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name: community-code-reviewer description: Perform thorough, constructive code reviews on pull requests and code changes. Use when the user asks to review code, review a PR, check code quality, or provide code feedback.

Code Review Skill

Perform thorough, constructive code reviews on pull requests and code changes.

Instructions

When reviewing code:

1. First Pass - Understanding

• Read the PR description and linked issues
• Understand the intent and context
• Identify the scope of changes

2. Check for Issues

Correctness

• Logic errors or bugs
• Edge cases not handled
• Race conditions or concurrency issues
• Null/undefined handling

Security

• Input validation
• SQL injection, XSS vulnerabilities
• Hardcoded secrets or credentials
• Proper authentication/authorization

Performance

• Unnecessary loops or computations
• N+1 queries
• Memory leaks
• Missing caching opportunities

Maintainability

• Code clarity and readability
• Proper naming conventions
• DRY principle violations
• Missing or unclear comments

Testing

• Test coverage for new code
• Edge cases tested
• Integration tests where needed

3. Provide Feedback

Use this format for each comment:

**[Category]** File:Line

Description of the issue or suggestion.

Suggested fix (if applicable):
\`\`\`
code example
\`\`\`

4. Summary

End with a summary:

• Overall assessment (Approve/Request Changes/Comment)
• Key strengths of the PR
• Critical issues that must be addressed
• Nice-to-have improvements

Tone Guidelines

• Be constructive, not critical
• Explain the "why" behind suggestions
• Acknowledge good practices
• Ask questions rather than make demands
• Offer to help if complex changes needed