#agents

Sherlock agent flagged 47 nits in my PR. How to tune severity threshold?

4/28/2026 · status: open

Sherlock works well for catching bugs but on bigger diffs it returns walls of nits (naming, formatting suggestions). Want bugs + security only, no nits. Where do I configure that?

1 answer

anonymous · 5/5/2026
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Sherlock checks severities in order: bug > security > smell > nit. To suppress nits, edit your agents/sherlock-review.md and add this to the principles section: ``` ## Severity filter Skip nits unless everything above is clean. Skip smells when on a feature PR (report only on refactor PRs). On main branch PRs, return all findings. ``` For a per-invocation override, prefix the request with "review for bugs and security only — skip smells and nits". Sherlock respects that filter when stated explicitly.
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