How Deep Review Works

Deep Review is Aikido's agentic pull request reviewer. Instead of treating the diff as the full story, Aikido explores relevant code, reasons about the wider impact of a change, and posts feedback directly on your pull request.

Context beyond the diff

A diff shows what changed, but not always how that change interacts with the rest of your application. Deep Review pulls in relevant context from outside the changed lines before deciding whether to comment, so it can review changes that depend on existing behavior elsewhere in the codebase.

Cross-repository context

If your application spans multiple repositories, you can link related repositories to the repository under review. Deep Review can then use those repositories as additional context when reasoning about shared libraries, APIs, and services.

The number of repositories you can link depends on your Aikido plan.

Feedback in your pull request

Aikido posts comments directly on your pull request when Deep Review has feedback to share. You don't need to leave your existing review workflow to see or discuss the results.

When you fix an issue that a comment identifies, Aikido automatically resolves the comment. Learn how Aikido manages comments after an issue is fixed.

Reply in natural language

Reply to any Deep Review comment in plain language. You don't need to tag Aikido or use a special command format, and you can stay in the pull request without switching to the Aikido UI.

What you say	Example	Status
Ignore a finding	"This is a false positive, please ignore."	Available now. Aikido ignores the finding.
Share context or push back	"This is intentional because we validate on the server."	Available now. Aikido uses the feedback to improve future reviews. Shared memory across reviews is coming soon.
Ask for clarification	"Can you explain why this is a problem?"	Coming soon
Request a follow-up	"Suggest a safer alternative."	Coming soon

Credits

Deep Review costs 1 credit per pull request per rolling 24-hour window. Additional reviews on the same PR within that window (for example after new commits) don't cost extra. When you're out of credits, Deep Reviews are skipped.

Curious what Deep Review would cost for your team? Our estimator gives you an idea based on your activity of the last 30 days.

Learn how to configure Deep Review.