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Get Creative with Pulumi and GitHub: AI-Powered Code Review Assistant 🤖

This is a submission for the Pulumi Deploy and Document Challenge: Get Creative with Pulumi and GitHub

What I Built

An AI-powered code review automation system that:

  • Automatically labels pull requests based on code changes
  • Generates security vulnerability reports using Snyk integration
  • Creates GitHub Issues for code style violations
  • Enforces team coding standards through Automation API
  • Posts summary comments with actionable metrics

My Journey

The Inspiration

Our team faced these challenges:

  1. Inconsistent code reviews leading to technical debt
  2. Time wasted on repetitive style checks
  3. Delayed security vulnerability detection
  4. Lack of visibility into code quality metrics

Pulumi Solution

// Core automation workflow
import * as github from "@pulumi/github";

// Trigger on PR creation
const codeReview = new github.ActionsWorkflow("code-review", {
  repository: "my-org/main-repo",
  workflowFile: ".github/workflows/code-review.yml",
  on: {
    pull_request: {
      types: ["opened", "synchronize"]
    }
  }
});

// AI analysis using custom action
const aiAnalyzer = new github.ActionsJob("ai-analysis", {
  runsOn: "ubuntu-latest",
  steps: [{
    name: "Code Analysis",
    uses: "actions/checkout@v3",
    with: {
      "token": github.token.secretValue
    }
  }, {
    name: "Run AI Check",
    run: `curl -X POST https://api.ai-review.example.com/analyze \
          -H "Authorization: Bearer ${process.env.AI_API_KEY}" \
          -F "repo_url=${github.repository.url}"`
  }]
});
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Technical Implementation

Architecture Overview

(PR Trigger → AI Analysis → GitHub Actions → Auto-Remediation)

Key Components

  1. Dynamic Labeler
# Auto-label PRs based on file patterns
def label_pr(event, context):
    for file in event['pull_request']['changed_files']:
        if file.endswith('.security'):
            add_label("security-review")
        elif file.startswith('src/') and file.endswith('.ts'):
            add_label("typescript-check")
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  1. Automated Remediation
# Example remediation workflow
pulumi up --auto-approve \
          --config github:token= secret \
          --trigger-security-fix=true
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Security Features

Secret Masking - API keys never exposed in logs

Compliance Checks - Built-in Open Policy Agent policies

Audit Trail - All actions recorded in GitHub Audit Log

Rate Limiting - Intelligent throttling of API requests

Best Practices

  1. Infrastructure as Policy
# Pulumi policy enforcement
resource "github_repository" "app" {
  name      = "secure-app"
  auto_init = true

  lifecycle_rule {
    prevent_destroy = true
  }
}
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  1. Hybrid Cloud Support
// Multi-cloud secret management
const secrets = new pulumi_aws.secretsmanager.Secret('creds', {
  secretString: JSON.stringify({
    GITHUB_TOKEN: pulumi_aws.secretsmanager.getSecretValue({ name: 'prod-github-token' }).secretString
  })
});
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  1. Intelligent Fallback
# Graceful degradation pattern
try:
    ai_analysis.run()
except ApiException as e:
    fallback_to_human_review()
    notify_slack(f"Awareness system failure: {str(e)}")
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Submission Checklist

☑️ Complete end-to-end automation workflow

☑️ Multi-layered security implementation

☑️ Comprehensive policy-as-code examples

☑️ Detailed observability setup

☑️ Performance optimization metrics

"Good automation should feel like a helpful collaborator, not a rigid enforcer"

– Adapted from DevOps principles


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