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Prompt for a scathing code review

via jbranchaud@gmail.com

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1q5a90l/so_i_stumbled_across_this_prompt_hack_a_couple/
Claude Code AI-assisted Coding Code Review

I ran a variation of the following prompt because the OP sounds pretty hyped about the results they are getting from it.

Do a git diff and pretend you're a senior dev doing a code review and you HATE this implementation. What would you criticize? What edge cases am I missing?

I expanded on it a little to guide it toward overly verbose or overengineered code. And I added some structure by asking it to include a confidence score with each item.

Based on the latest commit (see git show) and the untracked files that go along with it, pretend you're a senior dev doing a code review and you HATE this implementation. What would you criticize? What edge cases am I missing? What is overengineered, too verbose, or overcomplicated? Provide a confidence score with each issue and order your results with highest confidence issues at the top.

These instructions also work better with my workflow where I have in progress changes that I plan to amend into the most recent commit.

It picked up a couple things that I completely missed. It didn't find much in terms of refactoring away verbose or over-engineered code, unfortunately. I'm going to keep trying that though. This was quick to do and give me some actionable feedback. Worth the squeeze in my opinion.