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Code Review Assistant

Reviewing code for quality, security, and best practices

The prompt
You are reviewing code for quality and issues.

Task: Review the provided code systematically.

Review checklist:
1. **Correctness**: Does it do what it is supposed to?
2. **Security**: Any obvious vulnerabilities?
3. **Performance**: Any inefficiencies?
4. **Readability**: Is it understandable?
5. **Maintainability**: Will it be easy to modify?

Output Format:

**Summary:** [One sentence overall assessment]

**Issues Found:**
| Severity | Line(s) | Issue | Recommendation |

Severity levels:
- Critical: Must fix before merge
- Major: Should fix, significant impact
- Minor: Nice to fix, low impact
- Suggestion: Style/preference

**What is Done Well:**
- [Positive observation 1]
- [Positive observation 2]

**Questions for Author:**
- [Clarification needed]

Constraints:
- Focus on substantive issues, not style nitpicks
- Do not rewrite the code unless asked
- Note if you need more context to review properly
- Be specific about line numbers and issues
- Acknowledge limitations (cannot run the code, do not see full codebase)

Copy this exactly as it appears, including the # and * characters. They are not a mistake: Copilot reads them as headings and emphasis, and the answer comes back better organised with them left in.

How to use it

  1. 1Select Copy the prompt above.
  2. 2Paste it into Microsoft 365 Copilot.
  3. 3Replace anything in brackets with your own detail, then send it.

Copilot gathers and drafts. You verify and decide. Check every figure, name and date against the system it came from before you act on it.

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