February 6th 2026
Skills are now auto-ingested as context files
cubic now automatically detects and includes.claude/skills/ files as context during code reviews. If your team uses Claude Code skills to define coding patterns, workflows, or conventions, cubic will use them to better understand your codebase.No configuration needed — just commit your skills and cubic picks them up.February 5th 2026
Fix PRs merged analytics is now available
The Fix PRs merged metric is now available in Analytics.You can use it to track how many cubic-authored fix PRs were merged in the selected period.February 4th 2026
CLI sessions analytics is now available for everyone
The CLI sessions metric was previously internal-only. It’s now available to everyone in the analytics dashboard so you can measure CLI adoption across your team.Open your analytics dashboard to view the new metric.
February 3rd 2026
Notifications now use work emails
Email notifications for repo scans, wiki completions, and other alerts now prefer your configured work email over your GitHub profile email.If you’ve set a work email in your team settings, cubic will send notifications there instead of your GitHub email (which may be a noreply address). This ensures notifications reach your actual inbox.February 3rd 2026
Faster CLI performance
The cubic CLI is now significantly faster across all operations.Command execution, file processing, and response times have been optimized for a smoother developer experience.February 1st 2026
Custom auto-approve criteria
You can now define your own criteria for when cubic auto-approves PRs. Choose the new Custom option in AI review settings and write a prompt describing when PRs should be approved.For example, you might only want to auto-approve changes to documentation, configuration files, or tests—while requiring human review for any source code changes. Your custom prompt gives you full control.Note that custom approval only applies when cubic finds no issues. The standard review always runs first; your criteria provide an additional approval gate for clean PRs.
January 30th 2026
Faster onboarding
Onboarding is now significantly faster, especially for organizations with many repositories. UI performance has also improved throughout settings and configuration.January 28th 2026
Install the CLI without Node.js
The cubic CLI can now be installed without requiring Node.js or npm:January 21st 2026
Faster onboarding
Teams with many repositories used to face slow onboarding. We’ve massively sped that up and polished the experience, so you can get started with cubic faster.January 20th 2026
Update your senior reviewers
cubic learns from your senior engineers to produce more actionable PR reviews. You can now update your selected senior engineers directly in AI review settings.
January 15th 2026
Review draft pull requests
cubic can now automatically review draft PRs. This is disabled by default, but you can enable it in AI review settings.January 11th 2026
Custom instructions for wiki generation
You can now add custom instructions to guide how your wiki is generated. Open the More actions menu on a wiki, choose Custom instructions, and your guidance will be applied on the next regeneration. Learn more in the AI wiki docs.January 10th 2026
Improved wiki sharing
Wiki pages now have dedicated Share and Integrations buttons for easier access. Share your wiki with a single click, and quickly connect to Cursor or MCP from the new integrations menu.January 10th 2026
Free plan updated to 20 PR reviews per month
The free plan monthly limit has been adjusted from 40 to 20 AI reviews per month. This change helps us maintain service quality while continuing to offer a generous free tier for individual developers and small teams.January 8th 2026
Smarter file selection for large PRs
When a PR exceeds the file review limit, cubic now prioritizes the most important files and skips lower-signal ones like tests.January 7th 2026
Learn from your senior engineers
cubic now learns directly from your best reviewers. During onboarding, select your most experienced reviewers, and cubic automatically analyzes their historical PR reviews to extract learnings from the patterns they consistently validate.- Automatic learning extraction: cubic identifies what your senior engineers care most about in code reviews
- Visible in Learnings Tab: All extracted learnings appear in your Learnings Tab as “Team patterns”
January 4th 2026
Merge confidence summary is now generally available
The merge confidence summary feature has graduated from experimental and is now available for all users. This feature adds a 1-5 confidence score to cubic’s reviews, helping you quickly assess the risk of merging a pull request.The score considers factors like test coverage, code complexity, and potential regressions to give you a high-level view of merge safety before you dig into the details.Enable it in AI review settings, or viacubic.yaml:January 3rd 2026
December 29th 2025
Auto-approve PRs [Experimental]
We’ve added a new experimental feature that lets cubic automatically approve PRs after a successful AI review. This is especially useful for teams that want to unblock low-risk PRs without waiting for a human reviewer.By default, auto-approve is disabled and cubic only comments on PRs. You can change this to approve when no issues are found and the AI determines the PR is low-risk, or approve all PRs without issues regardless of risk.Enable in AI review settings under Experimental, or viacubic.yaml:December 28th 2025
