/review - Code Review Command for Claude Code

The /review command provides comprehensive code analysis including security vulnerabilities, performance optimizations, code quality improvements, and adherence to best practices.

Usage

/review [options] <file_or_directory>

Options

Review Types

• --security - Focus on security vulnerabilities and threats
• --performance - Analyze performance bottlenecks and optimizations
• --style - Check coding style and formatting
• --architecture - Review architectural patterns and design
• --all - Comprehensive review (default)

Output Formats

• --format=markdown - Markdown report (default)
• --format=json - Machine-readable JSON output
• --format=html - Rich HTML report
• --format=sarif - SARIF format for CI/CD integration

Severity Filtering

• --severity=critical - Only critical issues
• --severity=high - High and critical issues
• --severity=medium - Medium, high, and critical issues
• --severity=all - All issues including low severity

Language-Specific Options

• --eslint - Use ESLint rules for JavaScript/TypeScript
• --pylint - Use Pylint for Python code
• --rustfmt - Use Rust formatting and clippy
• --gofmt - Use Go formatting and vet
• --rubocop - Use RuboCop for Ruby

Examples

Basic Code Review

// Example file: user-service.js
class UserService {
  constructor() {
    this.users = [];
    this.database = new Database(process.env.DB_PASSWORD); // 🚨 Security Issue
  }

  async createUser(userData) {
    // 🚨 No input validation
    const user = {
      id: Math.random(), // 🚨 Poor ID generation
      ...userData,
      createdAt: new Date(),
    };

    // 🚨 SQL injection vulnerability
    const query = `INSERT INTO users (name, email) VALUES ('${user.name}', '${user.email}')`;
    await this.database.query(query);

    this.users.push(user);
    return user;
  }

  // 🚨 No access control
  async deleteUser(userId) {
    const index = this.users.findIndex((u) => u.id == userId); // 🚨 Type coercion
    if (index > -1) {
      this.users.splice(index, 1);
      return true;
    }
    return false;
  }

  // 🚨 Inefficient search
  async searchUsers(query) {
    return this.users.filter(
      (user) =>
        user.name.toLowerCase().includes(query.toLowerCase()) ||
        user.email.toLowerCase().includes(query.toLowerCase()),
    );
  }
}

Generated Review Report:

# Code Review Report: user-service.js

## 🚨 Critical Issues (4)

### 1. SQL Injection Vulnerability

**Location:** Line 15  
**Severity:** Critical  
**Category:** Security

**Issue:** Direct string concatenation in SQL query allows SQL injection attacks.

```javascript
// ❌ Vulnerable code
const query = `INSERT INTO users (name, email) VALUES ('${user.name}', '${user.email}')`;

// ✅ Recommended fix
const query = "INSERT INTO users (name, email) VALUES (?, ?)";
await this.database.query(query, [user.name, user.email]);
```

Impact: Attackers could execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially accessing or deleting sensitive data.

2. Exposed Database Credentials

Location: Line 4
Severity: Critical
Category: Security

Issue: Database password exposed in environment variable without proper encryption.

// ❌ Vulnerable code
this.database = new Database(process.env.DB_PASSWORD);

// ✅ Recommended fix
const dbConfig = {
  host: process.env.DB_HOST,
  username: process.env.DB_USERNAME,
  password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
  ssl: true,
  connectionLimit: 10,
};
this.database = new Database(dbConfig);

3. Missing Input Validation

Location: Line 7
Severity: Critical
Category: Security

Issue: No validation of user input allows injection of malicious data.

// ✅ Recommended implementation
const Joi = require('joi');

const userSchema = Joi.object({
  name: Joi.string().alphanum().min(2).max(50).required(),
  email: Joi.string().email().required(),
  age: Joi.number().integer().min(13).max(120)
});

async createUser(userData) {
  const { error, value } = userSchema.validate(userData);
  if (error) {
    throw new ValidationError('Invalid user data', error.details);
  }
  // Continue with validated data...
}

4. Weak ID Generation

Location: Line 9
Severity: High
Category: Security

Issue: Math.random() is predictable and not suitable for ID generation.

