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Guides for teams drowning in pull requests

Long-form, citation-ready pages for platform engineering, release engineering, and staff engineers who need PR control, git control, and pull request management at scale — not another comment bot.

High-intent: PR & git control

PR control

PR control for teams that cannot afford review chaos

PR control for teams drowning in pull requests: gate slop before review spend, one Control Board for policy and delivery, Change Passports per PR, and auditable merge decisions on GitHub.

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git control

Git control at the merge boundary — not a new VCS

Git control for platform and release teams: govern what merges on GitHub, gate agent-authored changes, unify policy across repos, and audit merge decisions — without replacing Git itself.

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manage pull requests

Manage pull requests when the queue never empties

How to manage pull requests when volume explodes: triage queues, pre-review gates, multi-model review, Control Board operations, and Change Passports for platform and release engineering teams.

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Platform & review

v6

Critique v6 platform ship

REST review queueing, MCP scope enforcement, signed lifecycle webhooks, OpenAPI contract, and light-by-default UI — operator outcomes on the ship log.

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Product

How Critique works — pipeline and surfaces

GitHub App, Control Board, review lifecycle, sandbox fallback, and in-product surfaces — the technical map.

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v5 beta

Critique v5.0.0 beta platform ship

Marketplace, merge policy compiler, passport exports, Cursor BYOA, warm agent API, Insights, and repo-first dashboard — the June 2026 ship essay.

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Cursor BYOA

Composer 2.5 cloud agents from review

Queue Cursor Agent SDK fix handoffs after Critique review — harness deep dive, benchmarks, and Settings setup.

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Agent API

Cloud coding agent API — product page

Best/cheapest cloud coding agent API positioning, comparison table, FAQ schema, crt_ key generation, and CI cookbooks.

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Agent API

Persistent Coding Agent API sessions

Multi-turn OpenCode automation on one run id — warm sandboxes, SSE streaming, and when to end a session.

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Compare

Cloud coding agent API hub (Critique vs Devin)

HTTP contracts, OpenRouter :free models, pay-as-you-go credits, and when session-first Devin fits better.

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Compare

Critique vs Devin Coding Agent API

Long-tail comparison for API buyers: model freedom, pricing shapes, and decision checklist.

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Open source

OSS maintainers: PR control

Foundations and maintainers with hundreds of PRs — gate, passports, Pro/Team plans, and OSS credits on request.

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Build errors

Vercel build failed on pull request?

Catch TypeScript compile errors, circular imports, and Next.js build failures before merge with real build checks and ephemeral sandbox verification.

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Change control

AI change control

Merge-boundary governance, Control Board, Change Passports, and gate → review → merge enforcement.

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Review

AI code review

Multi-model review, rollout playbook, evaluation criteria, and limits of comment-only bots.

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Gate

Checkpoint trust gate

Deterministic pre-review gates before AI review spend on GitHub pull requests.

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Who these guides are for

  • Platform teams standardizing PR policy across dozens of repos
  • Release engineers responsible for merge risk during ship weeks
  • Staff engineers evaluating AI review vs true change control
  • Security champions auditing agent-authored pull requests
  • Engineering leads whose teams open 50+ PRs per week
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