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Alibaba's Code Review CLI

by Ashik Nesin Ashik Nesin

Alibaba has open sourced their AI-powered code review CLI tool that they’ve been using internally for years.

It reads Git diffs, sends changed files to a configurable LLM via an agent with tool-use capabilities, and generates structured review comments with line-level precision. The agent can read full file contents, search the codebase, inspect other changed files for context, and produce deep reviews — not just surface-level diff feedback.

How to get started?

Install the cli

npm install -g @alibaba-group/open-code-review

then configure the provider & model

ocr config provider          # Select a built-in provider or add a custom one
ocr config model             # Pick a model for the active provider

Then in your project, in your project you can ask it to review

ocr review

Reference

https://github.com/alibaba/open-code-review

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