AI lets us ship code faster than ever — but who's checking the quality? In this session, I'm joined by Erfan Al-Hossami, engineer at CodeRabbit, for a hands-on walkthrough of the AI code review platform that's quickly becoming essential in the age of Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor.

We go end-to-end: installing CodeRabbit on a GitHub repo, reviewing real PRs on a Next.js project, addressing critical/major/nitpick comments, and then switching to the CodeRabbit CLI so you can trigger reviews directly from your terminal — no PR required. Whether you're a solo dev vibe coding features or a team trying to stop AI slop from reaching main, there's a workflow in here for you.

🔗 Try CodeRabbit: https://coderabbit.link/hamed
📚 CodeRabbit Docs: https://docs.coderabbit.ai
🎥 CodeRabbit YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CodeRabbitAI

⏱️ Chapters
00:00 Intro — Why AI code review matters now
01:16 What is CodeRabbit?
05:01 Review workflows: PRs, CLI, and Claude Code plugin
06:45 Installing CodeRabbit & connecting GitHub
08:57 Org settings: review profiles (Chill vs Assertive)
12:39 Path instructions & framework-specific guidelines
14:47 Walking through a real PR review
16:00 Severity levels: Critical, Major, Minor, Nitpicks
18:40 Does CodeRabbit understand your codebase context?
21:07 Web search, docs, and CLAUDE.md support
24:04 Fixing comments with Claude Code
29:58 Dashboard: metrics, knowledge base, quality
32:38 MCP integrations (Context7, Linear, Jira, CircleCI)
43:23 The CodeRabbit CLI
46:07 Local reviews without a PR
48:15 Claude Code plugin
55:28 Sub-agent workflows & rate limits
58:12 Wrap-up & what's next

🔧 What we cover
- Setting up CodeRabbit on a fresh repo
- Configuring review profiles and path instructions
- Reading CodeRabbit's PR summaries, walkthroughs, and sequence diagrams
- Using Claude Code to auto-address review comments
- Running CodeRabbit locally via CLI before pushing
- Installing the Claude Code plugin for inline reviews
- Learning how CodeRabbit adapts to your team's conventions over time

💬 Let me know in the comments if you'd like a follow-up video diving deeper into React 19 / Next.js 16 specific rules, MCP integrations, and more advanced team workflows.

Big thanks to Erfan for joining — drop your questions below and I'll see if we can get him back for a round two.

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Hamed Bahram

A hands-on walkthrough of CodeRabbit, an AI-powered code review platform that integrates with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket. The demo covers setting up CodeRabbit on a Next.js project, understanding its comment categories (critical, major, minor, nitpick), using the GitHub PR workflow to review and address AI-generated code, and using the CodeRabbit CLI and Claude Code plugin to review changes locally before pushing. Key features highlighted include codebase-aware reviews, Linear/CircleCI integrations, MCP server support, configurable review profiles (chill vs assertive), and an organizational knowledge base that learns team conventions over time.

Stop Shipping AI Slop: CodeRabbit Reviews Your PRs Before You Merge