Search for settings with ⌘K
Finding the right setting in cubic’s dashboard can be tricky when you’re still learning where everything lives.Now you can press⌘K (or Ctrl+K on Windows) to search for any AI review setting by name, like “sensitivity”, “ignore files”, or “PR descriptions”, and jump straight there.December 28th 2025
”Custom Rules” are now “Custom Agents”
We’ve renamed “Custom Rules” to “Custom Agents” across the product. This better reflects what they actually do - they’re not just static rules, but intelligent agents that understand context, learn from feedback, and adapt their review behavior.Everything works exactly the same. Your existing agents, settings, and configurations are unchanged.December 27th 2025
Review PRs in cubic directly from GitHub
AI-generated PR descriptions can now include a link to open the PR in cubic. One click takes you from GitHub to cubic’s review interface with full context, architecture diagrams, and AI insights.Enable this experimental feature in AI review settings under Experimental, or viacubic.yaml:December 25th 2025
Smarter reply intent
We improved the model that decides when cubic should reply, so it’s less likely to jump into human-to-human threads.Before, cubic was too eager to reply to these (see this example of a discussion between humans in the PostHog repository).December 25th 2025
Mention cubic to run a review
Until now, tagging@cubic or @cubic-dev-ai in a GitHub comment without a command would display a help message listing available actions. Now a bare mention triggers a review automatically.December 25th 2025
Merge confidence summary
Assessing the risk of merging a pull request often requires manually weighing test coverage, code complexity, and potential regressions.We’ve added a new experimental feature: a merge confidence score included directly in your reviews.It shows a high-level confidence score summarizing the safety of the mergeDecember 21st 2025
Experimental AI review section
We’ve added an experimental section in AI review settings so power users can opt into early features. The first experiment available is architecture diagrams in cubic reviews.- Architecture diagrams visualize how changes connect across files and components
- They highlight scope and data flow before you dig into diffs
December 19th 2025
Background agent improvements
Tracking the status of AI fixes and managing how they were applied was often opaque. It’s now easier to follow the agent’s progress and control how fixes are delivered.- Direct fixes: cubic can now push fixes directly to your PR branch. Tag
@cubic-dev-aiwith “fix this in the commit” to apply changes directly. - Isolated PRs: Tag
@cubic-dev-aiwith “fix this in a new PR” to keep changes in a separate branch. - Faster execution: Agents initialize more quickly and handle transient errors better.
- Live status: Fix comments now include a link to a real-time progress page.
December 18th 2025
Download wikis as markdown
You can now export any AI wiki as a markdown file. This makes it easy to pipe the content into existing documentation pipelines or even commit it to your own repository.- One-click export: Download the current wiki version directly from the sidebar
- Great for docs tooling: Handy for workflows like Read the Docs and internal repos
December 16th 2025
Auto-resolve threads when issues are addressed
When cubic detects that a code review comment has been addressed by a subsequent commit, it can now automatically resolve the GitHub thread—no manual cleanup needed.- Automatic thread resolution: When you push a commit that fixes an issue cubic flagged, the thread is marked as resolved
- Enabled by default: New installations have this enabled automatically
- Configurable per repository: Toggle in AI review settings or via
cubic.yaml
cubic.yaml:
December 10th 2025
Wiki auto-refresh
Keeping documentation in sync with code is often a manual, forgotten chore.cubic’s AI Wiki can now automatically stay up to date. You can schedule wikis to regenerate weekly or monthly, ensuring your documentation always reflects the latest changes without any manual effort.- Set it and forget it: Choose your refresh schedule and let cubic handle the rest
- Always current: New team members and non-technical stakeholders always see the latest architecture and feature explanations
December 9th 2025
Incremental reviews
When you push new commits to an open PR, cubic will now review those incremental changes. Comments are only posted when new issues are discovered, so you won’t see repeated feedback on existing code.- Faster feedback: Reviews complete in seconds by focusing only on what changed
- Less noise: Existing issues aren’t repeated; only new problems are flagged
incremental_commits field in cubic.yaml.December 1st 2025
One-click feedback
Giving feedback on cubic’s AI comments is much easier. cubic now pre-populates a thumbs up and thumbs down on every review comment. This allows you to flag false positives or validate good catches in a single click – and ultimately improving cubic’s accuracy.You can enable this in the AI review settings.
