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For agents: an index of these docs is at /docs/llms.txt, and this page as markdown is at /docs/reviews.md.

Review commands in a PR

Get a pull request reviewed by Dobby, steer the review from a PR comment, and change how strict and how automatic reviews are.

Dobby reviews every pull request it opens. Other pull requests are reviewed when you ask.

Ask for a review

Comment on the pull request:

PR comment
@dobby review

Dobby replies within 15 minutes. PR comment commands lists every command.

To review now from the terminal:

Terminal
dobby review acme/shop 412

Comments are read by the listener job, which is installed with Discord. Without Discord, keep dobby start running.

Mark a finding as intentional

Reply in the reviewer's thread. Later reviews of the repo leave it out.

PR comment
@dobby learn

Review every pull request

Terminal
dobby config set review.auto drafts
review.auto Reviews
off Dobby's own pull requests and the ones you ask for. The default.
drafts Every open pull request except drafts.
on Every open pull request.

Make reviews stricter or looser

Terminal
dobby config set review.strictness chill
review.strictness Reports
chill High and medium findings.
default The default set.
assertive Low findings too, such as missing tests.

Every review setting is in the configuration reference. To gate merges on another reviewer, see Add an external reviewer.