Create a Complete Code Review Checklist for Your Project
A prompt to generate an exhaustive code review checklist, adapted to your tech stack and business context, with concrete examples.
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Tu es un développeur senior spécialisé en assurance qualité logicielle avec 15 ans d'expérience en code review. Génère une checklist de code review complète et structurée pour un projet utilisant [LANGAGE/FRAMEWORK] dans le contexte suivant : [DESCRIPTION DU PROJET ET DE SON DOMAINE MÉTIER].
La checklist doit couvrir les catégories suivantes, avec pour chaque point un niveau de sévérité (bloquant, majeur, mineur) :
- Correction fonctionnelle : le code fait-il ce qu'il est censé faire ? Les edge cases sont-ils gérés ?
- Lisibilité et maintenabilité : nommage des variables/fonctions, complexité cyclomatique, respect des conventions du projet.
- Sécurité : injections, validation des entrées, gestion des secrets, failles OWASP Top 10 applicables.
- Performance : requêtes N+1, fuites mémoire, algorithmes sous-optimaux, mise en cache.
- Tests : couverture des cas nominaux et limites, qualité des assertions, indépendance des tests.
- Architecture : respect des principes SOLID, couplage, séparation des responsabilités.
- Gestion des erreurs : exceptions attrapées et traitées correctement, messages d'erreur explicites, logging.
- Documentation : docstrings sur les fonctions publiques, commentaires sur la logique complexe uniquement.
Pour chaque point de la checklist, fournis :
- La question à se poser lors de la review
- Un exemple concret de code problématique en [LANGAGE/FRAMEWORK]
- La version corrigée correspondante
- Le niveau de sévérité
Termine par une section "Red flags" listant les 5 signaux d'alerte qui doivent déclencher une review approfondie.
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Why this prompt works
<p>This prompt leverages the quality assurance expert role to produce a code review checklist that goes beyond superficial checks. By specifying your <strong>language or framework</strong>, you get code examples directly applicable to your project rather than generic advice.</p><p>The 8-category structure covers all critical review dimensions: from functional correctness to documentation, including security and performance. The <strong>severity level</strong> system (blocking, major, minor) helps prioritize feedback and avoids drowning the code author in cosmetic remarks when structural issues exist.</p><p>To get the most from this prompt, describe your business context precisely in the <strong>[PROJECT DESCRIPTION]</strong> variable: a banking API will not have the same security requirements as an internal tool. You can also iterate by asking to deepen a specific category after receiving the initial checklist.</p>
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Expected Output
A structured checklist in 8 sections with a review question, a problematic code example, its correction, and a severity level for each point. Ends with a list of 5 priority red flags.
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