Application
Coding
CodeRabbit
1AI 2bot 3reviews 4every 5pull 6request
the six Ws · specification
W1
Who
Built by CodeRabbit for engineering teams wanting automated pull request review.
W2
What
Posts line-by-line review comments, diff summaries, and actionable fix suggestions on pull requests automatically.
W3
Where
Integrates with GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, and IDEs including VS Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
W4
When
Publicly launched in 2023 and remains actively developed with a growing marketplace presence in 2026.
W5
Why
Catches bugs and style issues before human reviewers spend time on a pull request.
W6
With
Needs repository access via a GitHub App or GitLab integration and an underlying large language model.
W7
Watch
Commercial SaaS with a free open source tier, closed source, sends repository diffs to CodeRabbit servers for analysis.