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The PR process agent should be the general trend. AI coding has caused a massive influx...

The PR process agent should be the general trend. AI coding has caused a massive influx of single-visit users and stars to Github, and stars have begun to experience serious inf...

April 21, 2026 · 1 min read

The PR process agent should be the general trend.

AI coding has caused a massive influx of single-visit users and stars to Github, and stars have begun to experience serious inflation.

The number of open source projects is also growing exponentially.

Overall it should be a good thing for the open source world.

However, it has brought a series of side effects.

The burden of PR review for the maintainers of large open source projects is getting heavier and heavier.

I remember that there was a maintenance complaint a few days ago.

Now the number of PRs has a lot of junk content, which is unbearable.

I understand the idea of ​​​​the author of this article should be a practice of agentic PR.

I personally feel that it is a good idea.

PR is only one part of it, and the entire process should be agentic.

There should be considerable progress in this area this year.

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