# Claude Code Review Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/code-review-for-claude-code/ 7 people recommended Claude Code Review in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 17 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Criticized more than recommended: critics say it has blind spots and costs $15-25 per review; those who recommend it see it as a convenient way to get AI code review inside a Claude Code session that finds good issues. Summary written by Claude from the comments below. ## What people warn about - Expensive per review (6 comments in the sample): "This is the subsidised cost to get users to use it, it could trivially end up ten times this amount." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47316398)) "the claude code review product originally mentioned it cost "$15-25 per review" (which is absurd" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50123907)) "It’s simpler to just use “review code”. It’s also way cheaper" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48301859)) - Misses issues and blind spots (2 comments in the sample): "the experience had no relation at all with the reliability or thoroughness claims" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48298033)) "default code-review in Claude code is pretty mid for finding all issues" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50131114)) - Noisy, inconsistent results (2 comments in the sample): "When a tool flags 8 issues on clean code and 8 issues on broken code, it's not a reviewer…" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47370832)) "Honestly I get awful results using this skill." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48595273)) - Low value for the price (1 comment in the sample): "seems like a very small value add" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47315101)) ## Why people recommend it - Covers most of what code review needs (2 comments in the sample): "This will cover like 98% of what you want out of code review. It's a good skill." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48296677)) "The Claude code review skill is a simple version of exactly this." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323380)) - Finds good issues in code (2 comments in the sample): "Claude's code review skill, in particular, can find some good stuff. But it has some big blind spots around certain types of code." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50037799)) "AI code review is invaluable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46350950)) - Convenient inside a running Claude Code session (1 comment in the sample): "Looks smooth and convenient, especially using the running Claude Code session" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47572863)) ## Other agent skills people recommend - [Superpowers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/superpowers/): 105 recommend, 24 mixed, 71 criticize - [Claude Skills](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-skills/): 46 recommend, 9 mixed, 23 criticize - [grill-me skill by Matt Pocock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grill-me-skill/): 36 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize - [Matt Pocock's skills](https://hackerapproved.com/p/matt-pocock-s-skills/): 24 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://claude.com/product/claude-code) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Claude Code Review", https://hackerapproved.com/p/code-review-for-claude-code/ (7 recommend, 2 mixed, 17 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.