November 29th 2025
Priority labels on all AI review comments
AI review comments now display priority labels (P0–P3) that reflect the severity of the issue.- P0: Critical issues like security vulnerabilities, data loss, or crashes
- P1: High-priority bugs and significant logic errors
- P2: Medium-priority code quality and maintainability concerns
- P3: Low-priority style suggestions and minor optimizations
November 28th 2025
Identifying team members in your subscription
Identifying team members by GitHub handle alone in the cubic subscription team list was difficult.You can now see full GitHub display names alongside handles when managing seats and roles.November 25th 2025
Improved prompt for AI agents
The “Prompt for AI agents” copy now asks your AI to verify issues before fixing them. Many of you were already doing this manually—now it’s built in.November 25th 2025
Bulk update AI review settings
Managing AI review settings across dozens of repositories was previously a manual, repetitive process. It’s now easier to configure AI review behavior for your entire organization in one go.When you select “All repositories” in the repository picker, changes to your AI review settings—like enabling reviews or PR descriptions—are automatically applied to every repository you have access to.- One-click configuration: Enable or disable AI features for all repositories simultaneously
- Smart validation: Automatically checks permissions for each repository during the update
- Detailed feedback: See exactly which repositories were updated and if any failed
November 23rd 2025
Run your first AI review when you sign up
New users can now trigger an AI review as soon as they sign up—no need to push a fresh PR first. This lets teams see cubic in action immediately on their existing work instead of waiting for the next commit.November 21st 2025
Easily spot noisy custom rules
If a custom rule is often ignored by reviewers, it is probably too noisy.We now highlight these rules in your custom rules list with a “Low acceptance” badge. This makes it easier to find rules that need tuning or removal so your AI reviews stay focused on real issues.
November 15th 2025
Version-control AI review settings with cubic.yaml [Public Beta]
You can now manage all your AI review settings in acubic.yaml file at your repository root. Commit the file and cubic automatically applies those settings to every review—no UI toggles needed.Already configured everything in the UI? Just download a cubic.yaml directly from your portal that contains all your existing settings, commit it once, and you’re set—no need to recreate anything by hand.
- Version-controlled configuration: Every setting change goes through code review, just like your code
- Repository-level settings: Configure AI review sensitivity, custom instructions, and ignore patterns
- Custom rules in YAML: Define review rules directly in the file instead of the UI
- PR descriptions and issues: Control PR description generation and issue fix buttons
- IDE validation: VS Code, Cursor, and JetBrains validate the file as you type with autocomplete and error checking
November 14th 2025
New dashboard home
We’ve added a new dashboard home page that shows you everything important right when you sign in. You’ll see your key metrics and next steps for getting started.
November 14th 2025
Cancel active AI reviews
You can now stop an in-progress AI review directly from the GitHub Checks UI. Open the cubic · AI code reviewer check on your PR and click Cancel AI review to immediately end the run.November 13th 2025
Simplified AI review settings navigation
We’ve simplified the AI review settings interface to make it easier to find and configure review options.
