# Code Review

> Thorough PR code review before approval

- Skill: `emaraschio/code-review` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 4 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add emaraschio/code-review`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/emaraschio/code-review/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: emaraschio (https://skillmd.com/u/emaraschio)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/emaraschio/code-review

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## Overview

Perform a thorough code review that verifies functionality, maintainability, and
security before approving a change. Focus on architecture, readability,
performance implications, and provide actionable suggestions for improvement.

## Steps

1. **Understand the change**
    - Read the PR description and related issues for context
    - Identify the scope of files and features impacted
    - Note any assumptions or questions to clarify with the author
2. **Validate functionality**
    - Confirm the code delivers the intended behavior
    - Exercise edge cases or guard conditions mentally or by running locally
    - Check error handling paths and logging for clarity
3. **Assess quality**
    - Ensure functions are focused, names are descriptive, and code is readable
    - Watch for duplication, dead code, or missing tests
    - Verify documentation and comments reflect the latest changes
4. **Review security and risk**
    - Look for injection points, insecure defaults, or missing validation
    - Confirm secrets or credentials are not exposed
    - Evaluate performance or scalability impacts of the change

## Review Checklist

### Functionality

- [ ] Intended behavior works and matches requirements
- [ ] Edge cases handled gracefully
- [ ] Error handling is appropriate and informative

### Code Quality

- [ ] Code structure is clear and maintainable
- [ ] No unnecessary duplication or dead code
- [ ] Tests/documentation updated as needed

### Security & Safety

- [ ] No obvious security vulnerabilities introduced
- [ ] Inputs validated and outputs sanitized
- [ ] Sensitive data handled correctly

## Additional Review Notes

- Architecture and design decisions considered
- Performance bottlenecks or regressions assessed
- Coding standards and best practices followed
- Resource management, error handling, and logging reviewed
- Suggested alternatives, additional test cases, or documentation updates
  captured

Provide constructive feedback with concrete examples and actionable guidance for
the author.

## Distinction from other commands

- **`decision-audit`**: post-build choice autopsy (meaningful decisions, confidence, pride gate) without mutating code until revise. This skill is **diff quality** before approve, not a judgment ledger.

## Guardrails

- Verify security-sensitive paths and test coverage before approving a change.
- Weigh substance over style; raise nitpicks as non-blocking, not as approval blockers.
- Do not commit, push, merge, or run production scripts without consent; wait for an explicit request before any destructive git action.