Request Code Review

When to Request a Review

• After completing each task in sub-agent-driven development
• After implementing important features
• Before merging into main

• When stuck (gain a different perspective)
• Before refactoring (establish a baseline)
• After fixing complex bugs

How to Request

BASE_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD~1)  # or origin/main
HEAD_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)

code-reviewer.md

• {WHAT_WAS_IMPLEMENTED}

  - What you just completed

• {PLAN_OR_REQUIREMENTS}

  - Expected features

• {BASE_SHA}

  - Starting commit

• {HEAD_SHA}

  - Ending commit

• {DESCRIPTION}

  - Brief description

• Fix Critical issues immediately
• Fix Important issues before proceeding
• Record Minor issues for later handling
• If the reviewer is wrong, refute with technical reasons

Example

[Just completed Task 2: Add validation functionality]

You: Let me request a code review before proceeding.

BASE_SHA=$(git log --oneline | grep "Task 1" | head -1 | awk '{print $1}')
HEAD_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)

[Dispatch superpowers:code-reviewer sub-agent]
  WHAT_WAS_IMPLEMENTED: Session index verification and repair functionality
  PLAN_OR_REQUIREMENTS: Task 2 in docs/superpowers/plans/deployment-plan.md
  BASE_SHA: a7981ec
  HEAD_SHA: 3df7661
  DESCRIPTION: Added verifyIndex() and repairIndex(), supporting 4 types of issues

[Sub-agent returns]:
  Pros: Clear architecture, realistic tests
  Issues:
    Important: Missing progress indicator
    Minor: Magic number (100) used for report interval
  Evaluation: Can proceed

You: [Fix progress indicator]
[Proceed to Task 3]

Integration with Workflow

• Review after each task
• Catch issues before they accumulate
• Fix before moving to the next task

• Review after each batch (3 tasks)
• Get feedback, fix, continue

• Review before merging
• Review when stuck

• Skip review because it's "simple"
• Ignore Critical issues
• Proceed with unfixed Important issues
• Argue against reasonable technical feedback

• Refute with technical reasons
• Show code/tests proving it works
• Ask for clarification