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Review A Pull Request

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Review a pull request in a fixed order — correctness, then blast radius, then clarity — so the expensive problems surface before the cosmetic ones. Use when asked to review a PR, review a diff, or check changes before merge.

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name: review-a-pull-request
category: coding
description: >-
  Review a pull request in a fixed order — correctness, then blast radius, then
  clarity — so the expensive problems surface before the cosmetic ones. Use when
  asked to review a PR, review a diff, or check changes before merge.
---

# Review a Pull Request

Most reviews fail the same way: the reviewer starts at line 1 of the first file
and spends their attention on naming and formatting, then runs out of it before
reaching the change that actually breaks production.

Fix the order. Read for **correctness** first, **blast radius** second, and
**clarity** last. Stop and comment at the first pass that finds something
serious — a PR with a real bug does not need a naming discussion yet.

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