The outcome
Catch plausible-looking mistakes before they enter review.
Step by step
A workflow you can repeat.
- 01
Read the issue and acceptance criteria again before reading the implementation.
- 02
Inspect the diff without generated noise and identify every changed behavior.
- 03
Check trust boundaries, error paths, data handling, permissions, and backward compatibility.
- 04
Run focused tests, static checks, and the repository's standard validation.
- 05
Write a pull-request summary that distinguishes what was tested from what was only inspected.
Working standard
What good use looks like.
- Review dependencies separately.
- Test negative paths.
- Do not accept tests that merely mirror the implementation.
Official references