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Show HN: adamsreview – better multi-agent PR reviews for Claude Code

Claude Code plugin catches bugs that /review and CodeRabbit miss. One dev built it in parallel sub-agents. Now shipping.

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Why it matters

A developer built a Claude Code plugin that outperforms existing AI code review tools (including Claude's own /review and /ultrareview) by orchestrating multi-stage, parallel agent reviews with persistent state management. It demonstrates how layering agent patterns on top of existing models can create production-grade tooling that competitors haven't matched.

The key facts

15 to know
  1. adamsreview catches more real bugs than Claude built-in /review, /ultrareview, CodeRabbit, Greptile, and Codex built-in review

  2. Six Claude Code slash commands: review, codex-review, add, promote, walkthrough, fix

  3. Uses parallel sub-agents with persistent JSON state stored on disk

  4. Includes ensemble review via Codex CLI and PR bot comments

  5. Walkthrough command uses Claude's AskUserQuestion feature for human-in-the-loop validation

  6. Fix command dispatches per-fix-group agents and re-reviews with Opus before committing

  7. Runs on Claude Code Max plan subscription (unlike /ultrareview, which uses Extra Usage pool)

  8. Published on Show HN (early-stage builder community)

  9. adamsreview: Claude Code plugin with 6 slash commands (review, codex-review, add, promote, walkthrough, fix)

  10. Uses parallel sub-agents, persistent JSON state, optional ensemble review

  11. Claims to catch more real bugs with fewer false positives than Claude's built-in /review, /ultrareview, CodeRabbit, Greptile, Codex review

  12. Runs on standard Claude Code Max subscription (not charged against Extra Usage pool like /ultrareview)

  13. Employs multi-stage review architecture with context clearing between stages, human validation gates, regression detection

  14. Published on Hacker News (Show HN) with early-stage adoption signals (8 points, 1 comment as of publish)

  15. GitHub repo: adamjgmiller/adamsreview

Go to the source

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Publisher excerpt: I built adamsreview, a Claude Code plugin that runs deeper, multi-stage PR reviews using parallel sub-agents, validation passes, persistent JSON state, and optional ensemble review via Codex CLI and PR bot comments. On my own PRs, it has been catching dramatically more real bugs than Claude’s…
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