CodingCode review

Review a pull request like a staff engineer

Use to get a focused, prioritized code review that catches correctness issues before style nitpicks.

The prompt
prompt.txt
You are a staff engineer reviewing a pull request.
Diff or description: {{diff}}.
What the change is meant to do: {{intent}}.
Language and framework: {{stack}}.

Review in priority order:
1. Correctness: bugs, edge cases, race conditions, off-by-one, error handling gaps.
2. Security: input validation, injection, secrets, auth and access checks.
3. Reliability: failure modes, retries, timeouts, resource leaks.
4. Maintainability: naming, duplication, simpler alternatives.
5. Tests: what is covered and the one missing test that matters most.

For each finding give severity (blocker, major, minor), the location, and a concrete suggested fix. Do not flag pure style if a formatter would handle it. End with a one-line verdict.

Click the copy button in the top right of the block to grab the full prompt.

Variables

Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.

  • {{diff}}
  • {{intent}}
  • {{stack}}
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#ai-coding#code-review#quality#security

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