🚀We’re excited to announce our next step in our mission to create an intelligent software development world. Today, we’re launching Qodo Merge, our open-source Pull Request (PR) Agent, that you can summon for analyze and provide feedback on your pull requests. 🤖
After the successful launch of our IDE plugin in March 2023, we continue to address developers’ pain points. Qodo Merge streamlines the development process further, ensuring high-integrity code is delivered seamlessly.🛡️
In software development, pull requests are a double-edged sword – they’re a testament to collaboration and progress but also bring along numerous challenges. Our Qodo Merge is designed to turn this process from daunting to a delight, assisting both developers and repository maintainers. 👩💻👨💻
Ask the live Qodo Merge anything about your pull request or request a review. 🗨️ You can summon the agent by simply addressing @Qodo Merge in the PR comments, or automatically by installing the Qodo Merge to your repo.
By providing an overview of the PR and in-depth analysis, our Qodo Merge expedites the PR approval process. It gives developers and repo maintainers information on the PR’s main theme, whether it follows repo guidelines, suggests code improvements, and more. 🐎
Our Qodo Merge synergizes with our IDE plugin. The IDE plugin assists developers in real-time as they write code, providing immediate feedback and assistance in creating unit tests and maintaining hig code integrity. With our Qodo Merge, the review process is sped up, making it less daunting for all involved.
qodo is redefining how developers interact with their pull requests. Welcome to a world where your PRs are viewed as opportunities for improvement, not obstacles. 🎉
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🌟 And the best part – our Qodo Merge is open-source on GitHub: https://github.com/Codium-ai/pr-agent
AI Agent to tackle pull-requests’ pains
Our commitment is to create an intelligent software development world. This commitment is realized through the launch of AI-empowered tools; tools that make code integrity simple and help busy developers move fast with confidence. This vision was starting to materialize when we successfully launched its IDE plugin/extension last March (‘23), and continues now, as we launch an open-source Qodo Merge to tackle another pain point – the pull requests. 🚧
Pull requests, a double-edged sword?
In the ever-evolving landscape of software development, pull requests stand as a double-edged sword for developers and repository maintainers. On one hand, they represent progress, collaboration, and the collective pursuit of perfecting the codebase. They are the lifeblood of open-source projects and a testament to the democratized nature of programming. On the other hand, they often bring with them a tide of challenges that can turn an exciting process into a laborious task. Developers face the pressure of making their contributions fit seamlessly into an existing, often complex, codebase. For maintainers, the sheer volume of pull requests, coupled with the responsibility to maintain code integrity, enforce standards, and manage project timelines, can become overwhelming. In the world of code collaboration, pull requests are a necessary, yet sometimes daunting, reality. ⚔️
Despite these challenges, pull requests are widely used because they help improve code integrity, foster collaboration, and facilitate code ownership and learning. Best practices like maintaining small pull requests, using clear and descriptive commit messages, and having a clear process for reviews can help mitigate these challenges. The Qodo Merge mission is to standardize PRs and achieve these best practices effortlessly.
