The .droid.yaml file at the root of your project allows you to customize Droid behavior through a simple YAML configuration. This powerful tool enables you to tailor Factory’s AI-driven assistance to your specific needs.
We are constantly adding new options to configure Droid through the .droid.yaml. Your feedback helps us prioritize which options we make available first.

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Basic Structure

Here’s an overview of the .droid.yaml structure: 
review:
  guidelines:
    # Review guidelines
  auto_review:
    # Auto-review settings
  # Other review settings
Let’s dive into each section in detail.

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Review Settings

The review section configures how Droid performs code reviews.

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Guidelines

review:
  guidelines:
    - path: "**/example"
      guideline: "example guideline"
  • path: An fnmatch pattern specifying which files the guideline applies to.
  • guideline: The specific instruction for Droid to follow during reviews.

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Auto-Review Settings

review:
  auto_review:
    enabled: true
    draft: false
    bot: false
    ignore_title_keywords:
      - "WIP"
      - "DO NOT MERGE"
    ignore_labels:
      - "droid-skip"
    excluded_base_branches:
      - "example_branch"
  • enabled: Enable automatic code review on pull request open (default: false).
  • draft: Enable automatic code review on draft pull requests (default: false).
  • bot: Enable automatic code review on pull requests authored by bots (default: false).
  • ignore_title_keywords: Skip review for pull requests with these keywords in the title.
  • ignore_labels: Skip review for pull requests with these labels.
  • excluded_base_branches: Skip review for pull requests on these base branches.

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Other Review Settings

review:
  pr_summary: true
  file_summaries: true
  tips: true
  github_action_repair: true
  path_filters:
    - "!**/*.log"
  enable_skip_reason_comments: true
  • pr_summary: Generate a summary of the pull request (default: true).
  • file_summaries: Generate summaries of modified files (default: true).
  • tips: Include Droid Tips in the review (default: true).
  • github_action_repair: Suggest solutions to GitHub Action failures (default: true).
  • path_filters: Patterns to include/exclude for review. Use cautiously.
  • enable_skip_reason_comments: Add comments explaining why Droid skipped a review.

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Validation

If you have access to Review Droid, it will automatically verify your .droid.yaml when modified in a pull request. Otherwise, use a YAML validation tool to ensure valid YAML syntax.

Review Droid Guidelines

Learn how to set up effective guidelines for Review Droid