# greybeard

> Use this tool when you need to review and refine code quality, architecture, and design decisions with expert-level feedback. Greybeard provides AI-powered analysis and simulation of an experienced staff engineer's perspective, integrating with IDEs to review diffs and tradeoffs through natural language input and output. It helps solve problems related to code optimization, best practices, and technical debt, making it ideal for use during development, testing, and maintenance phases.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/btotharye-greybeard  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/btotharye-greybeard

## Description

An MCP server that provides AI-powered code review and architecture analysis, simulating the perspective of an experienced staff engineer. It integrates with IDEs to review diffs, design decisions, and tradeoffs through natural language.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.52
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** other
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/agaj5vhv3f)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/btotharye/greybeard>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "btotharye-greybeard"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/btotharye-greybeard` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/btotharye-greybeard/pull`

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