reviewdog

name	reviewdog
description	Use this skill when the user wants to run automated code review, integrate linters with PR reviews, or perform static analysis on code.

reviewdog Plugin

Automated code review tool integrated with any code analysis tools regardless of programming language. Post review comments to pull requests with diff filtering.

Commands

Code Review

• reviewdog code review — Run code review on project

Utility

• reviewdog _ _ — Passthrough to reviewdog CLI

Usage Examples

• "Run code review on this project"
• "Review pull request changes"
• "Check for code issues"
• "Integrate linter with PR review"

Installation

brew install reviewdog

Or via Go:

go install github.com/reviewdog/reviewdog/cmd/reviewdog@latest

Examples

# Run with GitHub PR checks
reviewdog code review --reporter github-pr-check

# Run with GitHub checks
reviewdog code review --reporter github-check

# Local reporter (print to stdout)
reviewdog code review --reporter local

# Filter by added lines
reviewdog code review --filter added

# Filter by diff context
reviewdog code review --filter diff_context

# Filter by file
reviewdog code review --filter file

# No filter (all lines)
reviewdog code review --filter nofilter

# Fail on errors
reviewdog code review --fail-on-error

# Set report level
reviewdog code review --level error

# Use config file
reviewdog code review --conf .reviewdog.yml

# Also print to stdout
reviewdog code review --tee

# Any reviewdog command with passthrough
reviewdog _ _ --reporter github-pr-check --filter added
reviewdog _ _ --conf .reviewdog.yml --tee

Key Features

• Language agnostic - Works with any programming language
• Multiple reporters - GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, local
• Diff filtering - Only review changed lines
• Linter integration - Supports any static analysis tool
• CI integration - GitHub Actions, Travis CI, Circle CI, GitLab CI
• Configurable - YAML config file support
• Error formats - Supports various linter error formats
• SARIF support - Standard Analysis Result Format
• Code suggestions - Automatic fix suggestions
• Multiple reporters - Can report to multiple platforms

Notes

• Requires CI environment for PR reporters
• Diff filtering only reviews changed lines
• Can be used in CI pipelines
• Supports custom error formats
• Config file at .reviewdog.yml
• Perfect for enforcing code quality