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# [How we built Dobby: a CodeRabbit-like PR reviewer we actually control](https://blogs.ashish-mishra.com/how-we-built-dobby-a-coderabbit-like-pr-reviewer-we-actually-control?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

TL;DR: We wanted PR reviews like the big commercial bots, but with control over cost and where our code goes. We tried Cursor cloud agents, then per-repo GitHub Actions, compared open tools, tried Mod

Aug 6 · 20 min read · blogs.ashish-mishra.com  
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[Julian Neagu](https://hashnode.com/@julianneagulab)

[Aug 12](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-we-built-dobby-a-coderabbit-like-pr-reviewer-we-actually-control/6a751737bb36d47fb7dd6b14/comment/6a7c6b6bb6c7883c7930c651)

I like that you shipped the simple version first. One useful summary comment beats a long feature list that never gets finished.