lgtm-ai-action

GitHub Action to run lgtm-ai.

This action can be used to perform automatic code-reviews or write reviewer guides using LLMs, thanks to lgtm-ai.

Usage

Input	Description	Required	Default
ai-api-key	API key for AI service (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.)	✅	-
git-api-key	API key for GitHub (you can use GITHUB_TOKEN)	✅	-
pr-number	Pull request number to review	✅	-
model	AI model to use (e.g. gpt-4o, claude-3-5-sonnet-latest, gemini-2.0-flash)	❌	Uses config file or tool default
version	LGTM AI version (latest, v0.7.2, etc.)	❌	latest
publish	Whether to publish the review as PR comments	❌	true
exclude	File patterns to exclude (e.g. '*.md *.json package-lock.json')	❌	"" (none)
config	Path to lgtm.toml configuration file (e.g. '.lgtm.toml')	❌	"" (none)
verbose	Enable extra verbose output (-vv instead of -v)	❌	false

Quick Usage

- name: AI Code Review
  uses: elementsinteractive/lgtm-ai-action@v1
  with:
    ai-api-key: ${{ secrets.AI_API_KEY }}
    git-api-key: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    model: 'gpt-5'
    pr-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}

Full Workflow Example

This simple workflow will perform a review whenever someone comments /lgtm review in a pull request.

name: LGTM Review

on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created]

jobs:
  lgtm-review:
    needs: check-permission
    if: |
      github.event.issue.pull_request &&
      startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/lgtm review')
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout PR code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          ref: refs/pull/${{ github.event.issue.number }}/merge

      - name: Run LGTM Review
        uses: elementsinteractive/lgtm-ai-action@v1
        with:
          ai-api-key: ${{ secrets.AI_API_TOKEN }}
          git-api-key: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          pr-number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
          model: 'gpt-5'

Tip

The action will autodiscover any lgtm.toml file in your repository so you can fully configure lgtm-ai. See the configuration documentation.