Add AI review trigger commands to PR template

[sbryngelson]

Summary

• AI code reviews (CodeRabbit, Qodo) are no longer triggered automatically on every push
• Adds a visible section to the PR template with commands to manually request reviews

Test plan

• Verify new PR descriptions include the AI review section
• Confirm @coderabbitai review and /review / /improve commands work from PR comments

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated pull request template with AI code review guidelines and command options.

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ℹ️ Recent review info

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Review profile: CHILL

Plan: Pro

📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 5e28e4f and 8b034de.

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• .github/pull_request_template.md

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

A new "AI code reviews" section is added to the pull request template, documenting commands to request reviews and available trigger options. This is a template documentation enhancement with no functional code modifications.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Pull Request Template .github/pull_request_template.md	Added new "AI code reviews" section with instructions for requesting reviews and available trigger options.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Suggested labels

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Poem

🐰 A template evolves with care so bright,
New AI reviews section shines in sight,
Commands and triggers now clearly displayed,
For reviews more swift, in template's cascade! ✨

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Post copyable unit tests in a comment

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[github-actions]

Claude Code Review

Head SHA: 8b034de

Files changed: 1

• .github/pull_request_template.md

Summary:

• Adds an "AI code reviews" section to the PR template with manual trigger commands for CodeRabbit and Qodo
• No source code, build system, or test changes — purely documentation/template update
• Minimal change: 8 lines added, 0 deleted

Findings: No issues found.

Improvement opportunities:

• Consider adding a note that @coderabbitai full review should be preferred when rebased or after significant force-pushes, to avoid stale incremental context
• The /review and /improve Qodo commands lack the @qodo prefix that some Qodo integrations require — verify the exact invocation syntax matches the installed GitHub App configuration before merging

[github-actions]

Claude Code Review

Head SHA: 8b034def57846783715cb8367be8d327bfac7e46

Files changed: 1

• .github/pull_request_template.md

Summary:

• Adds an "AI code reviews" section to the PR template documenting how to manually trigger CodeRabbit and Qodo reviews
• Change is purely documentation/template — no source code, logic, or tests are modified
• Consistent with the goal of reducing noise from auto-triggered AI reviews on every push

Findings:

No correctness, precision, memory, MPI, GPU, or physics issues — this PR only touches the PR template markdown file.

Improvement opportunities (optional):

1. Command accuracy (minor): The command triggers a full review of the PR, not strictly an incremental review. Consider revising the description to "review" (no qualifier) or verify CodeRabbit's current behavior against their docs to ensure the label is accurate.

2. Qodo commands (minor): The Qodo and commands may be less familiar to contributors than CodeRabbit's. A brief note or link to Qodo docs could help new contributors understand when/how to use them.

3. Placement (nitpick): The new section is appended at the end after the GPU checklist. Placing it near the top (e.g., after "PR Description" or before the checklists) might make it more visible to contributors who may not scroll to the bottom.

Overall: clean, low-risk change. No blocking issues.

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Pull request overview

This PR updates the pull request template to document manual AI code review triggers. Since CodeRabbit and Qodo no longer automatically review PRs on every push, this addition makes it easier for contributors to know how to request reviews when needed.

Changes:

• Adds a new "AI code reviews" section to the PR template with commands for manually triggering CodeRabbit and Qodo reviews