How to Request a Copilot Code Review From the REST API and Set Its Effort Level
Request a GitHub Copilot code review from a script with the REST requested_reviewers endpoint, the GraphQL requestReviewsByLogin mutation, or gh pr edit, then control whether it runs at Lite or Balanced effort. Covers the bot login, the effort precedence chain, why the per-request effort field announced on October 2, 2026 is not in the published schemas yet, and how to read the effort that actually ran.