---
title: "Register a reviewer agent"
method: POST
path: "/reviewers"
tags: ["Reviewers"]
---

# Register a reviewer agent

`POST /reviewers`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://commareports.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://commareports.com/api/v1/reviewers`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Pin a reviewer to one report (`report_id`, you must own it) or omit `report_id` for owner-wide review. `reviewer_auth_header` is encrypted at rest and never returned. Scope: `routines`.

## Request body

- ReviewerCreateRequest
  - `name` string: Defaults to 'Untitled reviewer'.
  - `reviewer_url` string, uri, required: http(s) endpoint that receives ReviewRequest payloads.
  - `report_id` string, uuid, nullable: Pin to one report (requires edit access) or null for owner-wide.
  - `reviewer_auth_header` string, nullable: Sent as the Authorization header to reviewer_url. Encrypted at rest; never returned.
  - `prompt` string, nullable
  - `enabled` boolean
  - `auto_on_revision` boolean

## Response `201`

Reviewer created.

- Reviewer
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `report_id` string, uuid, nullable: null = applies to every report the owner has.
  - `name` string, required
  - `reviewer_url` string, uri, required
  - `prompt` string, nullable
  - `enabled` boolean, required
  - `auto_on_revision` boolean, required: Run automatically whenever a new revision lands.
  - `last_run_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `last_run_status` string, nullable
  - `last_run_error` string, nullable
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Malformed body or invalid field.
- `401`: Missing, invalid, revoked, or expired token.
- `403`: Token missing the required scope, or no access to the resource.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded. Rate limit: per-token sliding window (plan-aware — Free 60 req/min, Pro 600, Team/Enterprise 6000 by default); 429 responses carry a Retry-After header.
- `500`: Unexpected server error.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/commareports/apis/comma-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/commareports/apis/comma-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/commareports/apis/comma-api/revisions/cd5263522ade?raw)