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Reviewer Guide

This track is for people reviewing pull requests in service_docs. It separates two jobs that are easy to blur together:

  • Understand the PR workflow, PR statuses, and reviewer actions.
  • Review the PR in GitHub and the rendered site preview.

For the shared responsibilities and Who owns what table, see Guide ownership and workflow. New-guide PRs are completed by the assigned FSE; existing-guide edits stay with the author. Required reviews remain TW/SE2.

Start with PR workflow to understand the required review order, labels, and PR statuses.

  1. Review and approve PRs - follow the role-specific reviewer actions and handoffs.
  2. How to review a PR - follow the click-by-click GitHub review workflow.

For a quick reminder of what to check in a guide, use the PR review checklist.

Appendix: Use review comment boxes - leave plain comments, Markdown notes, and GitHub suggestions from the Files changed view.

Use these pages together. The PR workflow defines the shared review order, labels, and statuses; the review-and-approve page explains reviewer actions and handoffs; the how-to page walks through the GitHub and preview steps; and the appendix shows how to write useful line comments and direct code change suggestions.