A self-hosted PR reviewer: you own the trigger, not a GitHub App
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A GitHub App reviews every pull request the moment it opens, whether you wanted it to or not. commitbrief remote pr reviews the one you point it at, when you run it — driven by your own gh auth, posting from your own account, with no server in between. This is the last integration in the series, and it's the one where the positioning is the architecture: who owns the trigger. A hosted reviewer fires on a webhook. It runs on someone else's infrastructure, holds an installation token for your…
1Key Takeaways
- A GitHub App reviews every pull request the moment it opens, whether you wanted it to or not.
- commitbrief remote pr reviews the one you point it at, when you run it — driven by your own gh auth, posting from your own account, with no server in between.
- This is the last integration in the series, and it's the one where the positioning is the architecture: who owns the trigger.
- A hosted reviewer fires on a webhook.
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3Why it matters
Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — AI reports that a GitHub App reviews every pull request the moment it opens, whether you wanted it to or not.
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