November 9th 2025
AI reviews now launch up to 10× faster
We’ve rebuilt how AI reviews initialize to reduce wait times and deliver faster feedback.- Large repositories: Cold starts could previously take 8–10 minutes. Now they complete in 1–2 minutes—a significant improvement for complex codebases.
- Small repositories: Reviews start a bit faster, typically within seconds for most PRs.
November 4th 2025
UI performance improvements
Loading and navigation in the cubic UI is now significantly faster thanks to a performance pass.This is especially noticeable when modifying AI review settings, working with custom rules, and navigating through settings across different repositories.October 31st 2025
Free plan now includes 40 PR reviews per month
We’ve increased the free plan monthly limit from 10 to 40 AI reviews per month. This gives free users more flexibility to review code across their projects while still maintaining the upgrade path for teams that need unlimited reviews.The monthly quota resets automatically on the 1st of each month, and all existing features remain available—unlimited platform access, analytics, stacked PRs, and notifications.October 30th 2025
PR descriptions update automatically on new commits (beta)
AI-generated PR descriptions now refresh automatically when you push new commits, so reviewers always see an up to date summary.This feature is enabled for all teams—no configuration needed.
28th October 2025
Answer questions with latest documentation about libraries and frameworks
We’ve upgraded cubic’s ability to answer questions about libraries and frameworks.When you ask cubic questions in a PR, or in reply to a cubic comment, cubic can reply using the latest documentation in real-time. This means you get accurate, up-to-date answers about APIs, methods, and best practices, even for libraries that have changed since cubic’s training data.
23rd October 2025
Archived repositories are now hidden
Archived repositories are no longer shown in the UI, reducing clutter for organizations with many archived repos.22nd October 2025
Real-time progress in GitHub check runs
cubic now shows live progress updates in GitHub check runs while reviewing your PRs.You can see exactly what cubic is analyzing in real-time, giving you better visibility into the review process instead of waiting without status updates.
14th October 2025
cubic now links to stored learnings
From now on, when cubic learns from your feedback, it will reply with a link to where that learning is stored, allowing anyone to easily see all learnings and edit or delete them.Additionally, when cubic reviews a pull request and flags an issue because of a stored learning, it will reference that in its comment, making it easy to jump into the underlying guidance.9th October 2025
Memory & Learning improvements
cubic learns your team’s preferences from feedback you provide in comment replies.Until now, providing feedback on the same topic multiple times would create duplicate learnings. Now, when you provide feedback on a topic that cubic already knows about, it’ll smartly decide whether to update its existing learning or create a new one.15th September 2025
Automatic detection of resolved violations
cubic now automatically detects when code review violations are resolved in subsequent commits, streamlining your PR workflow and reducing manual tracking overhead.
What’s new
- Violation tracking: When you push new commits to a PR, cubic analyzes the changes to detect if they resolve previously identified issues
- Visual feedback: Resolved violations display a clear indicator in PR comments showing which commit fixed the issue
How it works
- cubic reviews your PR and identifies violations
- You push commits to address the feedback
- cubic automatically analyzes the new changes against existing violations
- Resolved violations show a comment with the commit that fixed the issue
- No manual tracking or bookkeeping required
10th September 2025
Single AI prompt for all PR issues
Each cubic review now contains a single prompt that you can paste into your AI code editor to address all of the issues found by cubic.- Aggregated prompt: All issues in one expandable section in the main review
- AI-friendly format: XML structure that AI assistants easily parse
- Smart truncation: Prioritizes important issues for large PRs
1st September 2025
Welcome guidance for first-time contributors
New contributors now receive personalized onboarding when cubic reviews their first PR.The welcome message provides guidance on how to interact with cubic, request fixes, and give feedback, helping teams onboard developers more smoothly.27th August 2025
Introducing the cubic referral program
Earn up to $2,000 for every team you refer to cubic. Share the tools you love and get rewarded when teams upgrade to paid plans.What’s new
- Tiered rewards: Earn 2,000 in Amazon gift cards based on team size
- Extended trial for referred teams: 30-day trial instead of the standard 14 days
