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How AI Agents Assist in Code Reviews & Pull Requests

Code reviews and pull requests are the heartbeat of modern software development. They’re where teams enforce standards, debate approaches, and catch mistakes before they slip into production. But anyone who has spent late nights combing through large diffs knows they can also be slow, tedious, and inconsistent. Copilot changed how developers write code. Now, AI agents are beginning to change how we review it. They don’t just autocomplete functions — they scan diffs, highlight risks, suggest tests, and even draft polite review comments. If Copilot was autocomplete on steroids, AI review agents are like having a sharp-eyed teammate always available to sanity-check your code. This piece continues the narrative from Blog 1 (which explored agents moving beyond Copilot in code generation). Here we look at the review side: research, tools, developer experience, risks, and where this is h...