kamae-review
Adversarial code review of server-side TypeScript for adherence to the kamae principles (discriminated unions, branded types, Result error handling, boundary validation, PII protection). TRIGGER when: reviewing a pull request, audit, or quality check of TypeScript server-side co
What it does
Kamae Code Review
Adversarial review against the kamae principles. The knowledge base lives in ../kamae/; this skill links rather than duplicates.
Step 0: Load applicable rules
Before any other step, glob and Read rules in priority order:
.claude/rules/*.md(project-level overrides at the working-tree root)~/.claude/rules/*.md(user-global preferences)../../rules/defaults/*.mdrelative to thisSKILL.md(plugin defaults)
For each file:
- Read the YAML frontmatter. Skip the rule unless
applies-toiskamae-reviewor*. - Group by
name. For eachname, keep only the highest-tier instance (1 > 2 > 3); within a tier the lexicographically last filename wins. - A
check-togglerule withenabled: falseremoves the named check from the walk in step 3 below. - A
conventionrule sets project-specific expectations the review respects (e.g., a designated location for Branded Types).
If no rules are found, proceed with all checks active. See ../../rules/README.md for the rule format.
Review Procedure
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Load principle knowledge. Before reading any code under review, read:
../kamae/SKILL.md— principle index- The validation library guide matching the project's
package.jsonunder../kamae/validation-libraries/(zod.md/valibot.md/arktype.md) - The Result library guide matching the project's
package.jsonunder../kamae/result-libraries/(neverthrow.md/byethrow.md/fp-ts.md/option-t.md) - Each topic file under
../kamae/cited by the checklist sub-files you read.
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Read the files under review.
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Walk the checklist. Read each checklist sub-file in order; match findings to its items.
checklist/domain-modeling.md— Discriminated Unions, Companion Objects, Branded Types, file structure (items 1.x)checklist/state-transitions.md— pure state transitions, exhaustiveness (items 2.x)checklist/error-handling.md— Result types, no thrown exceptions, DU error types (items 3.x)checklist/boundary.md— schema validation, noasassertions (items 4.1, 4.2)checklist/pii-protection.md—Sensitive<T>for PII (item 4.3)checklist/declarative-and-tests.md— array operations, events, fixtures (items 5.x, 6.x)
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Report findings. For each violation:
- Location (
path:line). - Why it is a problem — cite the principle (link back to
../kamae/...) and the risk of violating it. - How to fix — code example showing the corrected version.
- Location (
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Suggestions (non-violations with room for improvement) are communicated with the same format but framed as suggestions rather than findings.
Severity classes
Each checklist item is tagged High / Medium / Low.
- High — direct cause of runtime errors or compliance violations (
as, missing PII protection, missing schema validation, missing Branded Types on semantically distinct primitives). - Medium — invalid state representation, inconsistent error handling, missing exhaustiveness, catch-all type files, classes for domain models.
- Low — stylistic, readability, edge-case correctness (method notation,
interfacefor domain types, missingReadonly<>, non-kinddiscriminants, imperative array loops, fixtures withoutas const satisfies).
Example Finding
### Use of method notation
`src/repository/task-repository.ts:15`
`save(task: Task): Promise<void>` uses method notation. Per
[`../kamae/SKILL.md` §1 "Use function property notation"](../kamae/SKILL.md),
parameters become bivariant under method notation, so a narrower implementation
such as `save(task: DoingTask): Promise<void>` will pass type checking at the
injection site.
Suggested fix:
\`\`\`typescript
type TaskRepository = {
save: (task: Task) => Promise<void>;
};
\`\`\`
Capabilities
Install
Quality
deterministic score 0.47 from registry signals: · indexed on github topic:agent-skills · 31 github stars · SKILL.md body (4,121 chars)