code-review-checklist

Purpose

Use this Skill to ensure consistent, thorough code reviews across your team. These checklists help reviewers catch common issues, enforce best practices, and maintain code quality standards.

How this Skill works

This Skill provides:

• Markdown checklists for different contexts (backend, frontend)
• Category-based organization for efficient reviews
• Customizable templates to match team conventions

Templates

| Template | Description | |----------|-------------| | templates/backend-checklist.md | Checklist for Laravel/PHP backend code | | templates/frontend-checklist.md | Checklist for React/TypeScript frontend code |

Categories Covered

Backend Checklist:

• Code Quality & Standards
• Security Considerations
• Database & Performance
• Error Handling
• Testing Coverage
• Documentation

Frontend Checklist:

• Component Architecture
• TypeScript & Type Safety
• Performance & Optimization
• Accessibility (a11y)
• State Management
• Testing

Example invocation

Using checklists in reviews

Copy the relevant checklist content when reviewing a PR:

# Copy backend checklist to clipboard
cat ai-prompts/skills/code-review-checklist/templates/backend-checklist.md | pbcopy

# Or for frontend
cat ai-prompts/skills/code-review-checklist/templates/frontend-checklist.md | pbcopy

Using with Claude

When working with Claude for code reviews:

"Use the code-review-checklist Skill to review this Laravel controller. Focus on security and performance considerations."

"Apply the frontend checklist from code-review-checklist Skill to review this React component."

Customization

To adapt these checklists for your team:

1. Edit templates in templates/ to add team-specific checks
2. Create additional checklists for other technologies (e.g., api-checklist.md)
3. Remove checks that don't apply to your projects

Related Skills

• project-bootstrap - Set up projects that align with these review standards