub operations, and handoff transitions. Prefer the bundled or repo-local helper. Treat ${CLAUDESKILLDIR} as an optional host-provided fallback. The handoff blocks below define the portable contract. Remember: slash commands are host renderings, not the control model.

Review dimensions

Dimensions answer what kind of problem. Assign one severity (blocker / high / medium / low) to each finding. Compute severity from base, location, and compounding modifiers (see references/dimensions.md § Severity computation).

references/dimensions.md contains per-dimension base-severity tables, location sensitivity, fix-cost-now / fix-cost-later, and recommendation shapes. Read it before computing any finding's severity. This workflow intentionally omits the git-history/precedent dimension.

Flow

1. Identify the diff, scope, and relevant specification or issue.

Compute the review range's reviewsurface score and risk flags. Call ageroute.route(score=..., riskflags=..., entry="age") from src/easycheese/shared/fanout/age_route.py. For n=1, continue with steps 2 through 4. For n>1, read references/fan-out.md first. Use its lenses list to set the worker count. Do not use fan-out when /age runs as a sub-agent. Pass the router's effort value to the reviewer. Assemble the fan-out packet before the lock. The lock covers the packet, because the packet is review evidence. Then run python3 skills/age/scripts/age.pyz review-lock --slug <slug> to lock the production tree. Use the resolved slug from ## Inputs. Step 5 rejects the report when a production file changes.

1. Gather evidence from the diff, touched files, tests, and callers/imports.

Resolve the upstream report with python3 skills/age/scripts/age.pyz artifact-path --phase press --slug <slug>. Validate its preamble with python3 skills/age/scripts/age.pyz read-handoff-slug --phase press --slug <slug>. That command returns preamble fields only. Read the resolved file itself for the ## Review follow-ups section and every unresolved item. Copy each unresolved item into a ## Press findings sub-section. Keep the artifact and baseline values from that preamble for step 5. /cure reads only .cheese/age/<slug>.md.

If no press report exists but a cook handoff exists, record press: skipped (see ## Output). Print the warning at handoff. If no cook artifact exists either, omit the marker and continue. If .cheese/glossary/<slug>.md exists, read it to flag naming drift as a deslop finding.

1. Review every dimension.

Omit dimensions with no findings. Report every defect, however minor. Do not filter findings by perceived significance. The verifier pass (n>1) or severity computation (single-parent) filters findings later. Do not report a gate failure that matches the diff's recorded baseline: block. Read [../cook/references/quality-gates.md](../cook/references/quality-gates.md) for the baseline rules. Report only new or changed failures.

1. Compute severity per finding (base + location bump + compounding bump, capped at blocker).

Group findings by severity (## Blocker → ## High → ## Medium → ## Low). Order findings by file within each severity group.

1. Write the report body to .cheese/age/<slug>-body.md.

Write the body only. Do not write the handoff preamble into that file. Do not write .cheese/age/<slug>.md yourself. The gated writer creates it. Compute the recommended set first (see ## Handoff). Set <next> to cure when that set is not empty. Set <next> to done when that set is empty. Set <artifact> to the upstream report path from step 2. Use "" only when no upstream report exists. Set <baseline> to the baseline block from that upstream handoff. Omit --baseline only when the upstream handoff has none. Run python3 skills/age/scripts/age.pyz write-handoff-artifact --phase age --slug <slug> --status ok --next <next> --artifact "<artifact>" --orientation "<one-line orientation>" --durable-flags "<none | one line per flag>" --baseline "<baseline>" --body-file ".cheese/age/<slug>-body.md". Print the path. The write fails when the production tree moved after step 1. Do not retry it with a new lock.

1. Hand off (see ## Handoff below).

Sub-agent fan-out

/age sizes its own fan-out with the age router (src/easycheese/shared/fanout/ageroute.py), not a size-only threshold. /age resolves every dispatched worker through [../cheese/references/agent-resolution.md](../cheese/references/agent-resolution.md). Use read-only, fresh-context workers. See references/fan-out.md, references/packet.md, and references/sub-agent-gate.md for mechanics.

Call each source-code backend through the shared [code-intelligence-routing.md](../cheese/references/code-intelligence-routing.md) contract. references/packet.md § Evidence tools and fallbacks lists the tool for each need.

Output

Use [../cheese/references/formatting.md](../cheese/references/formatting.md) for cross-cutting house style and citation form. This section defines the findings-report shape. formatting.md defines the voice rules and footnote primitive.

The gated writer writes .cheese/age/<slug>.md. It puts the minimum handoff slug at the top. The slug carries status, next, artifact, durable_flags, baseline, and one-line orientation. Supply each value through the step 5 command. Write the body below into .cheese/age/<slug>-body.md, with no preamble. references/report-example.md § Body order defines the section order, the exact finding format, and the full skeleton. Read it before you write the body.

