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Smart Review Suggestions

After every code review, the extension analyzes your results and generates contextual next-step suggestions — intelligent recommendations that connect findings, profiles, trends, and workflow actions.

How It Works​

  1. A review completes (staged, commit, PR, file, folder, agent, or comparison)
  2. The suggestion engine analyzes findings, file patterns, score history, and active profile
  3. Up to 5 actionable suggestions are generated and displayed as an information message
  4. Click a suggestion to execute the recommended action directly

Suggestion Categories​

Fix Suggestions​

When findings have file and line references, the extension detects they are auto-fixable and recommends batch fixing:

  • "N findings are auto-fixable" — Click to trigger the Fix All Findings command

Priority scales with count: 1 finding = low, 2–4 = medium, 5+ = high.

Security Profile Suggestions​

When files touching auth, session, token, password, or encryption logic are changed:

  • "Security-sensitive files detected" — Recommends running a security-focused review
  • Only appears when the current profile is not already security

Performance Profile Suggestions​

When database, cache, or query files are changed and performance issues are detected:

  • "Performance issues in database/cache files" — Recommends a performance-focused re-review
  • Only appears when the current profile is not already performance

Profile Switch Suggestions​

When the general profile is active but a specific category dominates (3+ issues):

  • "Consider using the 'security' profile" — When security issues dominate
  • "Consider using the 'performance' profile" — When performance issues dominate
  • "Consider using the 'strict' profile" — When style issues dominate
  • "Consider using the 'accessibility' profile" — When accessibility issues dominate

Trend Suggestions​

Based on your review score history (requires 3+ past reviews):

  • "Quality score declining" — When the current score is 15+ points below your recent average
  • "Recurring issues in N files" — When the same files appear in multiple low-scoring reviews

Workflow Suggestions​

  • "Code looks good — ready to commit" — Score ≥ 90 with no critical or high findings
  • "N critical findings require attention" — When critical findings are present

Configuration​

Smart suggestions are generated automatically after every review. No additional configuration is required — they use existing review data.

Priority Ordering​

Suggestions are sorted by priority (high → medium → low) so the most important action appears first. A maximum of 5 suggestions are shown to avoid overwhelming the user.

Example​

After reviewing changes to src/auth/login.ts and src/database/pool.ts:

💡 Security-sensitive files detected
   [Security-sensitive files detected] [3 findings are auto-fixable] [Quality score declining]

Clicking "Security-sensitive files detected" triggers a security-focused review. Clicking "3 findings are auto-fixable" opens the batch fix workflow.