prlens 0.1.1

AI-powered GitHub PR code reviewer for teams

lens

AI-powered GitHub PR code reviewer for teams. Fetches a pull request, reviews each changed file against your coding guidelines using Claude or GPT-4o, and posts inline comments directly on GitHub.

Features

• Reviews only added/modified files — skips deleted files and binary assets
• Supports Anthropic Claude and OpenAI GPT-4o as AI backends
• Bring your own guidelines via a simple YAML config file
• Posts inline review comments on the diff using the GitHub Review API
• Runs as a CLI tool locally or as a GitHub Action automatically on every PR
• Prevents duplicate comments across repeated runs
• Filters known AI false positives (hallucinated suggestions)

Installation

pip install prlens

Quick Start (CLI)

export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_...
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...

prlens --repo owner/repo --pr 42 --model anthropic

Omit --pr to list open PRs and pick one interactively.

GitHub Action

Add this workflow to your repository to automatically review every pull request:

# .github/workflows/code-review.yml
name: Code Review

on:
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, synchronize]

jobs:
  review:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: jodohq/prlens/.github/actions/review@main
        with:
          model: anthropic
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          anthropic-api-key: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}

Configuration

Copy .prlens.example.yml to .prlens.yml in your repository root:

# .prlens.yml
model: anthropic          # anthropic | openai
max_chars_per_file: 20000
batch_limit: 60

# Path to your team's coding guidelines (relative to repo root)
# guidelines: ./docs/guidelines.md

# Files/directories to skip — fnmatch globs or directory names
# exclude:
#   - migrations/
#   - "*.min.js"

# Set to true to review draft PRs (skipped by default)
review_draft_prs: false

The --model and --guidelines CLI flags override the config file. The config file overrides built-in defaults.

Custom Guidelines

Point guidelines in .prlens.yml to any Markdown file containing your team's coding standards:

guidelines: ./docs/guidelines.md

When not set, built-in generic guidelines are used as a starting point. Copy them from prlens/guidelines/ and customize.

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
GITHUB_TOKEN	Yes	GitHub personal access token with pull_requests: write
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	When using Claude	Anthropic API key
OPENAI_API_KEY	When using GPT-4o	OpenAI API key

CLI Reference

Usage: prlens [OPTIONS]

  AI-powered GitHub PR code reviewer.

Options:
  --repo TEXT                GitHub repository in owner/name format. [required]
  --pr INTEGER               Pull request number. Omit to list open PRs interactively.
  --model [anthropic|openai] AI model provider. Overrides config file.
  --config TEXT              Path to the configuration file. [default: .prlens.yml]
  -y, --yes                  Skip confirmation prompts and post comments automatically.
  --guidelines PATH          Path to a Markdown guidelines file. Overrides config file.
  -s, --shadow               Dry-run mode: print review comments to the terminal without posting to GitHub.
  --help                     Show this message and exit.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for how to set up a development environment, run tests, and add new AI providers.

License

MIT