fix(skills): rename code-review skill to coderabbit-review to stop shadowing Claude Code's built-in /code-review

[anatolykoptev]

The problem

Installing the code-review skill in Claude Code breaks Claude Code's own built-in /code-review command. The skill registers its slash command from the name: field, so name: code-review claims the global /code-review and silently shadows the built-in — it just becomes unreachable, with no warning. Reported in #18, and a second user hit it too.

Why it happens

A skill's name: is meant to register under the plugin namespace (/coderabbit:code-review), but a current Claude Code regression makes name: bypass the namespace and grab the bare global name (upstream: anthropics/claude-code#22063). And on the npx skills add path the skill installs with no namespace at all, so it's /code-review either way.

The fix

Rename the skill code-review → coderabbit-review (name: + directory). This is collision-free on both install paths — /coderabbit-review (skills package) and /coderabbit:coderabbit-review (plugin) — mirrors the existing /coderabbit:coderabbit-review command, and stays correct once #22063 is fixed upstream. Kept the name: field, since every skill here has one (e.g. autofix).

Changes

• rename skills/code-review/ → skills/coderabbit-review/ (name: + version bump)
• update the README reference
• add a CHANGELOG entry

Natural-language triggers ("review my code") are unchanged — only the explicit slash command moves from /code-review to /coderabbit-review.

Closes #18.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Renamed the code-review skill to coderabbit-review to avoid conflict with the built-in /code-review command

• Documentation

  • Updated README to reflect the new skill name and path reference
  • Updated CHANGELOG with the rename under Unreleased → Fixed
  • Updated the skill’s metadata (name, description, and version to 0.1.1)

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GitHub Actions: Required approver / 0_verify.txt: fix(skills): rename code-review skill to coderabbit-review to stop shadowing Claude Code's built-in /code-review

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GitHub Actions: Required approver / verify: fix(skills): rename code-review skill to coderabbit-review to stop shadowing Claude Code's built-in /code-review

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The skill name changes from code-review to coderabbit-review in its metadata, README references, and changelog entry, and the skill version is bumped from 0.1.0 to 0.1.1.

Changes

Skill rename: code-review → coderabbit-review

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Skill metadata, docs, and changelog update skills/coderabbit-review/SKILL.md, README.md, CHANGELOG.md	Frontmatter name updates to coderabbit-review with a version bump to 0.1.1; the README skill listing and Claude Code section reference the new name and path; the changelog adds the rename note under Unreleased → Fixed.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

Poem

🐰 I hopped through the changelog, neat and bright,
Renamed the skill and set the docs aright.
One little bump, one tidy new refrain,
coderabbit-review now sings in the lane.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and accurately describes the main change: renaming the skill to avoid shadowing Claude Code’s built-in command.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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[anatolykoptev]

Rebased onto latest main — the branch was a commit behind, should be clean now. Still a small, contained rename (code-review → coderabbit-review) to stop the skill shadowing Claude Code's built-in /code-review, plus the README/CHANGELOG touch-ups. Ready for review whenever someone has a moment. Thanks!