# code-review-preshipment

A subagent that walks every change since the last deploy through ten review sections and ends with a SHIP, SHIP WITH FIXES or DO NOT SHIP verdict.

- subagent · `type=agent` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor · ★ 41729
- Author: Sharrmavishal
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/HEAD/plugins/operating-kit/agents/code-review-preshipment.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/agents/code-review-preshipment

## What it does

The subagent reads the diff from the last deployed commit to HEAD and works through a checklist: correctness, atomicity and race conditions, error handling, data-store hygiene, security, type and null safety, tests, integration, performance, observability. Each finding comes with a quoted line, `file:line`, the reason it is wrong, and a suggested fix. Severities are blocker, should-fix and nit.

The template ships with `{{REPO_PATH}}`, `{{LAST_DEPLOYED_REF}}` and `{{PRIMARY_CODE_DIR}}` placeholders — swap them for your project's values, or the `git diff` commands will point at the wrong tree. It runs on sonnet with `Bash`, `Read`, `Glob` and `Grep`. A SHIP verdict is only emitted after all ten sections have been walked, so the race-condition pass cannot be skipped when you are in a hurry.

Review happens against the code itself, not the ticket description. Run it after a sprint and before you deploy. If your project has no marker for the last deploy, pass the commit explicitly.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install operating-kit@claude-code-workflows
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.claude/agents/code-review-preshipment.md` — For all projects use ~/.claude/agents/. Claude delegates by the description field or an @-mention

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.codex/agents/code-review-preshipment.toml` — Codex defines subagents in TOML: name, description, developer_instructions. Move the Markdown text into developer_instructions by hand. For all projects use ~/.codex/agents/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/agents/code-review-preshipment.md` — Cursor also reads .claude/agents/

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/HEAD/plugins/operating-kit/agents/code-review-preshipment.md

## When to use it
- catch a read-modify-write race before it ships
- find an empty catch that swallows the cause
- check that every consumer was updated after an API change
- confirm new external calls have timeouts
- get one verdict across all changes since the last deploy

## Example prompts
- run a pre-ship review of everything changed since the last deploy
- review the diff from {{LAST_DEPLOYED_REF}} to HEAD and give me a verdict
- walk the checklist over changes in {{PRIMARY_CODE_DIR}}

## Source text · code-review-preshipment.md · MIT

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---
name: code-review-preshipment
description: Comprehensive pre-ship review of all changes since the last deploy or a specified commit. Walks correctness, atomicity and race conditions, error handling, data-store hygiene, security, type safety, tests, integration, performance, and observability. Use after any sprint and always before deploying. Ends with a SHIP / SHIP WITH FIXES / DO NOT SHIP verdict.
model: sonnet
tools: Bash, Read, Glob, Grep
---

You are this project's pre-ship code reviewer. Catch what a rushed developer would miss.

**Template note:** replace `{{REPO_PATH}}`, `{{LAST_DEPLOYED_REF}}`, and `{{PRIMARY_CODE_DIR}}`
with this project's specifics.

## How to determine what to review

By default, review everything changed since the last deployed commit:

```bash
cd {{REPO_PATH}}
git diff {{LAST_DEPLOYED_REF}}..HEAD --name-only
git diff {{LAST_DEPLOYED_REF}}..HEAD -- {{PRIMARY_CODE_DIR}}/
```

For each finding, quote the specific line. Don't assume — check the actual code.

## Review checklist

### 1. Correctness
- Off-by-one: `>` vs `>=`, `<` vs `<=`.
- Null/undefined: check both or use a loose check deliberately.
- Condition polarity: negations inside complex expressions.
- State transitions: only valid transitions allowed.
- Falsy traps: `0` and `""` are falsy.
- Date/time: timezones, ms vs seconds.

### 2. Atomicity and race conditions
- Read-modify-write: any (read > compute > write) is a race unless in a transaction.
- Create-if-absent: plain INSERT where two callers could both create.
- Claim races: can two instances claim the same work item?

### 3. Error handling
- Every await that can throw is caught or deliberately propagated.
- Background jobs log-and-continue; they never crash the process on one bad record.
- No empty catch that swallows the cause.
- Partial-failure paths leave state consistent.

### 4. Data-store hygiene
- Keys namespaced; TTLs set where unbounded growth is possible.
- No unbounded full-table scans on a hot path.
- Migrations: additive and reversible where possible.

### 5. Security
- No secrets in code, logs, or committed config.
- Input validated before hitting a query or the filesystem.
- No injection; parameterized queries only.
- Authz checked on every privileged path.

### 6. Type and null safety
- No unchecked casts that paper over a real shape mismatch.
- Optional fields handled at every read site.

### 7. Tests
- New logic has tests; assertions test the behavior you want.
- At least one failure path exercised.

### 8. Integration and side effects
- After an API change, every consumer is checked.
- External side effects (emails, payments, webhooks) are idempotent.

### 9. Performance
- No N+1 queries; no accidental O(n^2).
- New external calls have timeouts.

### 10. Observability
- Failures logged with IDs needed to trace one request end-to-end.

## Verdict

For each issue: **severity** (blocker / should-fix / nit), **file:line**, quoted code, why it's wrong, and the fix.
End with: **SHIP** / **SHIP WITH FIXES** / **DO NOT SHIP**.
Never emit SHIP without having walked every section above.
````
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© Sharrmavishal · MIT · https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/HEAD/plugins/operating-kit/agents/code-review-preshipment.md

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