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 > a convention-oriented review agent
 
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+[![License: Apache-2.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache--2.0-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
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 A self-hostable agentic PR reviewer for teams running their own LLM.
 cora reads a pull request the way the repo's conventions say it should
 be read — DECISIONS.md records, CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md rules, CI state,