Kody’s PR Summary feature allows you to automate the creation of concise, actionable pull request descriptions. This configuration guide explains how to tailor the feature to suit your team’s workflow and preferences.

Enabling Automatic Summaries

Enable or disable the automatic generation of pull request summaries:

Toggle the Enable Automatic Summary Generation option.

When enabled, Kody will generate summaries for every pull request, ensuring consistency and saving time.

Behavior for Existing Descriptions

Control how Kody interacts with existing pull request descriptions. You can choose from three modes:

Replace (Default):

Overwrites any existing description with a newly generated summary from scratch.

Concatenate:

Appends the generated summary to the end of the existing description.

Complement:

Combines Kody’s generated insights with the current description, highlighting only what’s new or relevant.

Custom Instructions

Fine-tune how Kody generates summaries by providing specific guidelines:

Add instructions directly in the Custom Instructions text field.

Examples:

  • “Focus on security changes and performance impacts.”
  • “Summarize concisely, highlighting modified public APIs.”

Kody’s PR Summary configuration is designed to help your team ship faster while maintaining high-quality standards. Explore these settings to unlock smarter, more effective pull request management.