Recent Changes lets LatchLoop find and understand pull-request history for the GitHub repository connected to your current project. It can inspect the latest work or look further back across a week, month, release period, or older part of the repository’s history.
You can use it to review code, write release notes and documentation, plan new work, or understand how a feature evolved. You do not need to know GitHub commands or read raw code differences yourself.
What can it inspect?
- The latest merged work: With no PR or range specified, LatchLoop returns the 10 most recently merged pull requests, newest first. Ten is the default result set, not a limit on how far the tool can look.
- One specific pull request: Ask for a PR by number to retrieve its details, description, and code diff. This works well for a deep code or bug review.
- A historical range: Ask for PRs within a date window, a PR-number range, or both. For example, you can inspect everything merged during a release period or revisit older work.
- Larger result sets: LatchLoop can move through multiple pages of results. You can ask it to continue when one page is not enough.
- Different result order: Results can be sorted by merge date, PR number, or last update, in either direction. Ask for oldest first or “chronological order” when creating a changelog.
- Other PR states when needed: Searches use merged PRs by default. If you ask explicitly, LatchLoop can instead inspect open PRs, closed PRs, or all states.
LatchLoop can use helpful context such as a PR’s title and number, author, description, labels, GitHub link, merge or update time, commit count, and the size and files affected by the change.
For a broad search, LatchLoop can first identify and summarize the relevant PRs without loading every code diff. It can then inspect individual diffs where useful. You can also ask it to include detailed changes for several listed PRs, although targeted follow-up reviews are usually clearer for a large history.
How to use it
Ask in plain language from an Ask thread or while LatchLoop is building, reviewing, documenting, or planning work. When pull-request history is relevant, LatchLoop invokes Recent Changes and uses the results in its response.
Mention the period, PR numbers, order, or PR state you care about. If you do not provide any of these, LatchLoop starts with the latest 10 merged PRs.
Example prompts
- “Summarize the 10 most recently merged PRs.”
- “What changed in PR #123? Review its diff for possible bugs.”
- “Write a changelog for PRs merged between June 1 and June 30.”
- “Review PRs #120 through #135 in chronological order.”
- “Continue with the next page of merged PRs.”
- “Check whether any open PRs overlap with this feature.”
- “Before building this, inspect changes merged this week that might affect it.”
- “Review my implementation against related changes from the last month.”
- “Write feature documentation using PR #123 and the other PRs from that release.”
Common use cases
- Bug review: Inspect a specific diff for regressions, edge cases, or risky changes.
- Changelogs and release notes: Gather PRs from a release window and summarize them in chronological order.
- Feature documentation: Use PR descriptions and code changes to explain what shipped.
- Implementation planning: Learn what recently changed before deciding how to build a feature.
- Conflict and duplication checks: Compare planned work with merged or open PRs that may overlap.
- Historical research: Trace older decisions and understand how part of the product changed over time.
Tips and troubleshooting
- Use a specific PR number when you want a detailed code review.
- For long histories, start with a bounded date or PR-number range. LatchLoop may scan a very broad history in smaller sections and ask you to narrow the range or continue to another page.
- Start with summaries, then ask LatchLoop to inspect the diffs for the PRs that matter most.
- Make sure the current LatchLoop project has the correct repository connected and usable GitHub access.
If LatchLoop cannot find the repository, check the project’s repository connection and GitHub App permissions. If a PR cannot be found, confirm its number and that it belongs to the connected repository. Temporary GitHub access or rate-limit errors may require reconnecting GitHub or trying again later.
For more help connecting or authorizing a repository, see GitHub Integration.