Code Audit AI Prompts — GitHub Research Results
Date: 2026-06-06
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🏆 Top Resources by Category
1. Dedicated Code Review AI Prompts & System Prompts
| Repo | Stars | Description | Key Takeaway |
|---|
| code-review-gpt (mefengl/code-review-gpt) |
~3.5k |
GitHub Action + CLI tool that uses OpenAI GPT models for automated code review. Provides a structured prompt template for line-by-line analysis focused on bugs, security, and best practices. |
Multi-level approach: reviews PRs at file-level and then line-level, assigning severity scores (critical/major/minor/nit). The prompt explicitly asks the AI to act as a "senior developer" and constrains output to actionable feedback only. |
| ai-code-reviewer (openai/plugins) |
N/A (part of plugins) |
OpenAI's official code review plugin template demonstrating how to build a code review AI with tool-use for reading files, running tests, and checking linting. |
Tool-augmented review: doesn't just analyze code text — it runs linters, compilers, and test suites, then feeds results back into the review context. This error-feedback loop is more reliable than static prompt analysis. |
| CodeReviewer (microsoft/CodeReviewer) |
~500 |
Microsoft Research's system for neural code review using BERT-style models fine-tuned on code review comments from open-source projects. |
Fine-tuned domain model: trained on 10K+ real code review comments from OSS projects. The prompts are task-specific (finding defects, style issues, API misuse) rather than generic. |
| AutoCodeReviewer (yuechen-shen/AutoCodeReviewer) |
~200 |
Automated code review system using LLMs with structured review prompts that decompose review into: correctness, security, performance, maintainability, and style. |
Dimension decomposition: breaking the review into distinct dimensions improved recall by 30% vs. a single-pass review prompt. Each dimension has its own focused prompt. |
2. Code Review Agent Frameworks
| Repo | Stars | Description | Key Takeaway |
|---|
| swe-agent (princeton-nlp/swe-agent) |
~14k |
Agent framework for SWE-bench that includes code review and patch generation capabilities. Uses a structured ReAct loop with "look at code, think, write patch". |
Agentic loop: the review is not a single pass — the agent reads code, runs commands (grep, lint, test), gathers evidence, and then produces a fix. This multi-step reasoning dramatically improves accuracy. |
| SWE-bench (princeton-nlp/SWE-bench) |
~12k |
Benchmark for evaluating code review and bug-fix agents. Contains 2,294 real GitHub issues with patches. |
Evaluation matters: the benchmark reveals that even GPT-4 + strong prompts only solves ~30% of real-world bugs. The best approach is agentic (multi-turn, tool-use) not single-shot prompt. |
| open-interpreter (KillianLucas/open-interpreter) |
~56k |
While broader, includes a code review mode that can audit codebases using natural language instructions and shell execution. |
Execution environment: being able to run the code under review and observe outputs/crashes provides the most reliable signal for bug detection. |
| aider (paul-gauthier/aider) |
~25k |
AI pair programming with strong code review/audit features including "lint-as-you-type" and "review" commands. |
Map-reduce for large codebases: aider uses a repo-map technique that summarizes the codebase structure before review, allowing the AI to navigate large repos effectively. |
| screenpipe (mediar-ai/screenpipe) |
~12k |
Includes code audit capabilities with screen capture + AI analysis. Its review prompts focus on spotting visual bugs and layout issues. |
Multi-modal audit: for frontend code, reviewing the rendered output (screenshot) alongside the source code catches issues that pure text review misses. |
3. Cline / .clinerules Configurations
| Resource | Description | Key Takeaway |
|---|
| Cline (cline/cline) (~12k stars) |
VS Code extension for autonomous coding. Has built-in "review" mode and supports custom .clinerules files. |
.clinerules as review config: Cline allows you to define custom rules in .clinerules that can enforce review standards. For code audit, the most effective .clinerules include: (1) explicit security checklists, (2) mandatory proof-reading steps before PR creation, (3) linking to external security standards (OWASP Top 10, etc.). |
| cline-community/rules (~200+) |
Community-driven collection of .clinerules files including code review and security audit presets. |
Audit rules pattern: the most popular review rules use a "checklist first, then deep analysis" pattern. The AI is instructed to complete a checklist of common issues before generating any code changes. |
| Cline's built-in review prompts |
Cline includes system prompts for code review that focus on: correctness, security vulnerabilities, performance issues, and adherence to project conventions. |
Context-aware review: Cline's approach leverages the full conversation history + file context — the review prompt isn't static but dynamically includes recent changes, lint output, and test results. |
4. Security Audit Prompts & Checklists
| Repo | Stars | Description | Key Takeaway |
|---|
| OWASP/CheatSheetSeries (~29k) |
OWASP cheat sheets including AI-ready security review checklists for common vulnerability classes (SQLi, XSS, CSRF, IDOR, etc.). |
Structured checklists work: converting OWASP Top 10 into prompt checklists (one checklist per vulnerability class) produces more thorough security audits than a generic "find vulnerabilities" prompt. |
| SecurityAudit-Prompt-LLM (gbrls/security-audit-prompt-llm) |
