Frequently asked questions
What does Prelint actually review?#
How is this different from code review?#
Code review answers whether the code works. Prelint answers whether the code should exist. The two cover different layers and are designed to run together — see Product review vs code review.
How much does Prelint cost?#
$1 per completed review from a prepaid credit balance. No seats, no subscription. New organizations get $10 in credits without a credit card, and reviews on public repositories are free. Details in Pricing and credits.
What counts as a completed review?#
A review that finishes and posts findings, or posts "no findings," on a pull request. Failed, cancelled, and timed-out reviews are free.
Are re-reviews after a force push charged?#
Yes. Each completed review is $1, including re-reviews triggered by a force push or new commits. Pending runs cancelled because newer commits arrived are free.
Are CI bot commits charged?#
No. Dependabot, Renovate, GitHub Actions, and Snyk never trigger reviews.
How long does setup take?#
Minutes. Install the GitHub App, select repositories, and open a pull request. No CI changes, no YAML, no build step. See Getting started.
Does Prelint execute my code?#
No. Prelint reviews code and never executes it. There is no code-execution environment in the product.
Do you train AI models on my data?#
No, by contract rather than policy. Neither Prelint nor its model provider trains on your data, and prompts are discarded after each response.
Can another customer see my data?#
No. Your data is reachable only through your account, behind a dedicated storage access point. See Security.
What can non-engineers do with Prelint?#
Ask why something works the way it does and get answers grounded in your specs, without interrupting engineers. Product questions stop blocking engineering.