CodeRabbit Deploy Integration

Overview

Deploy CodeRabbit AI code review integration across your repositories and CI/CD pipelines. CodeRabbit is a GitHub/GitLab App, so deployment means configuring the App installation, customizing review behavior via .coderabbit.yaml, and integrating review status into your merge workflows.

Prerequisites

• GitHub or GitLab organization admin access
• CodeRabbit GitHub App installed from coderabbit.ai
• Repository access configured for CodeRabbit
• .coderabbit.yaml configuration file

Instructions

Step 1: Install CodeRabbit GitHub App

1. Visit https://github.com/apps/coderabbitai
2. Click "Install" and select your organization
3. Choose repositories (all or select specific ones)
4. Authorize the required permissions

Step 2: Configure Review Behavior

# .coderabbit.yaml (repository root)
language: en
reviews:
  auto_review:
    enabled: true
    drafts: false
    base_branches:
      - main
      - develop
  path_filters:
    - "!dist/**"
    - "!**/*.min.js"
    - "!**/generated/**"
    - "!**/*.lock"
  review_instructions:
    - path: "src/api/**"
      instructions: "Focus on security, authentication, and input validation"
    - path: "src/db/**"
      instructions: "Check for SQL injection and proper transaction handling"
    - path: "**/*.test.*"
      instructions: "Verify test coverage and edge cases"
chat:
  auto_reply: true

Step 3: Branch Protection Rules

# Require CodeRabbit approval before merge
gh api repos/$OWNER/$REPO/branches/main/protection -X PUT \
  --field required_pull_request_reviews='{"required_approving_review_count":1}' \
  --field required_status_checks='{"strict":true,"contexts":["coderabbitai"]}'

Step 4: CI Integration

# .github/workflows/pr-check.yml
name: PR Checks
on: [pull_request]

jobs:
  wait-for-coderabbit:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Wait for CodeRabbit review
        uses: lewagon/wait-on-check-action@v1.3.4
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
          check-name: "coderabbitai"
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          wait-interval: 30

Step 5: Organization-Wide Configuration

# .github/.coderabbit.yaml (organization-level defaults)
language: en
reviews:
  auto_review:
    enabled: true
  path_filters:
    - "!**/*.generated.*"
chat:
  auto_reply: true

Error Handling

Examples

Verify Installation

gh api repos/$OWNER/$REPO/installation --jq '.app_slug'
# Should output: coderabbitai

Resources

• CodeRabbit Setup Guide
• Configuration Reference
• GitHub App Permissions

Next Steps

For multi-environment config, see coderabbit-multi-env-setup.

Output

• Configuration files or code changes applied to the project
• Validation report confirming correct implementation
• Summary of changes made and their rationale