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+---
+name: review
+description: Review code for common issues. Use when reviewing PRs, suggesting code changes, or when user asks to review code.
+allowed-tools: Read, Grep, Glob
+---
+
+# Code Review Skill
+
+Apply these review patterns when reviewing code or suggesting changes.
+
+@.github/copilot-instructions.md
+
+## Review Output Format
+
+When reviewing, organize feedback by priority:
+1. **Must fix**: Issues that will cause bugs or break conventions
+2. **Should fix**: Redundant code, naming issues, test correctness
+3. **Nit**: Style preferences, minor improvements
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+---
+description: Code review guidelines - apply when reviewing code or suggesting changes
+globs: "**/*.go"
+alwaysApply: false
+---
+
+# Code Review Guidelines
+
+@.github/copilot-instructions.md
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+# Code Review Guidelines
+
+Apply these patterns when reviewing PRs or suggesting code changes.
+
+## 1. Remove Redundant Code (Highest Priority)
+
+- Remove code that doesn't add value to tests or implementation
+- Don't add unnecessary activities/complexity in tests - test only what you need
+- Question randomness in tests - test explicitly what you want
+- Don't add assertions for things you can assume work (e.g., "You are not testing TerminateWorkflowExecution here, you can assume it works")
+- Remove redundant nil checks after you just set a value
+- Do not export anything that doesn't need to be exported
+
+## 2. Go Naming Conventions
+
+- Don't use `Get` prefix for getters: `func (a *Activity) Store()` not `GetStore()`
+- Don't use `Impl` suffix for implementations
+- Don't put underscore after `Test` in test names: `TestRetry` not `Test_Retry`
+- Avoid stuttering: don't use `ActivityStatus` in package `activity`, just `Status`
+- Use `ok` boolean pattern instead of nil checks where idiomatic
+
+## 3. Testify Suite Correctness
+
+- Never use `s.T()` in subtests - use the subtest's `t` parameter
+- Never use suite assertion methods (`s.NoError`, `s.Equal`) from goroutines - causes panics
+- Use `EventuallyWithT` when you need assertions inside eventually blocks, and use that block's `t`
+- Use `require.ErrorAs(t, err, &specificErr)` for specific error type checks
+- Prefer `require` over `assert` - it's rarely useful to continue a test after a failed assertion
+- Add comments explaining why `Eventually` is needed (e.g., eventual consistency)
+
+## 4. Inline Code / Avoid Abstractions
+
+- Repeat strings instead of adding constants for single use
+- Inline struct field assignments when possible
+- Avoid unnecessary wrapper types and generic structs
+- Don't add dependencies for 5 lines of code - "just write 5 lines of code instead of adding more dependency bloat"
+- Don't create testsuite-level helpers that can't be safely used in subtests
+- Prefer explicit code over reflection
+
+## 5. Proper Error Handling
+
+- Use standard error types (`InvalidArgument`, `NotFound`, `FailedPrecondition`) over custom error types
+- Mark errors as non-retryable when task shouldn't retry in queue
+- Wrap errors with context when there's something interesting or informative to add, e.g. `fmt.Errorf("multi-operation part 2: %w", err)`
+- Don't panic in library code - return errors and let caller decide
+- Validate early in handlers, not deep in business logic
+
+## 6. Consistency with Codebase
+
+- Follow existing patterns: "We have been passing through the frontend request in other libraries. Let's keep the same pattern here"
+- Use existing utilities before creating new ones
+- Follow CLI documentation conventions (capitalize proper nouns)
+- Match existing metric tag formats (CONSTANT_CASE for enum values)
+- Use the same error message style (no punctuation for single sentences)
+
+## 7. API and Proto Design
+
+- Document all proto fields with comments
+- Use proper field names: `request_id` not `requestId`, `schedule_time` not `scheduledTime`
+- Don't expose internal concepts in user-facing errors: "LowCardinalityKeyword is not a user facing concept"
+- Accept event attributes structs instead of growing function signatures
+- Prefer enums over int/string for well-known values
+
+## 8. Concurrency and Safety
+
+- Prefer immutable data patterns (for normal structs and especially proto messages) to avoid data races and synchronization
+- Default to `sync.Mutex` for synchronization; atomics are an advanced tool for specific patterns or performance concerns
+- Prefer `sync.Mutex` over `sync.RWMutex` almost always, except when reads are much more common than writes (>1000×) or readers hold the lock for significant time
+- Don't do IO while holding locks - use side effect tasks
+- Clone data before releasing locks if it might be modified