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Build an AI code review bot in 30 minutes with Vercel Eve

5 August 2026Product

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Watch now | 🎙️ I used Vercel Eve agents and Codex to build Merge Mommy: a PR review bot that scores risk, auto-approves the easy ones, and pings me in Slack for the rest

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What a founder can learn

Founder takeaway

Start AI automation with a narrow, high-frequency workflow: classify work by risk, automate low-risk decisions, and route uncertain cases to a human.

Why it matters

This pattern creates immediate leverage without requiring full autonomy: routine work moves faster while consequential decisions retain human oversight.

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Put it to work

Choose one repetitive workflow this week. Define a simple risk score, the threshold for automatic action, and the channel for human escalation—then prototype it in 30 minutes.

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