So I implement features or fix bugs pretty obvious, that's the job. But I follow a few steps so PR reviews don't eat up too much of my colleagues' time.
Before any of this, I added a rule to the global CLAUDE.md for the workspace saying Claude isn't allowed to touch production or push to the remote GitHub repo. Everything stays local until I say so.
Step 1: Local review
I asked Claude to build something called local review. I run it before raising any PR. It takes my feature branch staged changes, pulls the remote base branch, and starts reviewing the diff. The command looks like:
/local-review <repo> <base-branch> <feature-branch>
If it flags any blockers or must-fixes, I resolve those and run it again.
Step 2: PR summary
Then I ask it to write a PR summary with:
/pr-summary <repo> <base-branch> <feature-branch>
It gives me a commit message and a proper summary with What, Why, and a Test plan. Output looks something like this:
Add a loading state to the search dropdown and fix a race condition where stale results were overwriting newer ones on fast typing.
What
- Add a spinner inside the input while results are being fetched
- Cancel in-flight requests when a new query is typed
- Show an empty state when the query returns nothing (was rendering a blank box before)
Why
- Typing fast surfaced older results on top of newer ones, which was confusing
- Users had no signal that a request was in progress
- Empty results looked like the component was broken
Test plan
- Build passes
- Type slowly, confirm spinner shows and results render
- Type fast, backspace, type again — only the latest query's results should show
- Search for something with no matches — empty state should render
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And just so I don't forget any of these, I asked Claude to put everything in one place in DEV_GUIDE.md, and my life has been easier so far.
Let me know if anyone has any suggestions to make it better.
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