Use the voice-kernel scale for per-finding confidence: (see references/voice.md § Reasoning posture). Use certain for direct evidence from a diff/code read or command output. Use speculating for an inference from an indirect signal. Do not ship a don't know grading as a finding row. Gather the missing evidence or drop the claim. Reserve don't know for the report-level ## Confidence line. Add suppressed lows to the cure-selection table only when the user passes --full.

Set status: ok when the review completes. Set status: halt: <reason> when the review cannot reach evidence. Follow the [handback contract](../cheese/references/handback-contract.md). Derive next from the recommended set that ## Handoff computes. Set next: cure when that set is not empty. Set next: done when that set is empty. Keep every finding in the report, whatever next says. Set durableflags: to none by default, as in cook's gate. When the review-surface score exceeds 400, set durableflags: coverage-degraded: review-surface score <score> exceeds the 400-point ceiling and lead ## Next step with a stacked-split recommendation for /plate. Record the resolved worker types under ## Agent resolution in the body.

Print Age report: .cheese/age/<slug>.md. When press: skipped is set, print the following warning: Warning: no /press report for <slug> — hardening was skipped. Run /press <slug> first, or continue with /cure. When the user passes --html, print the HTML path that html-report returns. The render command appears under --html in ## Inputs.

Handoff

Pipeline: culture → mold → cook → press → [age] → cure → plate

Compute the recommended set. Use the all-medium, cheap composite. Include the medium floor (blocker+high+medium). Also include every Low with fix-cost-now: contained.

Decide whether to act or ask.

This selection is the only one. ## Output derives next from it. A review with contained lows and no medium finding has a non-empty set. That review sets next: cure and keeps every low finding in the report.

• Empty set — Set next: done. Print the report path. Stop.
• Reason to ask — Ask when a set member has fix-cost-now: sprawling or fix-cost-later: structural.

Also ask when two findings conflict. Also ask when the user passes --safe. Read references/handoff-detail.md first. Render the gate per [../cheese/references/handoff-gate.md](../cheese/references/handoff-gate.md). Pre-select the composite. Mark each heavy row.

• Otherwise — Act. Announce the selection. Dispatch /cure per references/handoff-detail.md § Dispatch. Do not render a gate.

--auto substitutes a severity-floor selection and its own chain. Read references/handoff-detail.md § Auto mode before an --auto run. That file also defines the no-chain override under /cook's fan pathway.

Rules

Review is not a verdict. Explain where to look and why. Do not edit production files. The step 1 review lock enforces this rule. /cure applies each fix. Do not raise a finding for a gate failure identical to the diff's recorded baseline: block. Flag only new/changed failures per [../cook/references/quality-gates.md](../cook/references/quality-gates.md). Default to acting. Auto-select the recommended set. Dispatch /cure without a gate. Ask first only for a genuine reason or when --safe is active. Treat an empty recommended set as a clean stop, not a question. Do not invent evidence. Cite files, diffs, commands, or unavailable-source notes. Agree when the diff is fine. Treat an empty dimension as a valid outcome, not a gap to fill. Keep confidence qualitative (certain | speculating | don't know) in the report and each finding. Never use a numeric score. Give each finding a location and recommendation. Do not add JSON sidecars or tag-anchored fix payloads. /cure reads the markdown directly. Apply references/voice.md (output discipline, reasoning posture, confidence vocabulary).

References

• Read the generated command inventory in [references/commands.md](references/commands.md).
• Read references/dimensions.md before grading a finding.
• Read references/fan-out.md before an n>1 dispatch.
• Read references/packet.md before assembling a fan-out context packet.
• Read references/sub-agent-gate.md before a sub-agent dispatch.
• Read references/handoff-detail.md before the selection gate or a /cure dispatch.
• Read references/report-example.md § Body order before writing the report body.
• Read references/packet.md § Evidence tools and fallbacks before gathering evidence.
• Read references/handoff-detail.md § Auto mode before an --auto run.
• Read references/voice.md before writing the report.
• Read the applicable [Rust](references/deslop-rust.md), [TypeScript](references/deslop-typescript.md), [Python](references/deslop-python.md), [Shell](references/deslop-shell.md), or [Go](references/deslop-go.md) catalog before grading deslop.

Agent resolution

Resolve every dimension worker and fresh-context review through [../cheese/references/agent-resolution.md](../cheese/references/agent-resolution.md).

The table gives the default effort. The router overrides it. Use the low, medium, or high value that age_route.route(...) returns. Pass that value to every dispatched worker.

The report body carries the shared agent_resolution block under ## Agent resolution. references/report-example.md shows that section in the full skeleton.