Code Review in AI

From the AI Prompting cheat sheet ยท Code Generation & Technical ยท verified Jul 2026

Code Review

Analyze code for issues and improvements

javascript
NAME: Code Review Analysis
PURPOSE: Get comprehensive code review with actionable feedback
TEMPLATE:
Please review this code:

```[LANGUAGE]
[CODE TO REVIEW]
```

Analyze for:
1. **Bugs & Logic Errors**: Identify any potential bugs
2. **Performance**: Suggest optimization opportunities
3. **Security**: Highlight security vulnerabilities
4. **Best Practices**: Check against [LANGUAGE] conventions
5. **Maintainability**: Assess readability and structure

Provide:
- Severity level for each issue (Critical/High/Medium/Low)
- Specific line numbers where applicable
- Fixed code examples for critical issues
- Overall code quality score (1-10)
EXAMPLE:
Please review this code:

```javascript
function getUserData(userId) {
  let user = database.query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = " + userId);
  if (user != null) {
    return {
      name: user.name,
      email: user.email,
      password: user.password
    }
  }
}
```

Analyze for:
1. **Bugs & Logic Errors**: Identify any potential bugs
2. **Performance**: Suggest optimization opportunities
3. **Security**: Highlight security vulnerabilities
4. **Best Practices**: Check against JavaScript conventions
5. **Maintainability**: Assess readability and structure
OUTPUT:
## Code Review Results

**Overall Score: 3/10** - Critical security issues and poor practices

### ๐Ÿ”ด Critical Issues

1. **SQL Injection Vulnerability** (Line 2)
   - Severity: CRITICAL
   - Issue: Direct string concatenation in SQL query
   - Fix: Use parameterized queries
   ```javascript
   const user = database.query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ?", [userId]);
   ```

2. **Password Exposure** (Line 6)
   - Severity: CRITICAL
   - Issue: Returning password in response
   - Fix: Never return passwords
   ```javascript
   return {
     name: user.name,
     email: user.email
     // Never include password
   }
   ```

### โš ๏ธ High Priority Issues

3. **No Async Handling** (Line 2)
   - Severity: HIGH
   - Issue: Database queries should be asynchronous
   - Fix: Use async/await

4. **Weak Null Check** (Line 3)
   - Severity: MEDIUM
   - Issue: != allows undefined to pass
   - Fix: Use strict equality

### ๐Ÿ“ Recommendations

```javascript
async function getUserData(userId) {
  // Validate input
  if (!userId || typeof userId !== 'number') {
    throw new Error('Invalid user ID');
  }

  try {
    // Use parameterized query
    const user = await database.query(
      "SELECT id, name, email FROM users WHERE id = ?",
      [userId]
    );
    
    if (!user) {
      return null;
    }
    
    return {
      id: user.id,
      name: user.name,
      email: user.email
    };
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Database error:', error);
    throw new Error('Failed to fetch user data');
  }
}
```
๐Ÿ” Request specific analysis categories
โš ๏ธ Ask for severity levels to prioritize fixes
๐Ÿ’ก Request fixed code examples for learning

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