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Get started

Getting startedWhat Anvil is, how invitations work, and what your first review looks like.Connect a repositoryInstall the GitHub app, or turn reviews on for a repository hosted on Anvil, and mirror a GitHub repository.Hosted repositoriesCreate repositories in Anvil, clone and push with an API token, issues, labels, pull requests, settings, collaborators and organisations.

Code review

The pull request workspaceLayers, files, diffs, inline findings, summaries, Ask, and reviews that post as you.ReviewsWhen reviews run, what they read, full vs incremental, severities, budgets and the commit status.CommandsEverything you can ask @anvil in a pull request comment.Configuration referenceEvery .anvil.yaml key with its type, default and an example.Pre-merge checksPlain-language rules judged on every review, and how to block merges with them.Agents that change codeApply suggestions, @anvil fix, fix ci, docstrings, tests, simplify, resolve conflicts, recipes and CI autofix.LearningsRules your team teaches Anvil, and how they're applied.

CI

CIRun history, job logs and log search, tests and flaky tests, monitors, runner sizing, and the runners for hosted repositories.ComputeLive CPU and memory of running jobs, runner capacity, compute history, and the public numbers endpoint.

Agents

MCP serverLet coding agents run workflows, read logs and fetch reviews over MCP.

Reference

Self-hostingRun Anvil on your own server with Docker Compose: install, the first admin, backups and moving servers.Security and dataWhere your code goes, what is stored, and how the agent and runners are isolated.FAQShort answers to common questions.