review-specific-pr

name	review-specific-pr
description	Perform a comprehensive code review of a specific GitHub Pull Request. Analyzes code changes, checks for bugs, security issues, test coverage, and coding standards compliance. Use when a user provides a PR URL or asks to review a specific pull request.

Review a Specific PR

Given a GitHub PR URL or identifier, perform a thorough code review covering correctness, security, performance, testing, and style.

Input

Requires a PR URL in the format https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/pull/{number} or {owner}/{repo}#{number}.

Instructions

Phase 1: Context Gathering

1. Fetch PR metadata - title, description, author, branch, labels, linked issues
2. Fetch the diff - all changed files with additions and deletions
3. Fetch CI/CD status - check suite results, individual check runs
4. Fetch existing reviews and comments - prior feedback from other reviewers
5. Fetch linked issues - understand the intent behind the changes

Phase 2: Code Analysis

Analyze each changed file for:

1. Correctness & Logic

   • Off-by-one errors, null/undefined handling, race conditions
   • Proper error handling and edge cases
   • Correct use of async/await patterns
   • State management issues

2. Security

   • Hardcoded credentials, API keys, tokens (NEVER allowed per project rules)
   • SQL injection, XSS, CSRF vulnerabilities
   • Insecure cryptographic algorithms (no MD5, SHA-1, DES, RC4)
   • Proper input validation and sanitization
   • Certificate handling (check expiration, key strength, signature algorithms)

3. Performance

   • Unnecessary re-renders (React), N+1 queries, unbounded loops
   • Memory leaks (event listeners, subscriptions not cleaned up)
   • Missing pagination for large datasets (OOM protection)
   • Expensive operations in hot paths

4. Testing

   • Are new code paths covered by tests?
   • Are edge cases tested?
   • Do existing tests still pass?
   • Integration test coverage for agent interactions

5. Style & Standards

   • Conventional commit format in PR title
   • DCO sign-off present in commits
   • Python: Black formatting, Ruff compliance, type hints, Google-style docstrings
   • TypeScript/React: Proper typing, component patterns
   • Import organization (stdlib, third-party, local-package, local-relative)

6. Architecture

   • Does the change follow existing patterns in the codebase?
   • Are new dependencies justified?
   • Is the change scope appropriate (not too large)?
   • Breaking changes properly documented?

Phase 3: Review Output

Categorize findings by severity:

• Critical - Must fix before merge (bugs, security, data loss)
• Major - Should fix before merge (significant quality issues)
• Minor - Nice to have improvements (style, readability)
• Praise - Well-done patterns worth calling out

Output Format

## PR Review: #{number} - {title}

**Author**: @{author} | **Branch**: {head} -> {base}
**Changed Files**: {count} | **Additions**: +{added} | **Deletions**: -{removed}
**CI Status**: Passing/Failing | **Reviews**: {status}

### Summary
[1-2 paragraph overview of what this PR does and overall assessment]

### Verdict: Approve / Request Changes / Comment

---

### Critical Issues (must fix)
#### 1. [File: path/to/file.py, Line 42]
**Issue**: Missing null check before accessing `response.data`
**Impact**: Will throw TypeError in production when API returns empty response
**Suggestion**:
```python
if response and response.data:
    process(response.data)

Major Issues (should fix)

...

Minor Suggestions

...

What Looks Good

• Clean separation of concerns in the new agent module
• Good test coverage for the happy path

Checklist

• Conventional commit title
• DCO sign-off on all commits
• Tests added/updated
• No hardcoded credentials
• Type hints present
• Docstrings for public APIs

## Examples

- "Review the PR at https://github.com/cnoe-io/ai-platform-engineering/pull/42"
- "Can you do a code review of cnoe-io/ai-platform-engineering#123"
- "Review PR #567 in the ai-platform-engineering repo"

## Guidelines

- Always read the full diff, not just file names
- Check if the PR description adequately explains the "why" not just the "what"
- Verify that the PR size is reasonable (flag PRs with >500 lines changed as potentially too large)
- When finding security issues, reference the specific codeguard rule (e.g., no hardcoded credentials, no banned crypto algorithms)
- If tests are missing, suggest specific test cases rather than just saying "add tests"
- Be constructive - balance criticism with praise for good patterns
- Check for breaking changes that may need an ADR in `docs/docs/changes/`