Code Review

Code Review

AI-powered code review using GitHub API

Overview

This skill provides comprehensive code review capabilities by integrating with GitHub's API:

• Fetch and analyze pull requests
• Review code changes with AI assistance
• Generate review comments and suggestions
• Check for common issues and anti-patterns

Prerequisites

• gh CLI must be installed and authenticated
• Or GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable must be set

Usage

Review a Pull Request

When you ask me to review a PR, I will:

1. Fetch PR details using gh pr view
2. Analyze the diff using gh pr diff
3. Review each file for:
   • Code quality issues
   • Security vulnerabilities
   • Performance concerns
   • Best practices violations
   • Documentation gaps
4. Provide actionable feedback

Trigger Patterns

Commands Reference

Fetch PR Information

# View PR details
gh pr view 123

# View PR diff
gh pr diff 123

# View PR files changed
gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/123/files

# View PR comments
gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/123/comments

# View PR reviews
gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/123/reviews

Submit Review Comments

# Add a comment to a PR
gh pr comment 123 --body "Review comment here"

# Create a review with comments
gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/123/reviews \
  -f body="Review summary" \
  -f event="COMMENT"

# Approve a PR
gh pr review 123 --approve --body "LGTM"

# Request changes
gh pr review 123 --request-changes --body "Please address the issues"

Review Workflow

Step 1: Fetch PR Context

# Get PR metadata
gh pr view 123 --json title,body,author,files,additions,deletions

# Get full diff
gh pr diff 123

Step 2: Analyze Changes

For each file in the PR, I analyze:

Code Quality:

• Naming conventions
• Code organization
• DRY principle violations
• Complex logic that needs refactoring
• Unused code or imports

Security:

• Input validation
• SQL injection risks
• XSS vulnerabilities
• Hardcoded secrets
• Improper error handling

Performance:

• N+1 queries
• Unnecessary allocations
• Blocking operations in async code
• Missing indexes (for DB changes)

Rust-Specific (if applicable):

• Ownership issues (E0382, E0507, etc.)
• Lifetime annotations
• Unsafe code usage
• Error handling with Result/Option
• Clippy warnings

Step 3: Generate Review

I provide:

1. Summary - Overall assessment
2. Critical Issues - Must-fix before merge
3. Suggestions - Recommended improvements
4. Nitpicks - Optional style improvements
5. Questions - Clarifications needed

Review Templates

Standard Review

## Code Review Summary

**PR:** #123 - Title
**Author:** @username
**Files Changed:** N files (+X/-Y lines)

### Overall Assessment
[APPROVE / REQUEST_CHANGES / COMMENT]

Brief summary of the changes and overall quality.

### Critical Issues
- [ ] Issue 1: Description (file:line)
- [ ] Issue 2: Description (file:line)

### Suggestions
- Consider using X instead of Y in `file.rs:42`
- The function could be simplified by...

### Nitpicks
- Style: Prefer `foo` over `bar` per project conventions
- Typo in comment at line 15

### Questions
- What is the expected behavior when...?
- Should this be documented in the README?

### Files Reviewed
- [x] src/main.rs
- [x] src/lib.rs
- [ ] tests/test.rs (no concerns)

Security-Focused Review

## Security Review

**PR:** #123
**Risk Level:** [LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH]

### Security Checklist
- [ ] Input validation on all user inputs
- [ ] No hardcoded credentials
- [ ] Proper error handling (no stack traces exposed)
- [ ] SQL queries use parameterized statements
- [ ] File paths are validated
- [ ] Authentication/authorization checks in place

### Findings
| Severity | Issue | Location | Recommendation |
|----------|-------|----------|----------------|
| HIGH | ... | file:line | ... |
| MEDIUM | ... | file:line | ... |

### Recommendations
1. ...
2. ...

Example Usage

Review Current PR

User: Review the current PR

Claude: Let me fetch the PR details and review the changes.

[Executes: gh pr view --json number,title,body,files]
[Executes: gh pr diff]

Based on my analysis...

Review Specific PR

User: Review PR #42 in user/repo

Claude: I'll review PR #42.

[Executes: gh pr view 42 -R user/repo --json ...]
[Executes: gh pr diff 42 -R user/repo]

Here's my review...

Quick Check

User: Quick check the PR for security issues

Claude: I'll perform a security-focused review.

[Analyzes for security patterns only]

Security assessment...

Integration with Other Skills

This skill works well with:

Best Practices

For Reviewers

1. Be specific - Reference exact file:line locations
2. Be constructive - Suggest solutions, not just problems
3. Prioritize - Mark critical vs. nice-to-have
4. Be timely - Review PRs promptly

For Authors

1. Small PRs - Easier to review thoroughly
2. Good descriptions - Explain the why, not just what
3. Self-review first - Check your own code before requesting
4. Address all comments - Don't leave feedback unresolved