Open Code Review
Customizable multi-agent code review for AI-assisted development
Quick Start
Prerequisites: Node.js >= 20, Git, and an AI coding assistant.
# 1. Install the CLI globally
npm install -g @open-code-review/cli
# 2. Initialize OCR in your project
cd your-project
ocr init
# 3. Launch the dashboard and run your first review
ocr dashboard
Your browser will open the OCR dashboard — you're ready to run your first review.
ocr init detects your installed AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and 11 more) and configures each one automatically. Then open the dashboard to run a review, browse results, and manage your workflow from the browser.
Or run reviews directly from your AI coding assistant:
/ocr:review # Claude Code / Cursor
/ocr-review # Windsurf / other tools
/ocr-review Review against openspec/spec.md # With requirements
Why Open Code Review?
When you ask an AI to "review my code," you get a single perspective — one pass, one set of priorities. OCR changes that fundamentally:
- Multi-agent redundancy — Multiple reviewer instances examine your code independently. Different attention patterns catch different issues. What one reviewer misses, another finds.
- Discourse before synthesis — Reviewers don't just produce findings — they debate them. They challenge assumptions, validate concerns, and surface questions no single reviewer would ask.
- Fully customizable teams — Pick from 28 reviewer personas (including famous engineers like Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, and Sandi Metz), create your own persistent reviewers, or describe ephemeral one-off reviewers inline.
- Requirements-aware — Pass in a spec, proposal, or acceptance criteria. Every reviewer evaluates the code against your stated requirements, not just general best practices.
- Project context — OCR discovers your standards from
CLAUDE.md, .cursorrules, OpenSpec configs, and other common patterns. Reviewers apply your conventions.
┌─────────────┐
│ Tech Lead │ ← Orchestrates the review
└──────┬──────┘
│
┌─────────────────┼─────────────────┐
│ │ │
▼ ▼ ▼
┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐
│ Your Team │ │ Your Team │ │ Your Team │
│ Composition │ │ Composition│ │ Composition │
└─────────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └─────────────────┘
│ │ │
└─────────────────┼─────────────────┘
│
┌──────▼──────┐
│ Discourse │ ← Reviewers debate findings
└──────┬──────┘
│
┌──────▼──────┐
│ Synthesis │ ← Unified, prioritized feedback
└─────────────┘
Note: OCR does not replace human code review. The goal is to reduce the burden on human reviewers by catching issues earlier — so human review is faster and more focused on things machines can't catch.
Table of Contents
The Dashboard
The dashboard is the recommended way to run reviews, browse results, and manage your workflow. Launch it with ocr dashboard.
Run reviews and maps
