Crit – local review tool for agent plans and code diffs
Crit is a single-binary CLI that opens your file or code diffs in a browser with GitHub-inspired interface. Your favourite agent acts on the feedback and responds back - continue until you're happy. I've been building this for a few months now and it's been helping me a lot juggling parallel conversations with agents, making it easier to actually review the plans they generate and the resulting code - all before it hits GitHub. It also allows you to export the plans to a hosted service (which you can self-host for privacy), to solicit feedback from your team. No account needed, and reviews…
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Crit is a CLI tool that displays file changes and code diffs in a browser with a GitHub-like interface for reviewing agent-generated plans and code before deployment. Users can provide feedback directly in the tool, and their chosen AI agent responds and iterates based on comments until changes are approved. The tool supports sharing reviews with team members through an optional hosted service or self-hosted alternative, requires no account setup, and automatically deletes reviews after 30 days of inactivity.
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Crit is a single-binary CLI that opens your file or code diffs in a browser with GitHub-inspired interface. Your favourite agent acts on the feedback and responds back - continue until you're happy. I've been building this for a few months now and it's been helping me a lot juggling parallel conversations with agents, making it easier to actually review the plans they generate and the resulting code - all before it hits GitHub. It also allows you to export the plans to a hosted service (which you can self-host for privacy), to solicit feedback from your team. No account needed, and reviews are automatically deleted after 30 days of inactivity.
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