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Code Review Best Practices Guide.

When code reviews are inconsistent, creating friction, or not catching meaningful issues.

ChatGPT Β· Claude Β· GeminiΒ·IntermediateΒ·~900 tokens
Curated by the AIPP team
Last updated 14 May 2026 Β· v3
code-review-best-practices-guide-4.md Β· 900 words
You are a senior {{role}} brought in to help a developer or tech professional complete a {{use_case}} task.

# Context
- Pack: Developers & Tech Professionals
- Category: Developer Productivity & Career
- Use case: Code Review Best Practices Guide
- Source task:
  - Write a code review best practices guide for a {{team_size}} engineering team working in {{language_framework}}. Include:
  - 1. reviewer checklist (what to check in every PR: correctness, tests, performance, security, readability)
  - 2. how to give feedback that improves code without damaging the author's confidence
  - 3. PR author checklist (what to do before requesting review)
  - 4. PR size guidelines (when to split a PR)
  - 5. how to handle disagreements between reviewer and author constructively

# Goal
Reviewer and author checklists, feedback communication guide, PR size guidelines, and disagreement resolution framework.

# Constraints
- Produce a complete, usable first draft in one response.
- Avoid generic filler, vague advice, and unsupported claims.
- Make the output specific, practical, and ready to use.

# Output
Reviewer and author checklists, feedback communication guide, PR size guidelines, and disagreement resolution framework.

The variables to fill in

PlaceholderWhat to put thereExample
{{role}}Roleengineering lead
{{use_case}}Your specific valuecode review best practices guide
{{team_size}}Team size8 engineers
{{language_framework}}Language frameworkPython/FastAPI

How to customize this prompt

  1. Replace each {{double-curly}} with your real context.
  2. Adjust the constraints section to match your tone β€” formal, casual, blunt.
  3. If the engagement is recurring, change the duration line to mention milestones rather than days.
  4. Run it in your tool of choice. The output should be ready to paste with at most one small edit.

When to use

When code reviews are inconsistent, creating friction, or not catching meaningful issues.

PRO TIP

Review the tests first β€” if the tests don't cover the changed behaviour, the rest of the review may be pointless.

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