— Setup

Connect Hound
to your GitHub

Four steps. No webhook configuration, no secrets to manage. The GitHub App handles everything.

Connect your GitHub repo ↗

Install in 30 seconds — no credit card required

1

Install the GitHub App

Click the button below to open the GitHub App page. You'll be asked to authorize Hound on your GitHub account or organization.

Install GitHub App ↗
Permissions requested:
  • Read pull request contents
  • Read repository code
  • Write issue comments
2

Select your repositories

Choose which repos Hound should review. You can start with one or select all of them — you can always update this later in your GitHub App settings.

3

Open a pull request

That's it. Hound picks up every new or updated PR automatically. Within minutes you'll get a comment on the PR with a full review.

4

Confirm the connection

After installing, verify everything is wired up correctly:

  • ✓ Hound appears in GitHub Settings → Applications
  • ✓ Opening a PR on a selected repo triggers a Hound comment within minutes

GitHub

PR event

Hound

review comment

GitHub PR

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