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# Bot Activity

We currently filter out bot activity because it's useful to see patterns of how humans interact with other humans. However, we have work coming up soon to give you more control over

(1) What counts as a bot (bot = any actor that's not a human, so this includes your AI bots/agents)

(2) When you want to include/exclude bots from your metrics

If you're interesting in giving feedback on this, reach out at <hello@multitudes.com>.

In the meantime, read on below for more about how bots are handled in the app today.

### What we consider a bot

We consider an account to be a bot if it meets any of the following:

* A user that GitHub deems is of type `Bot` or `Organization`
* A user of type `User` with the string `-bot`, `[bot]`, or `dependabot` in the name (case sensitive). E.g., `bertie-bot` and `bertie-bott` would be considered bots, but `hannah-abbott` wouldn't.
* A user of type `User` with a name that exactly matches one in our specified list. This list includes common GitHub bots who come through with a type of `User`, like `netlify`, `linear-app`, `renovate`, `renovate-approve`, `github-actions` – as well as common AI bots/agents like Code Rabbit, Copilot, and more.&#x20;

### What we exclude

Once an account is identified as a bot, we exclude the following:

* PRs authored by bots.&#x20;
* A PR with `[snyk]` in the title (case insensitive).
* Reviews and comments left by bots. This means that these reviews and comments:&#x20;
  * Won't count towards PR review counts
  * Won't be included in [Review Wait Time](https://docs.multitudes.com/metrics-and-definitions/process-metrics/flow-of-work/review-wait-time) or other review metrics
  * Won't show up in the [Feedback Quality](https://docs.multitudes.com/metrics-and-definitions/people-metrics/collaboration/feedback-quality)/[Feedback Themes](https://docs.multitudes.com/metrics-and-definitions/people-metrics/collaboration/feedback-themes#how-we-calculate-themes) charts

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If you notice a bot account showing up in your metrics that you believe should be filtered out, let us know at <support@multitudes.com>.
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