Qodo Merge to the rescue
The Qodo Merge provides an overview of the pull request (with a focus on the PR’s commits). It gives developers and repo maintainers information to expedite the PR approval process such as the PR’s main theme, whether the PR follows the repo guidelines, whether it is focused, etc. The agent also provides code suggestions that help improve the PR’s integrity, from finding bugs to (soon) providing more tests. This seamless integration allows developers to see the effects of their work, without having to leave the GitHub environment. 🚁
| The Pain | For the maintainer | For the developer | Qodo Merge mitigation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Approval speed | Maintainers often have to review a high volume of pull requests. This can be time-consuming, particularly if the pull requests are large or complex. Or if it is hard to prioritize them. | Waiting for a pull request to be reviewed and merged can disrupt developers’ workflows. They may have to switch contexts or work on different tasks in the meantime, which can affect productivity. | Qodo Merge automatically generates a review that has: (a) a summary of the change, (b) information that helps the maintainer to prioritize the PR, and (c) checks on whether the PR meets the repo standards. It also keeps the review in a unified format. All of these can significantly expedite the approval process. Having this pre-PR review also allows developers to be more prepared for the real PR to ensure fewer iterations are needed. |
| Code integrity | Maintainers expect the contributors to deliver high-quality code that is bug-free. | Developers are too busy to write thorough tests and want to focus on delivering code. | An agent who reviews the code and helps to locate bugs warns about the lack of tests and potentially also offers tests that are relevant changes, helping to mitigate those issues. |
| Documentation | Changes in the codebase need to be reflected in the project’s documentation. Ensuring that contributors update the documentation as necessary can be a challenge. | Developers usually focus their energy on code contribution and not on documenting their code or contributing documentation to the repo. | Qodo Merge can produce the needed documentation for you. |
| Guidelines / Style | When maintaining several projects, maintainers should automate and consistify as much as possible to avoid burnout. | Casual contributors aren’t aware of the repository style while developing, and encounter rejections when they are already eager to push. | A consistent automated agent that is keeping a consistent structure, best practices, and guidelines simplifies the maintainers’ fatigue. |
| Non-personal feedback | Sometimes it’s hard for maintainers to disappoint, reject or criticize contributions. | Developers sometimes take it personally when their PR is rejected. | an agent gatekeeper helps keeps things non-personal. It is consistent which helps to set expectations clearly and stick to them. |
This table was made with the help of:
https://github.blog/2023-05-03-more-than-meets-the-pull-request-maintainers-talk-contributions/
But there are already PR-review bots out there, what’s the difference?
- AI-Agents are much more than bots. They are usually based on ChatGPT, which enables them to function autonomously without help from a human and carry out complex tasks. These agents can structure online searches, assign subtasks, and launch new agents to finish these tasks. For example, It can recursively debug, review, and improve code. Users can define the goals of their agent, which automatically divides them into more manageable tasks using systems such as LangChain and AutoGPT. These systems are very accessible to the public because of their no-code, browser-based approach as well as being open-source. This ability to split the task into subtasks, reflect on the results, assign another agent for failed tasks, try new solutions, and so on, repeatedly, with strong perseverance leads to high-quality results. 🤖
- Qodo Merge is open source. We believe that breaking barriers stands tall as a beacon of innovation, driven by the principles of transparency, inclusivity, and cooperation. We firmly believe that sharing knowledge and resources is the key to unlocking the true potential of any field. While other solutions in the domain offer closed-source solutions, we are committed to providing an open platform that empowers everyone to contribute, learn, and create together. 👐
- For us, the Qodo Merge is more than another solution in our product suite, it is part of a unified solution that greatly streamlines the development process to ensure that only high-integrity code is being delivered to production. The agent is therefore a complimentary product that puts its focus on another area of the software delivery pipeline and works in harmony with qodo’s IDE plugin. Soon, the Qodo Merge will not only suggest recommendations but also provide the actual code modifications needed to satisfy the recommendations. For example, if currently, the Qodo Merge suggests adding tests for the code changes, in the near future, it will also generate the needed tests for you. It will connect to the repo’s CONTRIBUTION.md, and help you prepare your code to the PR and repo’s guidelines, while you’re still developing the feature. 🧑💻
qodo’s launch of the open-source Qodo Merge marks a significant step towards revolutionizing the software development landscape. By addressing the challenges and pains associated with pull requests, the Qodo Merge aims to expedite the approval process and enhance code integrity. Moreover, its open-source nature reflects the company’s commitment to transparency, inclusivity, and cooperation, empowering developers worldwide to contribute, learn, and create together. With its future capabilities of generating code modifications, unit tests, and connecting to repository guidelines, the Qodo Merge promises to be a game-changer for streamlined and efficient software development. Join us in unveiling the future of software development with Qodo Merge, and let’s embark on a journey of innovation and collaboration. 🚀
Itamar Friedman
Qodo Team
