coderabbit-data-handling

name	coderabbit-data-handling
description	Implement CodeRabbit PII handling, data retention, and GDPR/CCPA compliance patterns. Use when handling sensitive data, implementing data redaction, configuring retention policies, or ensuring compliance with privacy regulations for CodeRabbit integrations. Trigger with phrases like "coderabbit data", "coderabbit PII", "coderabbit GDPR", "coderabbit data retention", "coderabbit privacy", "coderabbit CCPA".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit
version	1.11.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","coderabbit","compliance"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code, also compatible with Codex and OpenClaw

CodeRabbit Data Handling

Overview

Manage code review data and sensitive patterns with CodeRabbit. Covers secret detection in PRs, sensitive file exclusion from AI review, review comment data retention, and configuring what code context gets sent to the AI engine.

Prerequisites

• CodeRabbit installed on repository
• Understanding of sensitive file patterns
• Repository admin access for configuration
• Secret scanning tools awareness

Instructions

Step 1: Exclude Sensitive Files from Review

# .coderabbit.yaml - Data handling configuration
reviews:
  path_filters:
    # Never send these to AI review
    - "!**/.env*"
    - "!**/credentials*"
    - "!**/secrets*"
    - "!**/*.pem"
    - "!**/*.key"
    - "!**/*.p12"
    - "!**/serviceAccountKey*"
    - "!**/terraform.tfstate*"
    - "!**/*.tfvars"

    # Exclude large generated files
    - "!**/package-lock.json"
    - "!**/pnpm-lock.yaml"
    - "!**/yarn.lock"
    - "!**/*.generated.*"
    - "!**/dist/**"
    - "!**/coverage/**"

Step 2: Secret Detection Instructions

# .coderabbit.yaml - Instruct AI to flag secrets
reviews:
  path_instructions: