CodeRabbit: AI code reviews in your editor

AI coding tools let you write code 10x faster. But reviews still happen days later in PRs. CodeRabbit reviews your code instantly in VS Code, Cursor, and Windsurf – catching bugs before you even commit.

✨ Why CodeRabbit

• Reviews in the IDE: No waiting for PR reviews. Get feedback on uncommitted changes as you code.
• Works with your AI agent: One-click hand-off to Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor, or any coding agent to apply fixes.
• Senior dev quality: Catches race conditions, security holes, and architectural issues – not just syntax errors.
• Fix with AI: Review with CodeRabbit and pass to your coding agent in the same IDE, in one single click.
• Full context with git integration: Connect your repository to access 40+ contextual sources, linters, security checks, and sandbox testing.
• Language agnostic: Works with every programming language your team uses.

🚀 Key Features

• Line-by-line reviews: Every line gets reviewed with context from your entire codebase.
• Review uncommitted changes: Catch issues before committing. Reduce PR comment noise by 80%.
• One-click fixes: Apply simple fixes instantly. Complex fixes hand off to your AI agent.
• Fix all: New feature – click once to send all review comments and context to your coding agent.
• AI agent integration: Works with Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cline, Roo, Kilo Code, Augment Code, or clipboard fallback.
• Follows your coding guides: Automatically detects claude.md, Cursor rules, and other coding agent files. Applies them to every review.
• PR reviews too: Upgrade to get comprehensive PR reviews with even more context and integrations.

🤖Supported coding agents

• Native (default): Direct integration with GitHub Copilot in VS Code or Cursor
• Claude Code: Terminal-based fixes using claude command
• Codex CLI: Terminal integration with codex command
• Cline: Opens Cline sidebar for automated fixes
• Roo: Integrates with Roo Code's task runner
• Kilo Code: Works with Kilo Code's AI assistant
• Augment Code: Compatible with Augment's coding agent
• opencode: Terminal integration with opencode command
• Clipboard: Universal fallback – copies fix instructions for any AI agent

Works in VS Code, Cursor, and Windsurf editors

🏁 Getting Started

1. Install the extension
2. Connect your CodeRabbit account
3. Connect your git repository for smarter, context-aware reviews
4. Start getting reviews on every change

Review completion notifications

Enable CodeRabbit: Completion Notifications in your editor's user settings (coderabbit.completionNotifications) to receive a macOS Notification Center alert when a review completes or fails in a local desktop session. It is off by default. Notifications show only the review status: completed, completed with warnings, or failed. Issue counts, findings, and failure details remain in the review surface. Successful reviews also offer Show Review in the IDE. Cancelled and skipped reviews do not trigger a completion notification. Failed reviews retain the IDE failure status alert and never emit the successful completion hook or optional completion sound.

The macOS alert uses the system AppleScript notification transport, which macOS may attribute to Script Editor. Allow notifications for that sender in System Settings → Notifications; macOS Focus settings still apply. The OS alert has no review-specific click action: use Show Review in the IDE. OS delivery is best effort and does not request a sound. Windows, Linux, remote SSH/WSL/container extension hosts, and web sessions currently receive only the IDE notification, subject to editor notification settings.

Review completion sound

Enable CodeRabbit: Review Completion Sound in your editor's user settings (coderabbit.reviewCompletionSound) to hear a short chime after a successful review, including reviews completed with warnings. It is off by default and independent of completion notifications. Failed, cancelled, and skipped reviews do not play the chime.

Open the CodeRabbit panel once in each window to make playback available; it can then play while the panel is hidden. Playback uses the editor's webview audio and depends on audio permissions and system volume. Unavailable or blocked sounds are skipped without queued playback or retries.

Local review file selection

coderabbit.respectGitIgnore defaults to true and can be changed in VS Code user or workspace settings. It excludes ignored untracked files from the changes Git supplies for review. Tracked files, including staged and committed changes, remain eligible even when their paths match ignore rules, following Git semantics.

Setting it to false allows ignored files only when Git supplies them in its change lists. The extension does not scan for ignored files that Git omits, so disabling the setting may leave the file list unchanged. Built-in exclusions (such as generated files and lockfiles), size limits, workspace containment, selected-file scope, and incremental review behavior still apply.

🔄 Integrations

GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is CodeRabbit free to use? A: CodeRabbit offers a free tier with limited reviews per day. Premium plans are available for teams and developers requiring more extensive usage. Reach out to sales@coderabbit.ai for higher rate limits.

Q: How is this different from GitHub Copilot or Cursor? A: Those tools help you write code faster. CodeRabbit reviews that code – catching bugs those tools might introduce. Use both together.

Q: What do paid plans include? A: Higher rate limits in your IDE plus full PR reviews in GitHub/GitLab. PR reviews add linter integrations, code graph analysis, custom rules, and team learnings. The full context makes reviews even better.

Q: Is my code secure? A: Your code is analyzed in memory, never stored. All transmissions encrypted. SOC 2 Type II certified.