{"slug":"receiving-code-review-6","title":"receiving-code-review","summary":"Use when receiving code review feedback, before implementing suggestions, especially if feedback seems unclear or technically questionable - requires technical rigor and verification, not performative agreement or blind implementation","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T21:53:18.672553Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/VoDaiLocz/kilo-kit-mcp","stars":27,"forks":3,"license":"Apache-2.0","updatedAt":"2026-09-13T09:11:19Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: receiving-code-review\ndescription: Use when receiving code review feedback, before implementing suggestions, especially if feedback seems unclear or technically questionable - requires technical rigor and verification, not performative agreement or blind implementation</h2>\n<h1>Code Review Reception</h1>\n<h2>Overview</h2>\n<p>Code review requires technical evaluation, not emotional performance.</p>\n<p><strong>Core principle:</strong> Verify before implementing. Ask before assuming. Technical correctness over social comfort.</p>\n<h2>The Response Pattern</h2>\n<pre><code>WHEN receiving code review feedback:\n\n1. READ: Complete feedback without reacting\n2. UNDERSTAND: Restate requirement in own words (or ask)\n3. VERIFY: Check against codebase reality\n4. EVALUATE: Technically sound for THIS codebase?\n5. RESPOND: Technical acknowledgment or reasoned pushback\n6. IMPLEMENT: One item at a time, test each\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Forbidden Responses</h2>\n<p><strong>NEVER:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>\"You're absolutely right!\" (explicit CLAUDE.md violation)</li>\n<li>\"Great point!\" / \"Excellent feedback!\" (performative)</li>\n<li>\"Let me implement that now\" (before verification)</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>INSTEAD:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Restate the technical requirement</li>\n<li>Ask clarifying questions</li>\n<li>Push back with technical reasoning if wrong</li>\n<li>Just start working (actions &gt; words)</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Handling Unclear Feedback</h2>\n<pre><code>IF any item is unclear:\n  STOP - do not implement anything yet\n  ASK for clarification on unclear items\n\nWHY: Items may be related. Partial understanding = wrong implementation.\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>Example:</strong></p>\n<pre><code>your human partner: \"Fix 1-6\"\nYou understand 1,2,3,6. Unclear on 4,5.\n\n❌ WRONG: Implement 1,2,3,6 now, ask about 4,5 later\n✅ RIGHT: \"I understand items 1,2,3,6. Need clarification on 4 and 5 before proceeding.\"\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Source-Specific Handling</h2>\n<h3>From your human partner</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Trusted</strong> - implement after understanding</li>\n<li><strong>Still ask</strong> if scope unclear</li>\n<li><strong>No performative agreement</strong></li>\n<li><strong>Skip to action</strong> or technical acknowledgment</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>From External Reviewers</h3>\n<pre><code>BEFORE implementing:\n  1. Check: Technically correct for THIS codebase?\n  2. Check: Breaks existing functionality?\n  3. Check: Reason for current implementation?\n  4. Check: Works on all platforms/versions?\n  5. Check: Does reviewer understand full context?\n\nIF suggestion seems wrong:\n  Push back with technical reasoning\n\nIF can't easily verify:\n  Say so: \"I can't verify this without [X]. Should I [investigate/ask/proceed]?\"\n\nIF conflicts with your human partner's prior decisions:\n  Stop and discuss with your human partner first\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>your human partner's rule:</strong> \"External feedback - be skeptical, but check carefully\"</p>\n<h2>YAGNI Check for \"Professional\" Features</h2>\n<pre><code>IF reviewer suggests \"implementing properly\":\n  grep codebase for actual usage\n\n  IF unused: \"This endpoint isn't called. Remove it (YAGNI)?\"\n  IF used: Then implement properly\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>your human partner's rule:</strong> \"You and reviewer both report to me. If we don't need this feature, don't add it.