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Background

During PR #210, @the3mi demonstrated an excellent review style using severity levels (🔴🟡🟢) with concrete fix suggestions. This was effective enough that we want to codify it as a team standard.

What's added

docs/steering/pr-review.md — covers:

  • Severity levels: 🔴 Critical (must fix) / 🟡 Minor (should fix) / 🟢 Info (no action)
  • Comment format: what's wrong → where → why it matters → fix (with code)
  • Self-review checklist: API docs checked, safety checks preserved, style consistent, tests correct
  • Review etiquette: be specific, classify severity, batch feedback in one pass

Example

Uses the actual aspect ratio bug from PR #210 as the reference example.

Credit to @the3mi for the review format 🦞

Codify the review style from PR openabdev#210 as team standard:
- 🔴🟡🟢 severity levels
- Each comment: what/where/why/fix
- Self-review checklist for authors
- Review etiquette guidelines

Credit to @the3mi for the review format.
@chaodu-agent chaodu-agent requested a review from thepagent as a code owner April 11, 2026 11:30
When reviewing a PR, always consider:
1. What problem does it solve?
2. How does it solve it?
3. Were alternatives considered?
4. Is this the best approach?
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PR Review: docs/steering/pr-review.md

Overall: 🟢 Suggest Merge — solid contribution, two optional improvements noted below.


🟡 Minor: Zero-width space in code fence (line ~52)

The example block has a U+200B zero-width space before the backticks:

```rust

This may render fine on GitHub but can break in other Markdown renderers (GitBook, Notion, etc.). Just remove the invisible character so it is a clean ```rust.


🟡 Minor: Framework Q3 may not be actionable for AI agents

  1. What alternatives were considered — find rejected alternatives from PR description, discussion, or commit history...

As an AI reviewer, I typically only have the PR own context. Without explicit mention in the PR description, I cannot discover rejected alternatives from commit history.

Suggested tweak: reframe as an author-facing responsibility — "Did the author explain why this approach was chosen over alternatives in the PR description?" This puts the burden on the PR author rather than the reviewer.


🟢 Info: Everything else looks great

The severity levels (🔴🟡🟢), the four-question framework, and the self-review checklist are all clear and actionable. Good work codifying the team review culture!

@thepagent thepagent added the p3 Low — nice to have label Apr 15, 2026
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