existential-birds

swiftdata-code-review

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npx skills add existential-birds/beagle --skill "swiftdata-code-review"

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# Description

Reviews SwiftData code for model design, queries, concurrency, and migrations. Use when reviewing .swift files with import SwiftData, @Model, @Query, @ModelActor, or VersionedSchema.

# SKILL.md


name: swiftdata-code-review
description: Reviews SwiftData code for model design, queries, concurrency, and migrations. Use when reviewing .swift files with import SwiftData, @Model, @Query, @ModelActor, or VersionedSchema.


SwiftData Code Review

Quick Reference

Issue Type Reference
@Model, @Attribute, @Relationship, delete rules references/model-design.md
@Query, #Predicate, FetchDescriptor, #Index references/queries.md
@ModelActor, ModelContext, background operations references/concurrency.md
VersionedSchema, MigrationStage, lightweight/custom references/migrations.md

Review Checklist

  • [ ] Models marked final (subclassing crashes)
  • [ ] @Relationship decorator on ONE side only (not both)
  • [ ] Delete rules explicitly set (not relying on default .nullify)
  • [ ] Relationships initialized to empty arrays, not default objects
  • [ ] Batch operations used for bulk inserts (append(contentsOf:))
  • [ ] @Query not loading thousands of items on main thread
  • [ ] External values in predicates captured in local variables
  • [ ] Scalar comparisons in predicates (not object references)
  • [ ] @ModelActor used for background operations
  • [ ] PersistentIdentifier/DTOs used to pass data between actors
  • [ ] VersionedSchema defined for each shipped version
  • [ ] MigrationPlan passed to ModelContainer

When to Load References

  • Reviewing @Model or relationships -> model-design.md
  • Reviewing @Query or #Predicate -> queries.md
  • Reviewing @ModelActor or background work -> concurrency.md
  • Reviewing schema changes or migrations -> migrations.md

Review Questions

  1. Could this relationship assignment cause NULL foreign keys?
  2. Is @Relationship on both sides creating circular references?
  3. Could this @Query block the main thread with large datasets?
  4. Are model objects being passed between actors unsafely?
  5. Would schema changes require a migration plan?

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