Code review that reads your system.
AI agents now ship more pull requests than your team can read. Spinal validates your code against your production system - whether the code was human-written, AI-generated, or somewhere in between.
Free for 15 days · No credit card · CLI available
How we compare
Same diff. Different evidence.
Every reviewer here reads your diff. Spinal also reads your production system — and validates findings by writing tests and running them in CI.
| Capability | OursSpinal | CodeRabbit | Graphite | Greptile | Cursor Bugbot | GitHub Copilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writes and runs tests to validate findings | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Reads production context (metrics, logs, alerts) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Custom tools via MCP | — | — | — | |||
| GitHub + GitLab | GH only | GH only | GH only | |||
| Self-hosted / VPC | Enterprise | GHES | AWS, Ent. | — | GHES | |
| EU data residency | Enterprise | — | — | — | GHEC |
From each vendor's public pages · May 2026
Step 01
Connect and configure your repo.
Install the GitHub or GitLab App and pick which repos Spinal reviews. Set the review mode per repo — auto-review, auto-review with tests, or on-mention.
- Auto review + tests
openauth/api
default branch · main
- Auto review
openauth/web
default branch · main
- On mention
openauth/infra
default branch · main
Step 02
Plug in your production context.
Connect observability (Grafana, Datadog, Sentry), notifications (Slack, Teams), and any MCP servers your team uses. With these, findings cite real production behavior — not guesses.
Grafana
Observability
Datadog
Observability
Sentry
Observability
Slack
Notifications
- —
Microsoft Teams
Notifications
MCP servers
Custom tools
Step 03
PR opens. Review fires.
Webhook-triggered the moment a pull request is opened. No CI step to add, no bot to invite.
Add billing webhook handler
marie-l wants to merge into main from feat/billing-webhook
3 reviewers requested
@platform-team
CI · 4 jobs running
lint · type · unit · integration
Spinal · review in progress
Walking diff · gathering context · 6 tools queued
No CI step to add. No bot to invite. Spinal triggers the moment the PR is opened.
Step 04
Spinal validates risky changes.
Spinal understands your CI and writes focused test plans to validate your code against your production system.
POST /billing/webhook · idempotency
CreatedRan in CIReproduced bugMigration 0042 · backfill assertion
CreatedRan in CIPassedsubscriptions.plan_id non-null guard
CreatedRan in CIPassed
Enterprise
Built for regulated teams.
01 · Deployment
Self-hosted
Deploy in your VPC or on-prem. Your code and credentials never leave your perimeter.
02 · Identity
SSO
SAML and OIDC for Okta, Azure AD, and Google Workspace. SCIM provisioning supported.
03 · Audit
Full audit trail
Every tool call, finding, and decision logged with identity. Exportable to your SIEM.
See it on a real PR
See it on your next pull request.
Connect a repo. Open a PR. Spinal reviews it against your system — 15 days free, no credit card.