- Unlimited referrals: No cap on how many teams you can refer
How it works
- Get your unique referral link from cubic.dev/refer
- Share it with teams who could benefit from cubic
- Earn rewards when they upgrade to a paid subscription
22nd August 2025
Advanced ignore patterns for smarter AI reviews
Your PRs now get reviewed with much more precision. Beyond skipping certain files, you can now control exactly which pull requests trigger AI reviews based on branches, labels, and titles.Key improvements:- Branch-based filtering: Skip reviews for PRs from feature branches or targeting staging environments
- Label-based control: Bypass review for PRs tagged with “wip”, “skip-review”, or any custom labels
- Title pattern matching: Ignore draft PRs or work-in-progress changes automatically
21st August 2025
Custom instructions for AI-generated PR descriptions
Tailor PR descriptions to match your team’s style. Set custom instructions once, and every AI-generated description follows your preferences automatically.Key improvements:- Custom instructions: Define exactly how PR descriptions should be formatted
- Dedicated tab: Access all PR description settings from the new Descriptions tab
- Smart enhancement: Instructions work alongside existing PR content
- “Focus on business impact and user-facing changes”
- “Include performance implications and affected APIs”
- “Add testing steps to verify changes”
20th August 2025
Ask questions, give feedback, and request fixes from cubic without tagging it
Until now, developers often forgot to tag cubic when giving feedback or asking questions.Now, cubic can respond to comments that don’t explicitely tag it. Simply reply to any cubic comment to continue the conversation - no @ mention needed.What’s new
- Natural conversations: Reply directly to cubic comments like you would with a teammate
- No repeated tagging: Once cubic comments, just hit reply to continue
- Context-aware: cubic maintains full thread context for better suggestions
How it works
cubic responds in two ways:- Direct mentions: Tag @cubic-dev-ai anywhere (existing)
- Thread replies: Reply to cubic comments without tagging (new!)
- cubic suggests an improvement
- You: “This would break our legacy API”
- cubic provides an alternative approach
- You: “What about error handling?”
- cubic suggests error handling
14th August 2025
Asana integration: Bring task context to your code reviews [Beta]
Connect your Asana workspace to cubic and automatically verify that your code meets the requirements from your tasks. cubic also uses context from your Asana tasks to provide more targeted reviews and PR descriptions.
- Go to Settings → Integrations
- Click “Connect” on the Asana card
- Authorize cubic and select your workspace
- Start linking tasks by including Asana URLs in your PR descriptions
10th August 2025
AI Wiki: Your codebase becomes self-aware [Beta]
Understanding codebases required hours of digging through code and outdated documentation. It’s now easier to understand any part of your codebase instantly with AI-generated documentation and natural language search.
- One-click generation: Analyzes your entire repository and creates comprehensive documentation in 3 minutes
- Natural language Q&A: Ask questions like “How does authentication work?” and get instant answers with code references
- Shareable answers: Share search results with teammates via URL - anyone in your GitHub organization can access
- Auto-organized documentation: Browse by feature, service, or domain with automatic structure detection
- Full context for AI reviews: Wiki powers smarter code reviews with complete architectural understanding
6th August 2025
Manage custom rules across hundreds of repositories from one place
If you’re managing dozens or hundreds of repositories, you know the pain of creating the same custom rule over and over.cubic now offers a powerful rules library where you can discover proven custom rules from other successful teams and apply them across your entire organization with just a few clicks.
- Community-powered library: Browse popular rules from other teams, organized by category like security, performance, and best practices
- One rule, multiple repositories: Create a rule once and apply it to any number of repositories—from
- Central management: Enable or disable rules across all your repositories from a single dashboard
- Instant adoption: See a rule that would help your team? Enable it with one click
- Teams with microservices architectures managing dozens of repositories
- Organizations looking to standardize coding practices across all projects
- Engineering teams wanting to learn from community best practices
- Anyone tired of duplicating the same rules across multiple repos
1st August 2025
Analytics dashboard to track your team’s progress [Beta]
Understanding how your team ships code is now easier with cubic’s new analytics dashboard. Get instant insights into review performance, delivery metrics, and team productivity patterns.
