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Getting started

Connect PR Clarity to your repository, then let it summarize new and updated pull requests automatically.

What you need

A GitHub account with permission to install apps on a repository or organization. PR Clarity is a GitHub App (not a personal OAuth app); you pick which repos receive the integration at install time.

  1. 1

    Install the GitHub App

    Choose the organization or account and the repositories PR Clarity should access. The app needs permission to read pull request contents and post comments.

  2. 2

    Open or update a pull request

    PR Clarity runs when GitHub sends a pull_request event for actions opened, synchronize (new commits pushed), or reopened. Other actions (for example, converted to draft only) are ignored.

  3. 3

    Read the first comment

    Within a short time, the bot comments with a structured summary: goal, conceptual changes, and system impact. New commits on the same branch trigger a fresh analysis and comment update for that PR.

Ongoing use

Every qualifying pull request in a connected repository gets an analysis. You can add a .prclarityrc file to enforce team-specific checks; see Custom rules.

Install on GitHub

Takes a few seconds. You can change repo access later in GitHub settings.

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