Feature Suggestions

[LinceMathew]

Feature Suggestions

Here are a few feature ideas that could improve the LiveReview:

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1. Stale Review Alerts & Nudges

Automatically detect PRs that have been waiting for review beyond a configurable threshold (e.g. 24h, 48h) and send alerts to the assigned reviewer — via email, Slack, or an in-app notification. The goal is to reduce review bottlenecks
passively without requiring manual follow-up from the PR author. Threshold can be configured per repo or org, with an escalation chain that notifies the team lead if still unaddressed.

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2. Create Issue from Review Comment

Add a "Create Issue" button directly on review comments. Non-blocking issues raised during review can be converted into tracked issues instantly — without leaving the review interface — so they aren't forgotten but also don't block the merge. The issue is auto-populated from the comment text and file context, and linked back to the original comment for traceability.

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3. Standards Compliance Checklist via rules.md

Teams define their coding standards, review expectations, and quality gates in a rules.md file at the root of the repository. LiveReview reads this file and auto-generates a checklist on every PR summary that reviewers must complete before approving. This keeps standards version-controlled, team-owned, and easy to update without touching any platform settings.

A basic rules.md template could look like:

Review Standards

• Code follows naming conventions
• No hardcoded secrets or credentials
• New functions have corresponding tests
• API changes are documented
• No unnecessary console.log / debug statements

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4. Large PR / Commit Split Suggestion

When a PR or commit exceeds a configurable size threshold (lines changed, number of files), LiveReview surfaces a warning encouraging the author to consider splitting it. Three enforcement modes give teams control over how strictly this is enforced:

• Advisory — show a warning, author can proceed
• Soft block — author must add a justification comment before submitting for review
• Hard block — strict size limit enforced, PR cannot be submitted for review

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5. Review Streaks & Leaderboard Dashboard

Add a gamification layer to the LiveReview dashboard — track individual reviewer streaks (consecutive days with at least one completed review) and a team leaderboard showing total reviews, streaks, and turnaround times. Includes a streak freeze of one grace day per week so weekends don't break streaks unfairly.