What is the main difference between steward.foo and CodeRabbit?

CodeRabbit is an AI code reviewer that reads pull requests and leaves review comments, summaries and suggestions. Steward is built around yes/no questions your team writes: it scores them on every pull request and push to main, checks low scores against the code, and tracks findings in the PR thread until they are fixed or dismissed.

Is Steward better than CodeRabbit?

We have not benchmarked the two against each other and do not claim that. They take different approaches, and some teams may want both. See CodeRabbit's own documentation for what it does today.

Will Steward block my merges?

Steward is flag-first. Findings are comments, and only questions you mark as hard limits can block.

How do I install steward.foo?

Go to /install, the only install path. Install the GitHub App, connect your agent over MCP, and a human confirms a short code. Scoring starts in shadow mode, so nothing is posted to your PRs while it calibrates.

steward.foo vs CodeRabbit

A general reviewer, or your own questions.

CodeRabbit is an established AI code reviewer that reads pull requests and leaves comments, summaries and suggestions. Steward is built around a different unit: yes/no questions your team writes, scored on every pull request and push to main, with checked findings tracked in the PR thread until they are fixed or dismissed.

They can complement each other. We have not benchmarked the two against each other, and this page does not claim one is better. See CodeRabbit’s own documentation for what it does today.

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steward.foo vs CodeRabbit, side by side

The two start from different places. This compares approaches, not quality.

Dimension	steward.foo	CodeRabbit
Unit of review	Your team’s yes/no questions, grouped by context	The diff, through a general review lens
Where standards come from	You write them as questions	Built-in review plus the configuration it offers
Output	Findings with file and line evidence in the PR thread	Review comments, summaries and suggestions
Cutting false alarms	Low scores become candidate concerns; a check against the code drops false alarms	Its own filtering; see its documentation
Blocking	Flag-first; only hard-limit questions can block	Depends on how it is configured
Getting started	GitHub App, MCP connection, one human click on a short code; shadow scoring first	See its documentation

Where each one fits

Reach for CodeRabbit when you want a general reviewer

It reads each pull request and leaves feedback on the change in front of it, a sensible default lens for most codebases.

Reach for Steward when your standards are specific

If you can state what matters as yes/no questions, like whether every new interactive element works by keyboard, Steward checks them on every pull request and push to main, and keeps each concern open in the PR thread until it is fixed or dismissed.

steward.foo vs CodeRabbit FAQ

What is the main difference between steward.foo and CodeRabbit?: CodeRabbit is an AI code reviewer that reads pull requests and leaves review comments, summaries and suggestions. Steward is built around yes/no questions your team writes: it scores them on every pull request and push to main, checks low scores against the code, and tracks findings in the PR thread until they are fixed or dismissed.
Is Steward better than CodeRabbit?: We have not benchmarked the two against each other and do not claim that. They take different approaches, and some teams may want both. See CodeRabbit's own documentation for what it does today.
Will Steward block my merges?: Steward is flag-first. Findings are comments, and only questions you mark as hard limits can block.
How do I install steward.foo?: Go to /install, the only install path. Install the GitHub App, connect your agent over MCP, and a human confirms a short code. Scoring starts in shadow mode, so nothing is posted to your PRs while it calibrates.

Install Steward.

One GitHub App install and one human click to confirm a short code. Scoring starts in shadow mode, so nothing is posted to your PRs while it calibrates.

Install steward