Ability to preview the output without updating PR, to try out different models and configurations

[lephuongbg]

It would be very helpful if CLI has a dry run mode that doesn't update the PR, but output a .md file to preview the results.

If this is possible, it will help to iterate through different models, instructions, best practices, etc. and evaluate their results quickly without spamming comment on the PR page.

[mrT23]

yep, it is supported

https://qodo-merge-docs.qodo.ai/ai_search/

[davidsantiagobillin]

How could I pass this parameter when using the service from Docker?
I tried this way, but it doesn’t work.

docker run --rm -it \ -e PUBLISH_OUTPUT=false \

[sharoneyal]

💡 Auto-generated documentation-based answer:

To run PR-Agent dockerized on your local machine without publishing comments to the PR, you need to set the publish_output parameter to false. Here's how to do it with the Docker command:

docker run --rm -it -e OPENAI.KEY=<your key> -e GITHUB.USER_TOKEN=<your token> -e CONFIG.PUBLISH_OUTPUT=false codiumai/pr-agent:latest --pr_url <pr_url> review

This will run the review tool locally without publishing any comments to the PR. The same approach works for other tools like /ask, /improve, etc.

You can also increase the verbosity level to see more output locally:

docker run --rm -it -e OPENAI.KEY=<your key> -e GITHUB.USER_TOKEN=<your token> -e CONFIG.PUBLISH_OUTPUT=false -e CONFIG.VERBOSITY_LEVEL=2 codiumai/pr-agent:latest --pr_url <pr_url> review

This configuration is useful for debugging or experimenting with different tools without affecting the actual PR.

Relevant Sources:

• https://github.com/qodo-ai/pr-agent/blob/main/docs/docs/usage-guide/automations_and_usage.md#local-repo-cli
• https://github.com/qodo-ai/pr-agent/blob/main/docs/docs/installation/locally.md#using-docker-image