- AI review insights: Track how AI reviews are helping your team catch issues and improve code quality
- Team performance metrics: Monitor PR velocity, review times, and individual contributor stats
- Filter by repository: Focus on specific repositories to understand performance at a granular level
- Flexible time periods: Choose from last 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days, all time, or set custom date ranges
- Period-over-period comparisons: See how your metrics trend over time with automatic period-over-period comparisons
- How has our time-to-merge improved this week?
- Who are our most active reviewers and contributors?
- Are we catching more issues before they reach production?
- Which team members receive more review comments?
- Which repositories need more review attention?
30th July 2025
Automatically fix issues that cubic finds [Beta]
cubic can now automatically generate fixes for issues identified during code review. When the AI or your teammates spot a problem, you can request a targeted fix with one click.No more opening your IDE and checking out the branch to fix a minor issue.
- Instant fix generation: Click the “Generate fix” button on any inline review comment or tag @cubic-dev-ai asking for a fix
- Targeted pull requests: PRs that cubic opens to fix the requested issue automatically target your original PR’s branch, not main. You can review the fix separately before merging
- Full context awareness: The AI understands the surrounding code and generates appropriate solutions
- Seamless workflow: Review, test, and merge fixes just like any other PR
- Look for the “Generate fix” button in comment actions on any AI review comment
- Or tag @cubic-dev-ai in a comment: “fix this issue” or “can you generate a fix?”
- cubic will create a new PR with the proposed fix in 1-3 minutes
- Review the fix PR and merge when satisfied—it goes straight into your feature branch
28th July 2025
Suggested custom rules
When you first sign up, cubic analyzes your comment history to suggest custom rules you can enable.Until now, these rules were suggested the same way for all your repositories.We’ve updated it so each repository now gets suggestions tailored to its specific comment history.24th July 2025
Acceptance criteria assessment for linked issue tickets
Your PRs now automatically check whether your code changes actually meet the acceptance criteria from your linked issue tracker tickets. No more merging code that doesn’t quite do what was asked.- Multiple issue trackers: Works with both Linear and Jira integrations.
- Automated verification: AI analyzes your PR against each acceptance criterion from the linked ticket.
- Clear status tracking: See which criteria are met, partially met, or not met in a formatted table.
- Detailed explanations: Get specific feedback on how your changes address (or don’t address) each requirement.
- Connect your Linear or Jira workspace in integration settings
- Include the ticket ID in your PR title, description, or commit messages (e.g., “PROJ-123” or “ENG-456”)
- cubic automatically links the ticket and checks your changes against its acceptance criteria
22nd July 2025
Less noise in TypeScript, Rust, and other statically-typed languages
cubic’s AI review helps catch issues early, but we’ve heard feedback on overly noisy comments in certain statically-typed languages.Until now, it would often flag errors that compilers or linters in languages like TypeScript or Rust would catch anyway.We’ve tuned this down, so you’ll now get fewer distractions and more relevant, high-value reviews.21st July 2025
Jira integration (beta)
We’ve launched a new Jira integration, now available in beta. Connect your Jira workspace to cubic and watch your AI reviews get way smarter with full issue context.
- Context-aware AI reviews: Your linked Jira issues feed requirements and acceptance criteria directly to the AI, making reviews much more accurate.
- Smart PR descriptions: Let cubic generate pull request descriptions based on your linked Jira tickets automatically.
- Automatic issue association: Branch names are parsed to link relevant issues - no manual tagging needed.
17th July 2025
Fix cubic comments in your AI IDE
When cubic leaves a comment, it will now include a helpful prompt that can copy and paste into your AI IDE to get help addressing the feedback.Key features:- Instant AI context: Each comment now includes a collapsible prompt formatted for AI assistants
- Complete information: Includes the comment, file name, line number, and relevant code diff
- Easy copying: Formatted as a code block for one-click copying
12th July 2025
Linear integration (beta)
We’ve added a new integration with Linear, now available in beta. This connects your issue tracker to cubic for better context in AI reviews and PRs.Key features:- Context for AI reviews: Include details from linked Linear issues to help the AI understand requirements.
