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1

Create an Account

Sign up with Sign up with Github or Sign up with Gitlab, or with your email (name and password). Email sign-up requires a corporate address — free domains such as Gmail, Outlook, Hotmail, or Yahoo are rejected.
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Create your Workspace

On Let’s create a Workspace, enter your Organization Name (and optionally a phone number and Enable Auto Join for your approved email domains), then answer a two-question survey. If workspaces already exist for your email domain, Kodus offers to join one of them first.
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Connect your Git tool

On Connect your Git tool, pick your provider’s tab (Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket, Azure Repos, or Forgejo).
Connect GitHub by installing the app or with a token:
  • App (Recommended): Click Install Github app. You’ll be redirected to GitHub.
    • ✅ Kody appears as a dedicated bot in PRs
    • ✅ Better audit trail (clear distinction between human and AI reviews)
    • Requires owner permissions for your organization
    • Grant access to all repositories you want Kody to analyze (you can adjust this later)
  • Token: Click Connect via token. Reviews appear under your username. Visit the GitHub Token Setup page for detailed instructions.
Using GitHub Enterprise? Allowlist Kodus’s IP 52.55.217.197 in your network firewall before connecting.
Connect GitLab by installing the app or with a token:
  • App (Recommended): Click Install Gitlab app, and you’ll be redirected to GitLab’s authentication page.
    • ✅ Kody appears as a dedicated bot in PRs
    • Grant access to all repositories you want Kody to analyze (you can adjust this later)
  • Token: Click Connect via token. Reviews appear under your username. Visit the GitLab Token Setup page for detailed instructions.
Using a self-hosted GitLab instance? Allowlist Kodus’s IP 52.55.217.197 in your network firewall before connecting.
Bitbucket connects with a token only — click Connect via token:
Using Bitbucket Data Center (self-hosted)? Allowlist Kodus’s IP 52.55.217.197 in your network firewall before connecting.
Azure DevOps connects with a token only — open the Azure Repos tab and click Connect via token:
Using Azure DevOps Server (self-hosted)? Allowlist Kodus’s IP 52.55.217.197 in your network firewall before connecting.
Forgejo connects with a token only — click Connect via token:
Forgejo support is maintained by the community.
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Select Repositories

Choose the repositories you want Kody to access for automated reviews and actionable insights. Under Who should Kody review?, pick PRs opened by me (try it without affecting the team) or All PRs in selected repos.
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Choose whose reviews Kody learns from

On Whose reviews should Kody learn from?, everyone is included by default. Select any developers whose reviews Kody should not learn from.
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Set the minimum severity

On Minimum severity level, choose the lowest severity Kody posts: Low/All, Medium, High, or Critical.
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Review your Kody Rules

On Review your Kody Rules, Kody lists rules it detected in your repositories’ config files. Select the ones you want and click Apply N and continue, or click I’ll do this later.
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Run Your First PR Review

On Kody is ready for your first PR review, use Select a PR to review to pick a pull request (PR), then click Review now (or Skip for now). This will showcase the power of automated code reviews. Once selected, Kody will perform the review directly in your Git tool. Don’t worry, this is just for the first time—after that, Kody will automatically review new PRs, based on your Who should Kody review? choice.
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Enjoy Kody Automated Reviews! 🔥

Sit back and let Kody streamline your review process with intelligent suggestions and actionable insights.

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Next Steps

Configure Kody with your team Rules

Learn how to configure Kody with your team rules.