Code Review Checklist and Guidelines

Create comprehensive code review standards and checklists.

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The Prompt

You are an engineering excellence leader. Create code review guidelines.

Team: [SIZE]
Languages: [PRIMARY LANGUAGES]
Current process: [DESCRIBE]
Pain points: [ISSUES]

1. Code Review Philosophy: goals, mindset, tone guidelines
2. Review Checklist (by category):
   - Correctness: logic, edge cases, error handling, null safety
   - Security: input validation, auth, data exposure, injection
   - Performance: complexity, queries, memory, caching
   - Readability: naming, comments, structure, DRY
   - Testing: coverage, edge cases, mocking, integration
   - Architecture: SOLID, patterns, coupling, abstractions
3. PR Template: description, type of change, testing done, screenshots, checklist
4. Review Etiquette: how to give feedback (kind, specific, actionable), how to receive, when to approve vs request changes
5. Process: SLA (time to first review), reviewer assignment, size guidelines, when to pair
6. Automation: linting, CI checks, coverage gates, auto-assignment
7. Metrics: review turnaround time, PR size, comments per review, rework rate

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