- PR descriptions from issues: Generate pull request descriptions based on linked Linear tasks.
- Settings controls: Toggle these options in your integration settings after connecting your Linear workspace.
4th July 2025
@file support in AI chat
When using AI chat in a cubic PR, you can now tag specific files to give the AI extra context. Just type @ and select the file you want to include. The AI will use these files to give you more relevant answers.
3rd July 2025
Configurable PR approval
A long-requested request from cubic power-users is to allow automatic approval of pull requests without detected issues.This is especially useful for teams who want to allow low-risk PRs to be merged without waiting for AI reviews.Now, this behavior is fully configurable in your AI review settings. By default, cubic will only comment on PRs with identified issues, ensuring branch protection rules always apply.However, you can configure cubic to automatically approve PRs without issues. You can enable this in the AI review settings.2nd July 2025
Architecture diagrams
Pull requests now contain AI-generated diagrams of the code changes, so you can quickly visualize how your code changes fit together.The diagrams are automatically generated on every PR and updated on new commits. You can click, zoom, and explore them to get a clear view of what’s changing.Here’s what it looks like:
1st July 2025
Better help for cubic interactions
Tagging @cubic-dev-ai in any PR or PR comment without instructions now prompts cubic to respond with a helpful list of available actions. cubic shows you what it can do, including answering questions about the code, running AI reviews, and other available commands.Works with:@cubic-dev-ai, @cubic-dev-ai help, @cubic-dev-ai ?, or any unclear request.26th June 2025
Automatic free access for public repositories
cubic is now automatically free for all public repositories! No need to contact us or apply for open source access – simply install cubic on your public repositories and start using all features immediately at no cost.25th June 2025
Role-based access control for team management
We’ve introduced role-based access control to give teams better control over who can manage their cubic subscription and team settings. Every team member now has one of two roles: Admin or Member.What admins can do:- Manage seat assignments for team members
- Promote members to admin or demote admins to members
- Toggle auto-assign settings for new GitHub organization members
- Access billing and subscription management
- Use all cubic features (AI reviews, PR management, analytics)
- View team settings and subscription status
- Everything except managing seats and roles
- The first user who creates an installation automatically becomes an admin
- You cannot remove your own admin role (prevents accidental lockout)
- At least one admin is always required per installation
- Bot accounts (like Devin) are automatically assigned the member role and cannot be promoted to admin
22nd June 2025
Understand code faster with AI diagrams and navigation
The AI sidebar in cubic became more powerful. Until now, you could only ask it questions and ask it to run AI reviews. It’s now easier to understand code with visual aids and smart navigation.- Ask it to draw or visualize something, and it will create a diagram - useful for data flows or system design
- Ask it to show you where something is implemented - it will navigate you to the file or lines and highlight the relevant code. Helpful when reviewing code and need to find something quickly
20th June 2025
Tagging cubic in comments to ask questions and trigger AI reviews
Until now, cubic would review your PR when you first opened it, but you couldn’t ask follow ups. It’s now easier to interact with cubic throughout your PR review process.- Tag @cubic-dev-ai in any PR comment to ask questions about code, design, or implementation
- Re-trigger AI reviews by tagging @cubic-dev-ai after making changes
- Get clarification on specific AI suggestions by replying to them
- Provide feedback on AI reviews to help improve future suggestions
16th June 2025
Introducing cubic’s free plan
The barrier to getting started with AI-powered code reviews is gone. cubic is now completely free to use for every developer, with no subscriptions, trials, or credit cards required.What’s free:- Unlimited platform access - Browse, review, and manage all your pull requests
- 40 AI reviews per month - Get intelligent feedback on your most important PRs
- Full analytics & insights - Track your team’s progress and code quality trends
