Automate pull request descriptions in Azure DevOps with Azure OpenAI

In this blog, you will learn how to leverage Azure OpenAI’s large language models to generate pull request descriptions based on the changes in your code.

Overview

The goal is to create seamless automation that summarises the code changes in a pull request using natural…

10/02/2025 Article Bloggers John Lokerse

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