Automate code review with AI agents

Code review is the highest-leverage place to put an agent: the work is bounded, the quality bar is checkable, and every catch compounds. Done right, an agent reviews every diff before a human ever looks — catching the boring 80% so reviewers spend attention on design.

THE PAIN

• ✗ PRs sit for days because seniors are the bottleneck
• ✗ Style nits crowd out real defect discussion
• ✗ Reviewers rubber-stamp big diffs they can't hold in their head

THE PLAYBOOK

1. 01

   Define the review contract

   Write a skill that states what the agent hunts: correctness bugs, security issues, missing tests — and what it ignores (style, formatting).

2. 02

   Run review on every diff

   Wire the skill into your workflow so each PR gets an agent pass before human review. Findings post as inline comments.

3. 03

   Add adversarial verification

   A second agent tries to refute each finding. Only confirmed findings surface — this is what kills false-positive fatigue.

4. 04

   Track catch rate

   Log agent catches vs. escaped defects monthly. Tune the skill's checklist from real misses, not vibes.