PR Review

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Reviews code changes before merging with focus on quality, security, and consistency. Detects secrets, validates changes, and analyzes diffs.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
DevelopmentIntermediate
206/2/2026
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#code-review#security#quality#pr-review#git-diff

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Our review

Thoroughly reviews code changes before merging, with automatic stack detection, security scanners, and consistency checks.

Strengths

  • Automatic detection of tech stack (Node, Python, Go, etc.)
  • Runs security scanners (gitleaks, trufflehog, npm audit, tfsec)
  • Structured phased analysis with user confirmation
  • Checks consistency with existing codebase patterns

Limitations

  • Requires manual confirmation for scope and context
  • Third-party scanners must be pre-installed
  • Does not substitute for expert human review
When to use it

Use this skill for systematic PR reviews before merging, especially on public or shared repositories.

When not to use it

Avoid using it for trivial changes or repositories where commit history is not accessible.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score88/100

The skill only reads code and runs security scanners in the local repository; it explicitly asks for user confirmation before executing any commands and does not perform destructive or exfiltrating actions.

No concerns found

Examples

Review staged changes
Review the staged changes in my repository for quality, security, and consistency.
Review branch vs main
Review the diff between my current branch and main, focusing on security vulnerabilities and code quality.
Full PR review with stack detection
Run a comprehensive PR review on the changes from feature/my-feature to main, including stack detection and all security scanners.

name: pr-review description: Reviews code changes before merging. Use when reviewing PRs, checking staged changes, reviewing diffs, code review, merge readiness check, or validating changes before commit/push. allowed-tools: Read Glob Grep Bash(git diff:) Bash(git status:) Bash(git log:) Bash(git show:) Bash(git branch:) Bash(gitleaks:) Bash(trufflehog:) Bash(trivy:) Bash(shellcheck:) Bash(npm audit:) Bash(yarn audit:) Bash(pip-audit:) Bash(safety:) Bash(tfsec:) Bash(checkov:) Bash(hadolint:) AskUserQuestion

PR Review Skill

Reviews code changes with focus on quality, security, and consistency.

Default Assumption: Public Repository

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, assume the repository is publicly available. This means:

  • Any secret, credential, or API key pushed is considered compromised
  • Internal URLs, IPs, hostnames should not be exposed
  • Comments with sensitive internal context should be flagged
  • Error messages should not leak internal architecture
  • Be extra cautious with .env files, config files, CI/CD configs

Phase 1: Determine Scope

STOP. Use AskUserQuestion before anything else.

Ask user to choose review scope:

  • Staged files only
  • Unstaged changes (working directory)
  • All uncommitted (staged + unstaged)
  • Current branch vs main (PR-style)
  • Specific commit or range
  • Other (specify)

Do NOT run any git commands or tools until user responds.

After selection, get the diff:

  • Staged: git diff --cached
  • Unstaged: git diff
  • All uncommitted: git diff HEAD
  • Branch vs main: git diff main...HEAD
  • Commit: git show <hash>
  • Range: git diff <from>..<to>

Also get changed files list: git diff --name-only <appropriate args>

Phase 2: Understand the Problem

STOP. Use AskUserQuestion to confirm before proceeding.

Infer intent from:

  1. Branch name: git branch --show-current
  2. Commit messages: git log main..HEAD --oneline (or relevant range)

Then use AskUserQuestion to confirm:

"Based on branch feature/xyz and commits, this PR appears to [inferred description]. Is this correct?"

  • Yes, proceed
  • No, let me explain

Do NOT proceed until user confirms.

Phase 3: Auto-Detect Stack

Check for presence of:

  • package.json / yarn.lock → Node.js
  • requirements.txt / pyproject.toml → Python
  • go.mod → Go
  • Cargo.toml → Rust
  • Dockerfile → Docker
  • *.tf → Terraform
  • *.yaml in k8s patterns → Kubernetes
  • .github/workflows/ → GitHub Actions

Note detected stack for context-aware analysis.

