EkLine Docs Reviewer quickstart for GitHub

EkLine’s Docs Reviewer agent catches style, grammar, and terminology issues in your documentation before they merge. This guide gets you from zero to automated PR reviews in under 5 minutes.

What you get

• Automated documentation review on every Pull Request
• Inline comments pointing to specific issues
• Style guide enforcement (Google, Microsoft, or custom)
• Merge blocking for critical violations

1. Get your EkLine token

   Sign up at ekline.io and copy your integration token from Settings > Organization > Access in the Dashboard.

2. Add the token to your repository

   Go to your GitHub repository:

   Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions → New repository secret

   • Name: EK_TOKEN
   • Value: paste your token

3. Create the workflow file

   Create .github/workflows/ekline.yml in your repository:

   name: EkLine Docs Review
   on:
     pull_request:
   
   jobs:
     review-docs:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       permissions:
         contents: read
         pull-requests: write
       steps:
         - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         - uses: ekline-io/ekline-github-action@v6
           with:
             content_dir: ./docs
             ek_token: ${{ secrets.EK_TOKEN }}
             github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
             reporter: github-pr-review

   Tip

   Change content_dir to match your documentation folder (e.g., ./src/docs, ./content, or . for root).

4. Open a Pull Request

   Commit the workflow file and open a PR with documentation changes. EkLine automatically reviews and comments on any issues.

You’re done

EkLine is now reviewing your documentation on every PR. You see inline comments like:

EK00031: In general, use active voice instead of passive voice (‘is loaded’). “The configuration is loaded” → “Load the configuration”

Next steps

• Configure filter modes to control what gets reviewed
• Ignore specific rules that don’t apply to your project
• Set up GitLab or Bitbucket instead

Common configurations

Review only changed lines (default)

filter_mode: added

Review entire changed files

filter_mode: file

Exclude directories

exclude_directories: |
  node_modules
  tests
  vendor

See the full GitHub Integration guide for all options.