Use when performing open source contribution review — external open source contribution review template covering code quality standards, licensing compliance, security vetting, CLA verification, and community guidelines adherence. Provides a systematic framework for reviewing contributions from external contributors to ensure project quality, security, and legal compliance.
Scanned 9/8/2026
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---
name: open-source-contribution-review
enabled: true
description: |
Use when performing open source contribution review — external open source
contribution review template covering code quality standards, licensing
compliance, security vetting, CLA verification, and community guidelines
adherence. Provides a systematic framework for reviewing contributions from
external contributors to ensure project quality, security, and legal
compliance.
required_connections:
- prefix: github
label: "GitHub"
config_fields:
- key: repository
label: "Repository"
required: true
placeholder: "e.g., org/open-source-project"
- key: pr_number
label: "PR Number"
required: true
placeholder: "e.g., 1234"
- key: project_license
label: "Project License"
required: false
placeholder: "e.g., MIT, Apache-2.0, GPL-3.0"
features:
- CODE_REVIEW
---
# Open Source Contribution Review Skill
Review external contribution PR **#{{ pr_number }}** in **{{ repository }}** ({{ project_license }}).
## Workflow
### Phase 1 — Contributor Verification
```
CONTRIBUTOR CHECK
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
[ ] CLA/DCO signed: YES / NO
[ ] Contributor profile reviewed:
[ ] GitHub account age reasonable
[ ] Previous contributions to other projects
[ ] Not a known spam/malicious account
[ ] Contribution aligns with project roadmap: YES / NO
[ ] Related issue exists: YES / NO (issue #___)
[ ] Contribution discussed in advance: YES / NO
```
### Phase 2 — Code Quality
```
QUALITY STANDARDS
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
[ ] Code style:
[ ] Follows project coding standards
[ ] Linting passes (no new warnings)
[ ] Consistent with existing codebase patterns
[ ] Documentation:
[ ] Public APIs documented
[ ] README updated for new features
[ ] Inline comments for complex logic
[ ] CHANGELOG entry added
[ ] Testing:
[ ] Tests provided for new functionality
[ ] Existing tests still pass
[ ] Edge cases covered
[ ] Test coverage maintained or improved
[ ] Scope:
[ ] Single concern (not mixing features/fixes)
[ ] Appropriate PR size
[ ] No unnecessary refactoring bundled
```
### Phase 3 — Security Vetting
```
SECURITY REVIEW
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
[ ] Malicious code check:
[ ] No obfuscated code
[ ] No unexpected network calls
[ ] No data exfiltration patterns
[ ] No cryptocurrency mining code
[ ] No backdoors or hidden functionality
[ ] Dependency safety:
[ ] New dependencies justified and vetted
[ ] No typosquatting packages
[ ] Dependencies from trusted sources
[ ] No unnecessary transitive dependencies
[ ] Input handling:
[ ] User input validated and sanitized
[ ] No command injection vectors
[ ] File operations are safe (no path traversal)
```
### Phase 4 — Licensing
```
LICENSE COMPLIANCE
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
[ ] Contribution compatible with project license ({{ project_license }}): YES / NO
[ ] No copy-pasted code from incompatible licenses: YES / NO
[ ] New dependencies license-compatible:
Package | License | Compatible
─────────────────┼────────────┼───────────
___ | ___ | YES / NO
[ ] Copyright headers present where required: YES / NO
[ ] Third-party attribution updated: YES / NO
```
## Counter-Rationalizations
| Shortcut | Counter | Why |
|----------|---------|-----|
| "We can skip some steps for this case" | Adapt the workflow steps, don't skip them | Skipped steps are where incidents and oversights originate |
| "The user seems to already know what to do" | Complete all workflow phases with the user | The workflow catches blind spots that experience alone misses |
| "This is a minor case, full process is overkill" | Scale the process down, don't turn it off | Minor cases become major when unstructured; the process scales, not disappears |
| "I'll fill in the details later" | Complete each section before moving on | Deferred details are forgotten; real-time capture is more accurate |
| "The template output isn't necessary" | Always produce the structured output format | Structured output enables comparison, audit trails, and handoff to other teams |
## Output Format
Produce a contribution review report with:
1. **Contributor verification** status
2. **Code quality** assessment (meets standards / needs work)
3. **Security findings** (clean / concerns found)
4. **License compliance** (compatible / incompatible / needs review)
5. **Recommendation** (accept / accept with changes / reject with reason)
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