Using AI with GitHub – Code Review, PR Summaries, and Automation

Once you connect your GitHub account, your Amplify assistant gains these capabilities:

All of this works from Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, or Slack — wherever you message your assistant.

The typical developer workflow for staying on top of a repository involves:

With the GitHub integration, the loop collapses: ask a question in your messenger, get the answer without leaving the conversation. This is especially valuable for:

Full setup guide: getamplify.team/github-setup

1. Morning Code Briefing

Set up a morning briefing that includes GitHub activity:

Every morning at 8am, your assistant sends:

- 3 open PRs awaiting review

- 2 new issues opened yesterday

- CI status: all green

- Last deploy: 14 hours ago

This runs automatically via scheduled tasks – no manual check needed.

2. Quick PR Summary

You're in Telegram and a teammate mentions they pushed a PR:

You: "Summarize PR #127"

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Assistant: "PR #127 adds rate limiting to the /api/search endpoint. Key changes: new RateLimiter middleware (src/middleware/rate-limit.ts), configuration via environment variables (RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW, RATE_LIMIT_MAX), and integration tests. 3 files changed, 142 additions."

Instead of opening GitHub, navigating to the PR, and scanning the diff, you get the summary in 10 seconds.

3. Security-Focused Review

You: "Review PR #127 for security issues"

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Assistant: "Two observations: (1) The rate limit window is configurable via env var but has no validation – a misconfigured value of 0 would disable rate limiting. Consider adding a minimum bound. (2) The rate limit key uses IP address only – behind a proxy, all users share one limit. Check if X-Forwarded-For is handled."

Not a replacement for thorough code review, but a useful first pass that catches common patterns.

4. Issue Creation from Chat

You notice a bug while chatting with a client:

You: "Create a GitHub issue: login page shows 500 error when user has special characters in their email. Repo: frontend. Label: bug, priority-high"

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Assistant: "Issue #89 created in frontend: 'Login 500 error with special characters in email' – labeled bug, priority-high."

No context switch. The issue is in GitHub with proper formatting by the time you finish the conversation.

5. Repository Activity Digest

You: "What changed in the API repo this week?"

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Assistant: "This week: 12 commits across 4 PRs. Major changes: payment webhook handler refactored (PR #124, merged Tuesday), new /v2/users endpoint (PR #125, merged Thursday), CI pipeline updated to Node 20 (PR #126, merged Friday). 1 open PR: #127 (rate limiting, awaiting review). 3 new issues, 2 closed."

Useful for weekly standups or catching up after time off.

These tools complement each other. Copilot helps you write code. CodeRabbit reviews PRs automatically. Amplify gives you repo awareness from your messenger – different problems, different solutions.

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