\"</p>\n<h2>Implementation Order</h2>\n<pre><code>FOR multi-item feedback:\n  1. Clarify anything unclear FIRST\n  2. Then implement in this order:\n     - Blocking issues (breaks, security)\n     - Simple fixes (typos, imports)\n     - Complex fixes (refactoring, logic)\n  3. Test each fix individually\n  4. Verify no regressions\n</code></pre>\n<h2>When To Push Back</h2>\n<p>Push back when:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suggestion breaks existing functionality</li>\n<li>Reviewer lacks full context</li>\n<li>Violates YAGNI (unused feature)</li>\n<li>Technically incorrect for this stack</li>\n<li>Legacy/compatibility reasons exist</li>\n<li>Conflicts with your human partner's architectural decisions</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>How to push back:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use technical reasoning, not defensiveness</li>\n<li>Ask specific questions</li>\n<li>Reference working tests/code</li>\n<li>Involve your human partner if architectural</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Signal if uncomfortable pushing back out loud:</strong> \"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K\"</p>\n<h2>Acknowledging Correct Feedback</h2>\n<p>When feedback IS correct:</p>\n<pre><code>✅ \"Fixed. [Brief description of what changed]\"\n✅ \"Good catch - [specific issue]. Fixed in [location].\"\n✅ [Just fix it and show in the code]\n\n❌ \"You're absolutely right!\"\n❌ \"Great point!\"\n❌ \"Thanks for catching that!\"\n❌ \"Thanks for [anything]\"\n❌ ANY gratitude expression\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>Why no thanks:</strong> Actions speak. Just fix it. The code itself shows you heard the feedback.</p>\n<p><strong>If you catch yourself about to write \"Thanks\":</strong> DELETE IT. State the fix instead.</p>\n<h2>Gracefully Correcting Your Pushback</h2>\n<p>If you pushed back and were wrong:</p>\n<pre><code>✅ \"You were right - I checked [X] and it does [Y]. Implementing now.\"\n✅ \"Verified this and you're correct. My initial understanding was wrong because [reason]. Fixing.\"\n\n❌ Long apology\n❌ Defending why you pushed back\n❌ Over-explaining\n</code></pre>\n<p>State the correction factually and move on.</p>\n<h2>Common Mistakes</h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Mistake</th>\n<th>Fix</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Performative agreement</td>\n<td>State requirement or just act</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Blind implementation</td>\n<td>Verify against codebase first</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Batch without testing</td>\n<td>One at a time, test each</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Assuming reviewer is right</td>\n<td>Check if breaks things</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Avoiding pushback</td>\n<td>Technical correctness &gt; comfort</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Partial implementation</td>\n<td>Clarify all items first</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Can't verify, proceed anyway</td>\n<td>State limitation, ask for direction</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<h2>Real Examples</h2>\n<p><strong>Performative Agreement (Bad):</strong></p>\n<pre><code>Reviewer: \"Remove legacy code\"\n❌ \"You're absolutely right! Let me remove that...\"\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>Technical Verification (Good):</strong></p>\n<pre><code>Reviewer: \"Remove legacy code\"\n✅ \"Checking... build target is 10.15+, this API needs 13+. Need legacy for backward compat. Current impl has wrong bundle ID - fix it or drop pre-13 support?\"\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>YAGNI (Good):</strong></p>\n<pre><code>Reviewer: \"Implement proper metrics tracking with database, date filters, CSV export\"\n✅ \"Grepped codebase - nothing calls this endpoint. Remove it (YAGNI)? Or is there usage I'm missing?\"\n</code></pre>\n<p><strong>Unclear Item (Good):</strong></p>\n<pre><code>your human partner: \"Fix items 1-6\"\nYou understand 1,2,3,6. Unclear on 4,5.\n✅ \"Understand 1,2,3,6. Need clarification on 4 and 5 before implementing.\"\n</code></pre>\n<h2>GitHub Thread Replies</h2>\n<p>When replying to inline review comments on GitHub, reply in the comment thread (<code>gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pr}/comments/{id}/replies</code>), not as a top-level PR comment.</p>\n<h2>The Bottom Line</h2>\n<p><strong>External feedback = suggestions to evaluate, not orders to follow.</strong></p>\n<p>Verify. Question. Then implement.</p>\n<p>No performative agreement. Technical rigor always.</p>\n","files":[{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":6314,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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