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Claude Code uses continuous AI review before human scrutiny

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The team describes Claude reviewing and fixing most changes before human review, which runs continuously rather than serving only as a final PR gate. The workflow shows how agent review can handle routine issues while preserving human attention for higher-level scrutiny.

What

Claude reviews code continuously during development, before a human is asked to inspect most changes.

How

The review catches routine mistakes and leaves human reviewers more attention for higher-level questions and scrutiny.

Why it matters

Moving review earlier can help engineering teams use human review time on issues automated checks are less suited to catch.

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