Step 08 of 9 20 min· intermediate
Step 8: Self-Review Your Code
Run a comprehensive code review over the diff before opening PRs.
Recommended prompts
Use one of these to do the work in your IDE
Open the template to read it in full. Click Copy prompt to grab it (with your stack values pre-filled where they apply) — then paste into Claude Code, Cursor, or wherever you build.
When you're done
Verify these in your own work before moving on
This is a checklist for you to mentally tick off in your repo and IDE — the site doesn't track it, you do.
- Diff reviewed for security, performance, accessibility, tests
- All blocking issues fixed before pushing
- Non-blocking suggestions noted in PR description
- PR description references the Jira tickets
Common pitfalls
What goes wrong at this step
- Reviewing your own code immediately after writing it — wait an hour, you'll see things
- Skipping the security pass when 'it's an internal feature' — internal features leak