PR Pilot connects VS Code to your GitHub or Bitbucket Cloud repositories. Browse pull requests, inspect diffs side-by-side, and generate deep AI code-review reports — without ever leaving your editor.

Supports OpenAI, any OpenAI-compatible endpoint (vLLM, LM Studio, Together AI, Groq), and Ollama for fully local, private reviews.

✨ Features

🔍 PR Browser

Browse and filter all pull requests for the current repository directly in the Activity Bar. Filter by state (Open, Merged, Declined), search by ID or title, and select a PR in one click.

📂 Side-by-Side Diff Viewer

Click any changed file to open it in VS Code's built-in diff editor with full syntax highlighting. ADDED, MODIFIED, DELETED, and RENAMED files are shown with colour-coded badges.

🤖 AI Code Review

Generate a comprehensive AI review report with a single click. The report includes:

• Overview — what the PR does and its overall quality
• File Analysis — per-file feedback with severity labels (🔴 Critical · 🟡 Warning · 🟢 Suggestion)
• Inline Comments — posted directly on the PR lines in GitHub or Bitbucket
• Summary Table — consolidated list of all identified issues

✅ PR Actions

Approve, merge, or decline pull requests without leaving VS Code. When Jira is configured, review outcomes are automatically synced back to the linked Jira issue.

🎯 Skills & Prompt Customisation

Control exactly how the AI reviews your code using plain Markdown skill files committed to your repository. Your whole team shares the same review standards automatically.

.vscode/
└── pr-pilot/
    └── skills/
        ├── system_prompt.md      # AI persona, tone, output format
        ├── review_rules.md       # What to look for (security, perf, testing…)
        └── coding_standards.md   # Your team's style guide and architecture rules

📖 Full Skills Guide →

📋 Requirements

Ollama users: No internet required for AI calls — but you still need connectivity for GitHub/Bitbucket APIs.

🚀 Getting Started

1. Install the extension from the Marketplace
2. Open a workspace with a Git repository pointing to GitHub or Bitbucket Cloud
3. Click the PR Pilot icon in the Activity Bar to open the panel
4. Click the ⚙ gear icon to open Settings — connect your Git provider and AI provider
5. Click Refresh to load pull requests

📖 Detailed Installation Guide →

⚙️ Configuration

All settings are managed in the PR Pilot Settings panel (accessible via the gear icon or PR Pilot: Open Settings). Sensitive tokens are stored in VS Code's encrypted SecretStorage — never in settings.json.

Git Providers

Bitbucket Cloud — Requires a repository-level Personal Access Token (PAT) per repo.

• Go to: Bitbucket → Repository Settings → Access Tokens
• Required scopes: Pull requests: Read + Pull requests: Write

GitHub — Requires a single fine-grained or classic Personal Access Token.

• Go to: GitHub → Settings → Developer Settings → Personal access tokens
• Required permissions: Pull requests: Read and write, Contents: Read

AI Providers

Jira Integration (optional)

📖 Full Configuration Guide →

🎮 Commands

Open the Command Palette (⌘⇧P / Ctrl+Shift+P) and search for PR Pilot:

🔒 Privacy & Security

• Tokens & API keys are stored exclusively in VS Code's SecretStorage (system keychain) — never in settings.json or any plain-text file
• Skill files contain only review instructions, not credentials
• PR diff content is sent to your configured AI provider for analysis — review your provider's privacy policy for sensitive codebases
• No telemetry is collected by this extension

📚 Documentation

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, bug reports, and feature requests are welcome!

• Open an issue
• Submit a pull request
• View the source

📄 License

Released under the MIT License.
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