- All premium features - Stacked PRs, smart notifications, and advanced diff tools
10th June 2025
Only review the files you care about
Previously you could configure files and directories that cubic’s AI reviewer should ignore. Now, you can also tell cubic to run AI reviews on just the files or directories you specify, instead of the whole repository. This helps you avoid noise from generated files, dependencies, or folders outside your team’s responsibility.Set up include patterns in your repository’s AI review settings. For example, you might review onlysrc/** or apps/frontend/**. Exclude patterns let you skip files or folders you never want reviewed, such as dist/** or node_modules/**. Include and exclude patterns work together, giving you precise control over which files are checked. The AI pattern generator can help you write complex patterns if needed.5th June 2025
Improved AI review feedback deduplication
Pull request comments could be repetitive when similar issues appeared across files or rules. We’ve improved how cubic’s AI review deduplicates comments across all rules and files, making feedback more concise and less noisy.30th May 2025
Keyboard navigation for GIF picker
Selecting and inserting GIFs was previously only possible with a mouse, slowing down comment workflows. It’s now easier to browse and add GIFs using just the keyboard.Tip: When writing a comment, press⌘⇧G (mac) or Ctrl⇧G (Windows) to open the GIF picker.
29th May 2025
AI memory and learnings
Managing the AI’s understanding of your codebase was difficult without visibility or control over its learnings. It’s now easier to review and manage all feedback shaping the AI, in the AI review settings.You can now:- View all feedback incorporated into the AI’s memory, grouped by rule.
- Edit or remove learnings to keep the AI’s knowledge accurate.
- See actionable summaries and original feedback for each learning.
- Edit with keyboard shortcuts and confirm deletions in an accessible UI.
27th May 2025
AI-powered glob pattern wizard
Writing glob patterns for custom rules required manual syntax and could be error-prone. It’s now easier to generate glob patterns using plain English.To use it:- Open the custom rule editor.
- Click the wand icon next to the “Only run on” or “Never run on” fields.
- Describe file inclusions or exclusions in natural language.
- AI generates the corresponding glob patterns.
- Preview and apply patterns with one click.
25th May 2025
One-click AI suggested fixes
Applying AI-identified fixes required manual code changes. It’s now easier to apply highly confident AI suggestions with a single click.- Suggested fixes available directly in GitHub or cubic.
- Recommendations appear only for high-confidence suggestions.
22nd May 2025
Full rebrand completed: cubic
We’ve fully transitioned from mrge to cubic. Expect to see our new name across the app, documentation, GitHub, and Slack.Same powerful tool, clearer identity.16th May 2025
Better sidebar chat
Manually trigger AI reviews directly from the sidebar for instant feedback on any PR:- Start AI reviews without leaving the cubic interface.
- Get immediate insights on code changes and potential issues.
- Streamlined workflow for on-demand code analysis.
11th May 2025
Improved pricing and subscription management
We’ve simplified managing your seats and billing:- Quickly select developer seats with instant pricing updates.
- Clearly see savings for annual plans (20% discount).
- Instantly toggle seats on or off with real-time updates.
- Automatically sync seat assignments with GitHub access to avoid errors.
5th May 2025
Customizable AI review sensitivity
You can now tailor AI feedback to fit your team’s workflow:- Low: Minimal noise, only critical issues flagged.
- Medium: Balanced insights (default setting).
- High: Thorough checks for style, best practices, and potential issues.
30th April 2025
New insights & analytics dashboard
Gain clarity on your team’s performance:- Merge speed: Quickly view median merge times.
- Issue tracking: Track fixes driven by cubic’s suggestions.
- Critical issues feed: Direct links to recently identified high-priority issues.
- Team statistics: Monitor review activity and trends over time.
- Flexible reporting: Preset and custom date range options.
24th April 2025
Trigger AI reviews with GitHub @mentions
Request instant AI reviews anytime directly from GitHub:@cubic-dev-ai review this PRReceive immediate feedback without waiting for the scheduled cycle.Instant AI assistance whenever you need it.