In simple English
This tool acts as an extra pair of eyes for your code. It reads your latest changes and posts notes on potential bugs, security gaps, and slow patterns. You plug it into your GitHub workflow or run it on your own computer before you push. It supports major language model providers like Anthropic and OpenAI. You pay your chosen AI provider for each request.
What it is
Shippie is an open-source code-review agent written in TypeScript (a programming language that adds safety rules to JavaScript). It runs an agent loop to examine your diff, explore your files, and leave focused comments on pull requests.
What it is good for
Solo builders who want automated code reviews on GitHub without paying for a heavy hosted SaaS subscription. It helps catch exposed secrets and unhandled edge cases before your code reaches production.
- Runs directly inside GitHub Actions or locally on your command line.
- Compatible with multiple language model providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, and Cloudflare.
- Connects to external tools via the Model Context Protocol (an open standard for connecting AI models to data sources and developer tools).
- Requires an API key and a paid account with a language model provider to function.
- Setting up GitHub Actions permissions and repository secrets takes manual configuration.
- Uses Node (a system for running JavaScript outside a web browser) version 22.19 or higher on your machine if you build it locally.
Manual code review and basic linter rules
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