Review pipeline¶
The review pipeline is a five-stage flow that takes you from raw diff to posted comments.
PICK — select what to review¶
Open an MR from the host browser. The diff viewer shows all changed files.
- Click any file to expand it
- Pin specific lines to draw the AI's attention to them
- Deselect files you don't want included in the review
BRIEF — configure the prompt¶
Before dispatching to the AI, tune the review brief:
- Preset — choose a review focus (e.g. security, performance, style)
- Context toggles — include or exclude diff sections, commit messages, PR description
- Custom instructions — free-text additions appended to the system prompt
DISPATCH — run the review¶
Click Run review. The request streams back via SSE — comments appear as the AI generates them.
The AI produces structured comments, each anchored to a specific file and line range.
POLISH — edit comments¶
Review the generated comments one by one:
- Keep — mark a comment for posting as-is
- Edit — rewrite the comment text inline
- Dismiss — remove a comment you don't want to post
POST — publish to the MR¶
Click Post to MR. Approved comments are submitted as inline review comments on the MR in GitLab or GitHub.