// ❌ Vulnerable code
id: Math.random();

// ✅ Recommended fix
const { v4: uuidv4 } = require("uuid");
id: uuidv4();

// Or for numeric IDs:
const crypto = require("crypto");
id: crypto.randomBytes(16).toString("hex");

⚠️ High Priority Issues (2)

5. Missing Access Control

Location: Line 25
Severity: High
Category: Security

Issue: No authorization checks allow any user to delete any other user.

// ✅ Recommended implementation
async deleteUser(userId, requestingUserId, userRole) {
  // Check if user can delete (self or admin)
  if (userId !== requestingUserId && userRole !== 'admin') {
    throw new AuthorizationError('Insufficient permissions');
  }

  // Additional checks...
}

6. Type Safety Issue

Location: Line 26
Severity: High
Category: Quality

Issue: Using loose equality (==) instead of strict equality (===).

// ❌ Problematic code
const index = this.users.findIndex((u) => u.id == userId);

// ✅ Recommended fix
const index = this.users.findIndex((u) => u.id === userId);

📊 Performance Issues (1)

7. Inefficient Search Algorithm

Location: Line 33
Severity: Medium
Category: Performance

Issue: O(n) search operation doesn't scale with large user datasets.

// ✅ Optimized implementation
class UserService {
  constructor() {
    this.users = [];
    this.userIndex = new Map(); // For fast lookups
    this.searchIndex = {}; // For text search
  }

  async searchUsers(query, limit = 20, offset = 0) {
    // Use database query for large datasets
    const sql = `
      SELECT * FROM users 
      WHERE MATCH(name, email) AGAINST (? IN NATURAL LANGUAGE MODE)
      LIMIT ? OFFSET ?
    `;
    return await this.database.query(sql, [query, limit, offset]);
  }
}

🏗️ Architecture Recommendations

1. Separation of Concerns

// ✅ Improved architecture
class UserService {
  constructor(userRepository, validator, logger) {
    this.userRepository = userRepository;
    this.validator = validator;
    this.logger = logger;
  }
}

class UserRepository {
  constructor(database) {
    this.database = database;
  }

  async create(userData) {
    const query =
      "INSERT INTO users (id, name, email, created_at) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)";
    return await this.database.query(query, [
      userData.id,
      userData.name,
      userData.email,
      userData.createdAt,
    ]);
  }
}

2. Error Handling

// ✅ Proper error handling
class UserService {
  async createUser(userData) {
    try {
      await this.validator.validate(userData);
      const user = await this.userRepository.create(userData);
      this.logger.info("User created successfully", { userId: user.id });
      return user;
    } catch (error) {
      this.logger.error("Failed to create user", {
        error: error.message,
        userData,
      });

      if (error instanceof ValidationError) {
        throw new BadRequestError("Invalid user data", error.details);
      }

      throw new InternalServerError("Failed to create user");
    }
  }
}

🧪 Testing Recommendations

// ✅ Comprehensive test suite
describe("UserService", () => {
  let userService, mockRepository, mockValidator;

  beforeEach(() => {
    mockRepository = {
      create: jest.fn(),
      findById: jest.fn(),
      delete: jest.fn(),
    };
    mockValidator = {
      validate: jest.fn(),
    };
    userService = new UserService(mockRepository, mockValidator);
  });

  describe("createUser", () => {
    it("should create user with valid data", async () => {
      const userData = { name: "John Doe", email: "john@example.com" };
      mockValidator.validate.mockResolvedValue(userData);
      mockRepository.create.mockResolvedValue({ id: "123", ...userData });

      const result = await userService.createUser(userData);

      expect(result.id).toBe("123");
      expect(mockRepository.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith(userData);
    });

    it("should throw error for invalid data", async () => {
      mockValidator.validate.mockRejectedValue(
        new ValidationError("Invalid email"),
      );

      await expect(
        userService.createUser({ email: "invalid" }),
      ).rejects.toThrow(BadRequestError);
    });

    it("should handle SQL injection attempts", async () => {
      const maliciousData = {
        name: "'; DROP TABLE users; --",
        email: "test@example.com",
      };

