From Commit to Inbox: Automating Change Summaries with Azure AI
Introduction In our small development team, we usually merge code without formal pull requests. Instead, changes are committed directly by the developer responsible for the project, and while I don’t need to approve every change in my role as the senior developer, I still need to stay aware of what’s being merged. Manually reviewing each commit was becoming too time-consuming, so I built an automated process using Power Automate, Azure DevOps, and Azure AI. Now, whenever a commit is made, it triggers a workflow that summarizes the changes and sends me an email. This simple system keeps me informed without slowing down the team’s work. Although I kept the automation straightforward, it could easily be extended further. For example, it could be improved to allow me to reply directly to the committer from the email or even display file changes in detail using a text comparison feature in Outlook. We didn’t need that level of detail, but it’s a good option if deeper insights are ever ...