Reviews waiting on you, first
Your pending PR reviews, summarized with the key changes, so unblocking the team takes minutes
- Runs while your laptop is closed
- Reports in Littlebird and by email
- Free plan includes 5 routines
Three pull requests need your review, and the oldest has waited four days.
- Jordan's rate limit change, open four days: 14 files, including the login handler. This one needs a careful read.
- Casey Reed's invoice template update, open since yesterday: six files and new tests. It changes what customers see on every invoice.
- Brook Ellis's settings page copy, opened last night: three files of text changes, so it is a two-minute skim.
The problem
Every team has the same bottleneck: PRs aging in the queue while the reviewer is in meetings they did not choose. The author waits, the branch rots, the conflict arrives.
Review is the highest-impact interruption and the worst-scheduled one. It deserves a queue, not a notification pile.
What it does
This routine summarizes the PRs waiting on your review: what changed, how big, how risky, and how long it has been sitting.
You clear the queue in the gaps you already have, and the team stops shipping around your backlog.
Try the prompt
Copy it into a new Littlebird routine, then set the days and times that fit your schedule
- Open Littlebird and go to Routines. Open the menu next to New Routine and choose Set up manually.
- Paste the prompt into Instructions, then set the days and time under Run.
- Littlebird runs it on schedule from then on. You can pause or edit it anytime. Auto-pause is on by default and pauses it if reports go unread.
You can also choose Create with Littlebird and describe the routine in chat.
Every morning list all PRs awaiting my review with a summary of key changes
Why make it a routine?
You could paste a list of open PRs into a chat and ask which to review first. By the time you have gathered the list, you have done most of the job.
This routine works from the pull requests you have had open on screen and the review requests in your inbox: what changed, how big, how risky, how long it has been waiting.
The queue arrives each morning, ordered, so you clear it in the gaps you already have.
Frequently asked questions
How does it summarize a PR?
Title, scope, files touched, and the risk shape: enough to know whether it is a two-minute skim or a real read.
Does it review the code itself?
It organizes your queue. Judgment on the diff stays with the human whose name is on the approval.
What do I need to install?
Nothing beyond Littlebird. Connect GitHub and the routine runs on Littlebird's servers. The Mac or Windows app adds the pull requests you had open on screen.
Is the Mac app required?
No. Littlebird runs on Mac and Windows, and you can set up routines and read their reports on the web, iPhone and Android.
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