SKILL.md

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name: code-review
description: Perform thorough code reviews with security, performance, and quality checks. Use when reviewing PRs, auditing code changes, or finding potential bugs.

Code Review Skill

Systematic code review process following industry best practices from Sentry, Trail of Bits, and Google engineering teams.

When to Use This Skill

•Reviewing pull requests
•Auditing code for security vulnerabilities
•Finding bugs and code smells
•Ensuring code quality standards

🔍 Review Process

1. Understand Context First

Before reviewing code:

•Read the PR description and linked issues
•Understand the business requirements
•Check if there are related tests or documentation

2. Review Checklist

✅ Correctness

• Does the code do what it's supposed to do?
• Are edge cases handled?
• Is error handling appropriate?
• Are there any obvious bugs?

✅ Security

• Input validation present?
• No hardcoded secrets/credentials?
• SQL injection prevention?
• XSS prevention?
• Authentication/authorization correct?
• Sensitive data properly handled?

✅ Performance

✅ Code Quality

• Code is readable and self-documenting?
• No unnecessary complexity?
• DRY - no code duplication?
• Single responsibility principle followed?
• Consistent naming conventions?

✅ Testing

• Unit tests for new functionality?
• Edge cases tested?
• Error paths tested?
• Integration tests where needed?

✅ Documentation

• Public APIs documented?
• Complex logic explained?
• README updated if needed?

🐛 Common Issues to Look For

Go Code

// ❌ Bad: Ignoring errors
result, _ := doSomething()

// ✅ Good: Handle errors
result, err := doSomething()
if err != nil {
    return fmt.Errorf("failed to do something: %w", err)
}

// ❌ Bad: Defer in loop
for _, item := range items {
    f, _ := os.Open(item)
    defer f.Close()  // Won't close until function returns
}

// ✅ Good: Close immediately or use closure
for _, item := range items {
    func() {
        f, _ := os.Open(item)
        defer f.Close()
        // process f
    }()
}

TypeScript/React Code

tsx

// ❌ Bad: Missing dependency in useEffect
useEffect(() => {
  fetchData(userId);
}, []);  // userId missing

// ✅ Good: Include all dependencies
useEffect(() => {
  fetchData(userId);
}, [userId]);

tsx

// ❌ Bad: Inline object causing re-renders
<Component style={{ margin: 10 }} />

// ✅ Good: Stable reference
const style = useMemo(() => ({ margin: 10 }), []);
<Component style={style} />

SQL/Database

sql

-- ❌ Bad: SQL injection risk
query := "SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = " + userInput

-- ✅ Good: Parameterized query
query := "SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = $1"
db.Query(query, userInput)

📝 Review Feedback Guidelines

Be Constructive

markdown

// ❌ Bad feedback
"This code is wrong"

// ✅ Good feedback
"This might cause a race condition when multiple goroutines access `sharedMap`. 
Consider using `sync.RWMutex` or `sync.Map` for thread-safe access."

Categorize Comments

•[Must Fix]: Security issues, bugs, data loss risks
•[Should Fix]: Performance issues, code smells
•[Suggestion]: Style improvements, optional enhancements
•[Question]: Seeking clarification

Provide Examples

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// Instead of just pointing out the issue, show the fix:

**Issue**: Potential nil pointer dereference

**Current code**:
```go
return user.Name

Suggested fix:

if user == nil {
    return ""
}
return user.Name

code


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# 🔐 Security Review Focus

## OWASP Top 10 Checklist

1. **Injection** - SQL, NoSQL, OS command injection
2. **Broken Authentication** - Session management, credential storage
3. **Sensitive Data Exposure** - Encryption, data masking
4. **XML External Entities** - XXE attacks
5. **Broken Access Control** - Authorization checks
6. **Security Misconfiguration** - Default credentials, error messages
7. **Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)** - Input/output encoding
8. **Insecure Deserialization** - Object validation
9. **Known Vulnerabilities** - Dependency versions
10. **Insufficient Logging** - Audit trails

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# 📚 References

- [Google Code Review Guidelines](https://google.github.io/eng-practices/review/)
- [getsentry/code-review](https://github.com/getsentry/skills/tree/main/plugins/sentry-skills/skills/code-review)
- [trailofbits/differential-review](https://github.com/trailofbits/skills/tree/main/plugins/differential-review)
- [obra/requesting-code-review](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/main/skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md)