bcquality/microsoft/skills/review/al-query-review.md

kind	id	version	title	description	inputs	outputs	bc-version	technologies	countries	application-area
action-skill	al-query-review	1	AL Query review	Reviews AL Query objects and Query instance usage against BCQuality guidance.	pr-diff file-path folder-path	findings-report	all	al	w1	all

AL Query review

Reviews AL source changes against the query knowledge domain in BCQuality. This is a leaf action skill composed by al-code-review.

Source

Read knowledge-index.json once and take entries whose domain is query across enabled layers. Open an article body only after it enters the Worklist. If the index is unavailable, discover */knowledge/query/*.md by path.

Relevance

Apply READ's frontmatter matching rules against the task context. Use the target version from app.json when available and [al] for technologies. Retain conditionally applicable files only when configured; cap resulting confidence at medium and name every unknown dimension in the finding message.

Return not-applicable when the input contains no Query object declaration and no Query variable method call.

Worklist

Match relevant entries against changed query objects, variables typed as Query, and the tokens QueryType, dataitem, column, DataItemLink, SqlJoinType, SetFilter, SetRange, Open, Read, Close, and Clear.

The following targeted checks cover every current query article:

• SetFilter or SetRange occurs after Open() without a new Open() before the next Read() — set-query-filters-before-open.
• An already-open query is opened again as if that advanced the cursor, or a query variable is reused for an independent operation without Clear even though old filters must not carry over — reopening-query-resets-cursor-but-keeps-filters.

Resolve layer conflicts per READ. When no query knowledge exists, emit no-knowledge; when knowledge exists but no article matches the changed Query usage, emit completed with no findings.

Action

Evaluate every worklist article against the diff's Query call order and surrounding control flow.

• Emit major for an unambiguous Anti Pattern that can close the dataset, restart processing, or retain an unintended filter.
• Emit minor when code contradicts a Best Practice but the resulting behavior depends on unseen control flow.
• Do not emit applicability-only information. A Query article produces a finding only when the changed code violates its normative guidance.

Set confidence to high for a locally visible call sequence and medium when aliases, helper calls, or missing context obscure the sequence. Domain-scoped agent findings follow DO's precision bar and remain capped at minor/medium.

Provide suggested-code only when moving a filter before Open() or adding Clear is a complete, local, unambiguous replacement. Otherwise set suggested-code-omission-reason.

Outcome selection follows DO: completed, no-knowledge, not-applicable, partial, or failed.

Output

Output conforms to the DO findings-report contract. Every finding this skill emits MUST set findings[].domain to "Query".