Pull requests

Automate pull requestcode review

Stop waiting days for a first pass on every PR. CodeCritic reads the diff, surfaces security and correctness risks, and can publish summaries where your team already discusses changes.

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How it works

Where automation helps most

Small teams and busy maintainers use automation to shrink time-to-first-feedback without skipping human approval.

  • Every new PR gets a structured first pass before someone claims the review slot.
  • Findings reference line context so authors fix issues without hunting through generic linter output.
  • Reviewers skim AI summaries and spend depth on architecture, not typo hunts.
  • Stale PRs get a nudge when new commits arrive and a fresh diff is analyzed automatically.

Workflow

How teams wire it

  1. 1

    Connect GitHub

    OAuth into CodeCritic and select repositories that should receive automated reviews.

  2. 2

    Choose trigger

    Webhooks for instant feedback, the Action for CI-gated merges, or both for different branches.

  3. 3

    Set comment policy

    Decide whether findings post to the PR, stay in the dashboard, or both.

  4. 4

    Measure cycle time

    Track time from PR open to first human review after a few sprints of automation.

Overview

Automation without abdication

Automated review is a triage layer, not a merge button. CodeCritic highlights likely bugs, unsafe patterns, and missing guards so humans approve with better context.

Teams that adopt it keep CODEOWNERS, required reviewers, and release checklists. The difference is fewer round trips on obvious issues and faster cycles on low-risk changes.

Examples

Integration examples

Review only backend changes

Limit automation to paths your team owns.

on:
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - 'app/**'
      - 'lib/**'
      - '!**/*.md'

FAQ

Common questions

Start with blocking and should-fix severities only, then expand. Teams that tune scope and path filters keep comment volume manageable.

First feedback on every PR

Wire your repos and let the next opened pull request prove the cycle-time win.

Integrations