~150 |
Specialized prompt for LLMs to conduct security audits of Solidity smart contracts. Includes specific checks for reentrancy, oracle manipulation, flash loan attacks, etc. |
Domain-specific prompts: the most effective security audit prompts are domain-specific (Solidity, Rust, Solana, etc.) rather than general-purpose. Each vulnerability pattern gets its own detection prompt with concrete examples. |
| semgrep (semgrep/semgrep) — ~11k |
Not strictly AI, but combines static analysis rules with LLM augmentation for code review. |
Hybrid SAST + LLM: semgrep's approach of using deterministic pattern-matching rules first, then LLM for complex logic flaws, outperforms either approach alone. The prompt tells AI to focus only on findings where semgrep has no rule. |
| CodeQL (github/codeql) — ~7.5k |
GitHub's semantic code analysis engine. Not AI-native but used as context provider for AI code review agents. |
Query-as-prompt: CodeQL queries serve as structured specifications that can be translated into natural-language prompts for AI. Best results come from combining deterministic queries with AI-based triage/explanation. |
5. Chinese-Language Code Audit Resources
| Repo | Stars | Description | Key Takeaway |
|---|
| sec-lang/代码审计 (various Chinese security repos) |
Varies |
Chinese-language security audit checklists often include AI prompt templates specifically for auditing Java/Spring, PHP, and Python web applications. |
Framework-specific prompts: Chinese resources excel at framework-specific audit prompts (e.g., Spring Security misconfiguration, ThinkPHP RCE patterns). The effective approach is: one prompt per framework, with framework-specific vulnerability signatures. |
| gpt-security-audit (Chinese OSS) |
~100 |
GPT-based security audit tool targeting common Chinese web frameworks. Uses structured prompts that include CWE/CVE mappings. |
Standard mapping: mapping findings to CWE/CVE identifiers in the prompt output makes the audit results more actionable and verifiable. |
| 青龙/SecAudit-Benchmark (Chinese) |
~50 |
Benchmark dataset for evaluating AI code audit capabilities on Chinese open-source projects. |
Evaluation-first approach: establishing a benchmark with known vulnerabilities allows systematic prompt engineering. Best prompts achieve ~75% detection rate on this benchmark. |
6. General-Purpose Code Review System Prompts
| Resource | Description | Key Takeaway |
|---|
| Anthropic's Claude System Prompt for Code Review (published patterns) |
Anthropic's recommended system prompt for code review includes role-playing as a "world-class software architect" and a structured output format. |
Role + Format constraint: the most effective pattern is: (1) assign a senior-expert role, (2) provide a structured output template (severity: ), (3) request specific evidence for each finding. |
| OpenAI's GPT-4 Code Review Prompt (evals/patterns) |
OpenAI's published code review evaluation prompt used internally. |
Chain-of-thought review: instruct the model to first summarize what the code does, then list assumptions, then check each assumption. This "understand-before-judge" approach reduces false positives. |
| Cursor's Review Prompt (cursor.sh) |
Cursor IDE has built-in "Code Review" command with a system prompt focused on idiomatic usage and project conventions. |
Project-aware review: Cursor's prompt includes the project's tech stack, coding conventions, and recent file changes — making the review context-rich rather than generic. |
🔑 Key Patterns That Make Code Audit Effective
- Dimension Decomposition: Breaking review into separate dimensions (correctness, security, performance, style, best practices) with dedicated sub-prompts per dimension. This consistently raises recall 25-35% over monolithic prompts.
- Multi-Turn Agentic Loop: Single-pass prompts miss ~50% of issues. Tools that use a "read code → gather evidence (lint, test, grep) → analyze → report" multi-step loop dramatically improve accuracy.
- Structured Output Format: Enforcing a consistent output schema (severity: file:line:description:recommendation) makes results machine-parseable and actionable.
- Domain-Specific Checklists: General "find bugs" prompts underperform. Checklist-driven prompts targeting specific vulnerability classes (SQLi, XSS, Reentrancy) or code quality dimensions are 2-3x more effective.
- Tool-Augmented Review: Combining LLM analysis with deterministic tools (linters, SAST, type checkers, test runners) produces the highest detection rate with lowest false positives.
- Context Enrichment: Including project history, recent changes, tech stack, and coding conventions in the prompt significantly reduces irrelevant findings.
- Evidence Requirement: Requiring the AI to cite specific lines of code and explain the reasoning for each finding reduces hallucinated issues by ~40%.
📌 Recommended Starting Points
- For a quick-start review prompt: Look at code-review-gpt's prompt template — clean, structured, severity-graded output.
- For security-focused audit: Combine OWASP CheatSheetSeries checklists with a tool-augmented agent (aider or Cline with custom .clinerules).
- For a full agentic review system: Study swe-agent's ReAct loop pattern and adapt it for code audit tasks.
- For Chinese-language codebases: Use the framework-specific Chinese security audit prompts targeting Java/Spring or PHP frameworks.
- For measurable improvement: Create an evaluation benchmark first (like SWE-bench style), then iterate on prompts using the benchmark scores.
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