Tips for Having Agents Self-Review Code
davidcrawshaw · x · 2026-07-13
The author shares three techniques they use when having an agent self-review code:
- Perform the review in a sub-agent without the original session context, forcing it to examine the commit fresh, like a "new reader."
- For minor issues, require it to lean towards its initial judgment to avoid excessive overruling.
- Use another top-tier model for cross-reviewing, minimizing single-model blind spots.
This is a highly practical, engineering-focused approach to agent code reviews, rather than vague talk about model capabilities.
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