Application
Coding
Sourcery
1Refactors 2and 3reviews 4Python 5code 6automatically
the six Ws · specification
W1
Who
Built by Sourcery AI for Python developers and teams wanting automated refactoring and review.
W2
What
Suggests real-time refactorings in the IDE and posts automated pull request reviews blending LLM and static analysis.
W3
Where
Available as a VS Code and PyCharm extension, a CLI, and a GitHub or GitLab review bot.
W4
When
Originally released in 2020 and continuously updated with PR review features through 2026.
W5
Why
Keeps Python codebases clean and catches issues before merge without manual review effort.
W6
With
Configured via a .sourcery.yaml file and relies on Sourcery's cloud analysis and language models.
W7
Watch
Commercial product with a free tier, core rule engine partly open source on GitHub, sends code to Sourcery servers.
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