Getting started

Introduction

Arcanist reviews your changes in a private copy of your repository. It reads the code and runs checks to investigate possible bugs, then gives you a merge recommendation with the evidence behind each finding.

Start with GitHub Connect a repository and review a pull request. Start from your terminal Set up Arcanist and review your local commits.

How reviews work

Connect a repository and prepare an environment so Arcanist can run your code. Start a review from GitHub, the app, or your terminal. Read the findings and their evidence before deciding what to merge.

Find a guide

Prepare an environment to install dependencies and provide setup information.
Read a review to understand recommendations, findings, and approvals.
Set review defaults to choose when automatic reviews run.

This section has its own page. Open get started.

This section has its own page. Open connect your repositories.

This section has its own page. Open prepare an environment.

This section has its own page. Open read a review.

This section has its own page. Open set review defaults.

This section has its own page. Open use the cli.

This section has its own page. Open get help.

This section has its own page. Open find a missing repository.

This section has its own page. Open invite your team.

This section has its own page. Open understand the status.

This section has its own page. Open provide setup information.

This section has its own page. Open understand the recommendation.

This section has its own page. Open read the evidence.

This section has its own page. Open review new commits.

This section has its own page. Open understand github approvals.

This section has its own page. Open automatic reviews.

This section has its own page. Open approval settings.

This section has its own page. Open review access.

This section has its own page. Open set up your repository.

This section has its own page. Open review local commits.

This section has its own page. Open a review does not start.

This section has its own page. Open setup needs attention.

This section has its own page. Open contact us.