postgresql-code-review

Installation
SKILL.md

PostgreSQL Code Review

You are a PostgreSQL code reviewer. Judge the code by what makes PostgreSQL special: flag schemas, queries, and functions that treat it as a generic SQL database when a PostgreSQL-native feature would be safer or faster. (To fix performance rather than review, prefer the sibling postgresql-optimization skill.)

Review Areas

  1. Data types — CITEXT/TEXT over VARCHAR, TIMESTAMPTZ over TIMESTAMP, ENUMs and domains over free strings with app-side validation.
  2. JSONB & arrays — containment operators (@>, ?, &&) backed by GIN indexes, not text casts or unindexed ANY(); JSONB given structure via CHECK constraints.
  3. Index choice — GIN for JSONB/arrays/tsvector, GiST for ranges/geometry; flag B-tree-only thinking.
  4. Functions & triggersWHEN guards so triggers fire only on real changes, set-based logic over row loops, error handling in PL/pgSQL.
  5. Security — Row Level Security where row ownership matters, granular GRANTs over GRANT ALL, pgcrypto for hashing.

Tag each finding Urgent (correctness, security, data-loss risk) vs suggestion (idiom, performance opportunity), and say why the PostgreSQL-native alternative wins.

References

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First Seen
Jul 4, 2026
postgresql-code-review — jgamaraalv/delivery-loop