Quickstart

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gitar.ai/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

By the end of this guide you’ll have Gitar installed on a repository and see it automatically review a pull request.

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Prerequisites

• A GitHub or GitLab account with admin access to at least one organization or group
• An open pull request or merge request, or a repository where you can create one

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Step 1: Sign in to Gitar

Go to app.gitar.ai and sign in with your GitHub or GitLab account. You’ll see the Connect Your Code screen.

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Step 2: Connect your repository

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Step 3: Connect integrations (optional)

Gitar can pull context from issue trackers and observability tools to enrich reviews and rules. You can connect Jira, Linear, and others now, or skip and add them later from settings.

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Step 4: See Gitar in action

Once connected, Gitar runs an initial scan of your repositories. You have two ways to see it work:

1. Open a new PR/MR — Create a pull request or merge request with some changes. Gitar starts working automatically on any PR activity in connected repositories.
2. Try Gitar on existing PRs — Look for the “Try Gitar on Open PRs” card in the dashboard to trigger Gitar on your existing pull requests.

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Step 5: Review Gitar’s feedback

Within a few minutes, Gitar posts a dashboard comment on your PR/MR with an overview of its analysis. Here’s what happens next:

• CI fails — Gitar analyzes the failure and posts a root cause. If auto-apply is enabled (or you ask for a fix), Gitar pushes a fix commit.
• Code review — Gitar posts inline review comments on the lines with issues, with a consolidated summary in the dashboard comment
• Comment instructions — Reply to Gitar’s comment with natural language to ask for changes

When all checks pass, the PR is ready to merge:

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Next steps