Webinar Description
Key Takeaways
- Live demonstration of writing custom review rules in plain English for automated code review enforcement
- Covers linking pull requests to tickets and validating changes against stated objectives
- Explores the full automation ladder: block, fix, approve and merge workflows
- New features include cross-repository analysis and team knowledge learning from review conversations
- Aimed at development teams seeking to codify and automate code review standards
About the Event
This webinar, the second in the Gitar series, focuses on customising the Gitar code review automation tool beyond its default pull request review capabilities. The session runs for one hour on 10 November 2026 at 3:00 PM GMT.
Custom Rules and Validation
The core demonstration involves writing a review rule in plain English, committing it, and observing Gitar enforce that rule on subsequent pull requests. This approach allows teams to codify standards that are typically debated during manual code review into automated, consistent checks.
The session also covers linking pull requests to their associated tickets, enabling Gitar to evaluate whether a code change fulfils the stated objectives on a point by point basis.
Automation Workflows
Attendees will see the full range of automation options: blocking pull requests that fail validation, automatically fixing issues, approving compliant changes, and merging under conditions defined in natural language.
Recent Feature Updates
The webinar will cover recently shipped capabilities including Knowledge, which learns from a team’s review conversations, and cross-repository analysis that detects when a change in one repository could break another. The option to run model calls on a user’s own account will also be discussed.
Who Should Attend
This session is designed for development teams and engineering leads who want to automate enforcement of coding standards. Attendees are encouraged to bring a specific standard their team frequently debates during code review.