
PR-Agent
PR-Agent is an open-source AI agent for describing, reviewing, and improving pull requests.
What PR-Agent is
PR-Agent is an open-source AI agent for describing, reviewing, and improving pull requests. Its review tool can flag possible issues and security concerns, suggest tests, and indicate review effort. The improve tool generates actionable code suggestions, while the ask tool answers questions about pull requests based on code changes or selected lines. It supports GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, CodeCommit, and Gitea, with some platforms available only for particular tools or usage modes. You can run it locally from the CLI, through pull-request comments, or automatically when a pull request opens. Installation options include Docker, pip, and running from source. It can also use issue and project context from GitHub, GitLab, Jira, and Asana; Jira Server and Data Center are not supported yet. PR-Agent is self-hosted and free, but local use requires an LLM provider API key and a git-platform token. It is designed to assist human reviewers rather than replace them.
Good
- Free, open-source software.
- Review feedback covers issues, security, tests, and effort.
- Generates actionable code suggestions.
- Supports several major git platforms.
- Can run from CLI, comments, or pull-request events.
Watch out
- Local use requires an LLM provider API key and git token.
- Large diffs may have whole files omitted by default.
- The help_docs command is temporarily disabled.
- Jira Server and Data Center are not supported yet.
Who it suits
PR-Agent suits development teams that want AI-assisted pull-request reviews and code suggestions in a self-hosted workflow. Teams should be prepared to supply an LLM provider API key and a git-platform token for local use.
Verdict
PR-Agent combines pull-request review, code suggestions, and question answering in a self-hosted tool. Its limits around large diffs and required credentials are worth weighing, and it is intended to support human review rather than replace it.
Plans and prices
From PR-Agent's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| PR-Agent (open source) | Free | Open-source software; requires an LLM provider API key and git-platform token for local use |
The facts
Each one read from PR-Agent's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Code suggestions
- The improve tool generates actionable code suggestions for improving a pull request.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- self hostedchecked 19 Sep 2026
- GitHub security
- The GitHub integration guide warns that pull_request_target workflows can access repository secrets and advises against executing pull-request code in the same job with secrets or elevated token permissions.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Human review
- PR-Agent is designed to assist human reviewers, not replace them.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The local installation guide documents Docker, pip and running from source.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, CodeCommit, Gitea, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Mistral, LiteLLM-compatible providerschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Large pull requests
- By default, review may omit whole files when a diff exceeds the model token budget; optional chunking can review portions in separate model calls, subject to configured call limits.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Output integrations
- The optional push_outputs feature can send results to stdout, a JSONL file, a generic HTTPS webhook or a Slack Incoming Webhook.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- For self-hosted PR-Agent using an API key for an LLM provider, data handling is between the user and that provider.checked 4 Oct 2026
- PR questions
- The ask tool answers questions about pull requests based on their code changes, and it can answer questions about selected code lines.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- PR-Agent is an open-source AI agent that describes, reviews and improves pull requests.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Review
- The review tool generates feedback on possible issues, security concerns, tests and review effort.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Ticket integrations
- Ticket context integrations include GitHub and GitLab issues, Jira and Asana; Jira Server and Data Center are not supported yet.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Usage limit
- The help_docs command is temporarily disabled since v0.36.1 pending a fix for a credential-exposure issue.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Ways to run
- PR-Agent can run locally from the CLI, through PR comments, or automatically when a pull request opens.checked 4 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Git platforms
- The supported-platforms page lists GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps and Gitea, with Gerrit and CodeCommit also supported for some tools and usage modes.checked 4 Oct 2026
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