Start review automatically

Start review automatically

The extension lets you choose when an AI code review is triggered: as soon as you open a PR page, or only when you click the AI Review button.

You’ll find this under Review behavior in the extension popup: On (recommended) or Off.

What it does

• On — As soon as you land on a pull request or merge request page (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps), the extension starts the review automatically. The review runs in the background so it’s ready when you open the panel.


• Off — No review runs until you click the AI Review button. The panel still appears on PR pages, but the review is generated only after you click.

Cloud AI: we recommend keeping it On

If you use Cloud AI (the default provider), we recommend leaving Start review automatically On.

Reviews are triggered as soon as you open a PR page, so by the time you open the review panel the result is often already there or in progress. There’s no extra cost to you for this—reviews run in the cloud and don’t use your machine. Keeping it on gives you the smoothest experience.

Ollama (local): we recommend turning it Off

If you use Local Ollama, we recommend setting Start review automatically to Off.

With Ollama, the model runs on your machine and uses your GPU. If auto-start is on, every PR page you open will trigger a local review, which can:

• Use GPU and CPU even when you’re just browsing PRs


• Slow down other work on the same machine


• Run more often than you need

With Off, your local GPU is used only when you explicitly click AI Review, so you control when Ollama runs and can avoid unnecessary load.

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