Source: https://internal-agents.com/agents/microsoft-prassistant

# Microsoft — PRAssistant

PRAssistant is Microsoft's internal AI code reviewer, built by its Developer Division Data and AI team. It joins each pull request as a reviewer, summarizes the change, and comments on specific lines with suggested edits the author applies. Microsoft says it shaped GitHub's Copilot code review.

- Approach type: Background agent
- Deployment stage: Scaled
- Autonomy: Drafts reviewed
- Evidence strength: Detailed primary
- Status: Internal
- First reported year: 2025
- Work: Code review
- Interfaces: Github
- Invocation: Event driven
- Entry reviewed: 2026-09-15

## Where people stay involved

- **pull request → AI review comments** — Work product review · Level 3

## Overview

### Summary

PRAssistant is Microsoft's internal AI code reviewer, built by its Developer Division Data and AI team. It joins each pull request as a reviewer, summarizes the change, and comments on specific lines with suggested edits the author applies. Microsoft says it shaped GitHub's Copilot code review.

Fact · Reported · High confidence · `microsoft-prassistant--summary`

Confidence reason: A linked first-party source states the claim.

Evidence:

- Supports · [1] [Enhancing code quality at scale with AI-powered code reviews](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/engineering-at-microsoft/enhancing-code-quality-at-scale-with-ai-powered-code-reviews/) · [Preserved copy](https://github.com/steel-experiments/internal-agents-map/blob/main/archive/sources/microsoft-prassistant-source-1/content.md)

## Supervision evidence

### Operating model assessment

Level 3 for pull request → AI review comments; human attention boundary: work-product-review.

Inference · Catalog judgment · Medium confidence · `microsoft-prassistant--operating-models-0`

Confidence reason: The engineering blog describes engineers acting on PRAssistant review comments, which locates human attention at work-product review.

Qualifications:

- Observation date: 2025-07

Evidence:

- Supports · [1] [Enhancing code quality at scale with AI-powered code reviews](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/engineering-at-microsoft/enhancing-code-quality-at-scale-with-ai-powered-code-reviews/) · [Preserved copy](https://github.com/steel-experiments/internal-agents-map/blob/main/archive/sources/microsoft-prassistant-source-1/content.md)

## Implementation details

### Interfaces

github

Fact · Reported · High confidence · `microsoft-prassistant--architecture-interfaces`

Confidence reason: A linked first-party source states the claim.

Evidence:

- Supports · [1] [Enhancing code quality at scale with AI-powered code reviews](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/engineering-at-microsoft/enhancing-code-quality-at-scale-with-ai-powered-code-reviews/) · [Preserved copy](https://github.com/steel-experiments/internal-agents-map/blob/main/archive/sources/microsoft-prassistant-source-1/content.md)

## Reported metrics

### Headline claim

Supports more than 90% of Microsoft PRs, impacting over 600,000 pull requests per month

Metric · Reported · Medium confidence · `microsoft-prassistant--headline-metric`

Confidence reason: Microsoft reported the figures in its own engineering blog without independent verification.

Qualifications:

- Reported by: Microsoft
- Scope: PRs supported by the internal AI review assistant across Microsoft
- Denominator: Company pull requests for coverage share
- Observation date: 2025-07

Evidence:

- Supports · [1] [Enhancing code quality at scale with AI-powered code reviews](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/engineering-at-microsoft/enhancing-code-quality-at-scale-with-ai-powered-code-reviews/) · [Preserved copy](https://github.com/steel-experiments/internal-agents-map/blob/main/archive/sources/microsoft-prassistant-source-1/content.md) · Preserved content.md, lines 10

### Key observation

More than 90% of pull requests across the company

Metric · Reported · Medium confidence · `microsoft-prassistant--key-metrics-0`

Confidence reason: Microsoft reported the figures in its own engineering blog.

Qualifications:

- Reported by: Microsoft
- Scope: PRs supported by the internal AI review assistant across Microsoft
- Denominator: Company pull requests for coverage share

Evidence:

- Supports · [1] [Enhancing code quality at scale with AI-powered code reviews](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/engineering-at-microsoft/enhancing-code-quality-at-scale-with-ai-powered-code-reviews/) · [Preserved copy](https://github.com/steel-experiments/internal-agents-map/blob/main/archive/sources/microsoft-prassistant-source-1/content.md) · Preserved content.md, lines 10

### Key observation

More than 600,000 pull requests impacted per month

Metric · Reported · Medium confidence · `microsoft-prassistant--key-metrics-1`

Confidence reason: Microsoft reported the figures in its own engineering blog.

Qualifications:

- Reported by: Microsoft
- Scope: PRs supported by the internal AI review assistant across Microsoft
- Denominator: Company pull requests for coverage share

Evidence:

- Supports · [1] [Enhancing code quality at scale with AI-powered code reviews](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/engineering-at-microsoft/enhancing-code-quality-at-scale-with-ai-powered-code-reviews/) · [Preserved copy](https://github.com/steel-experiments/internal-agents-map/blob/main/archive/sources/microsoft-prassistant-source-1/content.md) · Preserved content.md, lines 10

### Key observation

About 5,000 repositories in early onboarding

Metric · Reported · Medium confidence · `microsoft-prassistant--key-metrics-2`

Confidence reason: Microsoft reported the figures in its own engineering blog.

Qualifications:

- The source does not report the denominator of this figure.
- Reported by: Microsoft
- Scope: Repositories onboarded in early AI code-review experiments
- Method: Early experiments and data science studies across onboarded repositories

Evidence:

- Supports · [1] [Enhancing code quality at scale with AI-powered code reviews](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/engineering-at-microsoft/enhancing-code-quality-at-scale-with-ai-powered-code-reviews/) · [Preserved copy](https://github.com/steel-experiments/internal-agents-map/blob/main/archive/sources/microsoft-prassistant-source-1/content.md) · Preserved content.md, lines 35

## Sources

1. [Enhancing code quality at scale with AI-powered code reviews](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/engineering-at-microsoft/enhancing-code-quality-at-scale-with-ai-powered-code-reviews/)
   - Engineering blog · First party · Evidence
   - Original URL: <https://devblogs.microsoft.com/engineering-at-microsoft/enhancing-code-quality-at-scale-with-ai-powered-code-reviews/>
   - Published: 2025-07-14 · Accessed: 2026-08-13 · Last verified: 2026-08-31
   - Preserved copy in the repository: <https://github.com/steel-experiments/internal-agents-map/blob/main/archive/sources/microsoft-prassistant-source-1/content.md>