      // Should be caught by validation
      mockValidator.validate.mockRejectedValue(
        new ValidationError("Invalid characters"),
      );

      await expect(userService.createUser(maliciousData)).rejects.toThrow(
        BadRequestError,
      );
    });
  });
});

📋 Security Checklist

• Input Validation: Implement comprehensive input validation
• SQL Injection: Use parameterized queries
• Authentication: Add proper user authentication
• Authorization: Implement role-based access control
• Encryption: Encrypt sensitive data at rest and in transit
• Logging: Add security event logging
• Rate Limiting: Implement API rate limiting
• CORS: Configure CORS policies appropriately
• Headers: Set security headers (HSTS, CSP, etc.)
• Dependencies: Audit and update dependencies regularly

📈 Performance Optimizations

1. Database Indexing

   CREATE INDEX idx_users_email ON users(email);
   CREATE INDEX idx_users_name ON users(name);
   CREATE FULLTEXT INDEX idx_users_search ON users(name, email);
   

2. Caching Strategy

   const cache = new Redis();
   
   async getUser(id) {
     const cached = await cache.get(`user:${id}`);
     if (cached) return JSON.parse(cached);
   
     const user = await this.userRepository.findById(id);
     await cache.setex(`user:${id}`, 3600, JSON.stringify(user));
     return user;
   }
   

3. Connection Pooling

   const pool = new Pool({
     host: "localhost",
     user: "user",
     password: "password",
     database: "myapp",
     connectionLimit: 10,
     acquireTimeout: 60000,
     timeout: 60000,
   });
   

🔧 Configuration

// ✅ Environment-based configuration
const config = {
  database: {
    host: process.env.DB_HOST || "localhost",
    port: parseInt(process.env.DB_PORT) || 5432,
    username: process.env.DB_USERNAME,
    password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD,
    database: process.env.DB_NAME,
    ssl: process.env.NODE_ENV === "production",
    pool: {
      min: 2,
      max: 10,
      acquire: 30000,
      idle: 10000,
    },
  },
  security: {
    jwtSecret: process.env.JWT_SECRET,
    bcryptRounds: 12,
    rateLimitWindowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
    rateLimitMax: 100, // requests per window
  },
  validation: {
    nameMinLength: 2,
    nameMaxLength: 50,
    passwordMinLength: 8,
    emailDomainWhitelist: process.env.ALLOWED_EMAIL_DOMAINS?.split(","),
  },
};

Summary

Issues Found: 7
Critical: 4
High: 2
Medium: 1

Primary Concerns:

1. Critical security vulnerabilities (SQL injection, exposed credentials)
2. Missing input validation and access controls
3. Poor error handling and logging
4. Performance bottlenecks in search functionality

Recommended Actions:

1. Immediate: Fix SQL injection and input validation (Critical)
2. High Priority: Implement access controls and proper ID generation
3. Medium Priority: Optimize search performance and add comprehensive testing
4. Long Term: Refactor architecture for better separation of concerns

Estimated Effort: 2-3 days for critical fixes, 1-2 weeks for complete refactoring

## Advanced Analysis Features

### Machine Learning Insights
- **Code Smell Detection**: Identify potential design issues
- **Bug Prediction**: Predict likely bug locations based on complexity
- **Refactoring Suggestions**: AI-powered code improvement recommendations
- **Security Pattern Recognition**: Detect known vulnerability patterns

### Integration Capabilities
- **CI/CD Pipeline**: Integrate with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI
- **IDE Extensions**: Support for VS Code, IntelliJ, Vim
- **Code Quality Gates**: Block deployments on critical issues
- **Team Collaboration**: Share reviews and track improvements

### Custom Rule Sets
```yaml
# .claudereview.yml
rules:
  security:
    - no-sql-injection
    - require-input-validation
    - no-hardcoded-secrets
    - require-https

  performance:
    - no-n-plus-one-queries
    - require-database-indexes
    - limit-memory-usage

  style:
    - consistent-naming
    - max-function-length: 50
    - max-file-length: 500
    - require-documentation

ignore:
  - "*.test.js"
  - "node_modules/**"
  - "dist/**"

thresholds:
  critical: 0
  high: 5
  medium: 20

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