Phase 4: Run Scanners

Execute relevant scanners (skip silently if not installed):

Always run: | Tool | Command | |------|---------| | gitleaks | gitleaks detect --source . --verbose --no-git | | trufflehog | trufflehog filesystem . --only-verified |

Stack-specific: | Stack | Tool | Command | |-------|------|---------| | Node.js | npm audit | npm audit --json | | Node.js | yarn audit | yarn audit --json | | Python | pip-audit | pip-audit | | Python | safety | safety check | | Docker | trivy | trivy fs . | | Docker | hadolint | hadolint Dockerfile | | Terraform | tfsec | tfsec . | | Terraform | checkov | checkov -d . | | Terraform | trivy | trivy config . | | K8s | trivy | trivy config . | | Shell scripts | shellcheck | shellcheck <file> |

Phase 5: Code Review

Analyze the diff for all categories. Be pragmatic—flag likely issues, skip obvious false positives.

5.1 Code Quality

  • Best practices for detected stack
  • Readability and maintainability
  • Error handling appropriateness
  • Test coverage (if tests exist)
  • Idiomatic patterns
  • Type safety issues

5.2 Codebase Consistency

  • Match existing patterns in the repo
  • Naming conventions alignment
  • File organization consistency
  • Don't introduce a 10th way of doing something

5.3 Security

Manual checks:

  • Hardcoded secrets, API keys, passwords, connection strings
  • SQL injection, XSS, command injection vectors
  • Path traversal risks
  • Auth/authz bypasses
  • Insecure defaults (http vs https, weak crypto)
  • Sensitive data in logs/errors/URLs
  • Container: running as root, privileged mode, unverified base images

5.4 Bug Detection

  • Logic errors, off-by-one
  • Null/undefined handling
  • Race conditions
  • Resource leaks (unclosed handles, connections)
  • Breaking changes to existing APIs

5.5 Dependencies

  • Known vulnerable package versions
  • Outdated dependencies with security patches
  • Unpinned versions
  • Suspicious or typosquatted package names

5.6 Performance

  • N+1 query patterns
  • Sync operations in async contexts
  • Unbounded loops/recursion
  • Memory leaks
  • Missing pagination
  • Blocking I/O in hot paths

5.7 Deprecations & Drift

  • Deprecated APIs, functions, patterns
  • Breaking changes in dependencies
  • Hardcoded values that should be variables
  • Environment-specific configs in shared code
  • Configuration diverging from IaC patterns

Phase 6: Report

Output a succinct markdown report:

## PR Review: [brief title]

**Problem:** [1-2 sentences on what this PR solves]

**Scope:** [staged/branch/commits reviewed]

**Stack:** [detected tech stack]

### Scanner Results
| Tool | Result |
|------|--------|
| gitleaks | [clean/N findings] |
| ... | ... |

### Findings

#### CRITICAL
- `file:line` - [issue with brief context]

#### HIGH
- `file:line` - [issue]

#### MEDIUM
- `file:line` - [issue]

#### LOW
- `file:line` - [issue]

### Summary
- Critical: X | High: X | Medium: X | Low: X

### Review Score: X/20
[One sentence justification]

### Action Required
| Priority | Item |
|----------|------|
| blocker | ... |
| should fix | ... |
| consider | ... |

Rating Scale

| Score | Meaning | Action | |-------|---------|--------| | 0-10 | Blocker issues | Reject, needs significant rework | | 11-15 | Acceptable | Merge after addressing fixes | | 16-17 | Good | Ready to merge, suggestions optional | | 18-20 | Excellent | Merge immediately |

Style Guidelines

Keep findings concise but contextual:

  • Bad: "should use https here"

  • Good: "http exposes data in transit, use https"

  • Bad: "fix this null check"

  • Good: "user.email accessed without null check - crashes if user not found"

Don't write a 50-page report. Focus on what matters.

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