Code Review for Claude Code

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Post by adocomplete » Mon, Mar 09, 2026, 7:03 PM UTC

Code Review for Claude Code
claude.com

Re: Code Review for Claude Code

#2

Post by CharlesW » Mon, Mar 09, 2026, 7:50 PM UTC

Interesting: "Reviews are billed on token usage and generally average $15–25, scaling with PR size and complexity."

Re: Code Review for Claude Code

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Post by simianwords » Mon, Mar 09, 2026, 8:05 PM UTC

nice but why is this not a system prompt? what's the value add here?

Re: Code Review for Claude Code

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Post by karmakaze » Mon, Mar 09, 2026, 8:07 PM UTC

CharlesW wrote: post #2

Interesting: "Reviews are billed on token usage and generally average $15–25, scaling with PR size and complexity."

At those prices I wonder if it also reviews the design for ineffectiveness in performance or decomposition into maintainable units besides catching the bugs.

Also the examples are weird IMO. Unless it was an edge/corner case the authentication bug would be caught in even a smoke test. And for the ZFS encryption refactor I'd expect a static-typed language to catch type errors unless they're casting from `void*` or something. Seems like they picked examples by how important/newsworthy the areas were than the technicality of the finds.

Re: Code Review for Claude Code

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Post by Bnjoroge » Mon, Mar 09, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC

what are the implications for the tens of code review platforms that have recently raised on sky high valuations?

Re: Code Review for Claude Code

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Post by NoahZuniga » Mon, Mar 09, 2026, 8:31 PM UTC

simianwords wrote: post #3

nice but why is this not a system prompt? what's the value add here?

You're paying the same token rate for this as you would if it was just a system prompt. Clearly the scaffolding adds something.

(They mention their github action which seems more like a system prompt)

Re: Code Review for Claude Code

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Post by simianwords » Mon, Mar 09, 2026, 8:34 PM UTC

NoahZuniga wrote: post #6

simianwords wrote: post #3

nice but why is this not a system prompt? what's the value add here?

You're paying the same token rate for this as you would if it was just a system prompt. Clearly the scaffolding adds something. (They mention their github action which seems more like a system prompt)

seems like a very small value add. why is this a blog post - i could do this myself.

Re: Code Review for Claude Code

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Post by satvikpendem » Mon, Mar 09, 2026, 8:35 PM UTC

Bnjoroge wrote: post #5

what are the implications for the tens of code review platforms that have recently raised on sky high valuations?

Same as all the other companies that built on top of the API and then were obsoleted after the API provider made it a built-in feature.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/claude-just-killed-startup-sf...

Re: Code Review for Claude Code

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Post by cbovis » Mon, Mar 09, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC

CharlesW wrote: post #2

Interesting: "Reviews are billed on token usage and generally average $15–25, scaling with PR size and complexity."

This cost seems wild. For comparison GitHub Copilot Code Review is four cents per review once you're outside of the credits included with your subscription.

Re: Code Review for Claude Code

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Post by sixothree » Mon, Mar 09, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC

satvikpendem wrote: post #8

Bnjoroge wrote: post #5

what are the implications for the tens of code review platforms that have recently raised on sky high valuations?

Same as all the other companies that built on top of the API and then were obsoleted after the API provider made it a built-in feature. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/claude-just-killed-startup-sf...

I'm guessing people need to quickly realize Claude is a platform.