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Michael Seibel

Patched (YC S24) - Open-source workflow automation for development teams

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With Patched, development teams can create custom AI workflows to automate code reviews, documentation, and patches. The workflows can be self-hosted through our open-source framework and integrated with your preferred LLM, ensuring full privacy and control.

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Asankhaya Sharma
Maker
👋 Hey Product Hunt! We’re Asankhaya and Rohan—ex-researchers and second-time founders—on a mission to help developers automate the repetitive tasks they dread. Fun fact: we went to grad school at competing universities, and then went on to build competing developer security tools! Even though we were competitors, we both saw how development teams spent as much as 35% of their time maintaining and managing code instead of building new features. And yet, they struggled to reduce technical debt and feature backlog. We built Patched to change that. Patched is an open-source workflow automation framework for development teams. It automates tasks like code reviews, documentation, and patching through customizable AI-enabled workflows that you control. What sets Patched apart is its ability to run autonomously in the background, taking tasks off your plate without constant oversight like in the case of coding assistants. You can build workflows in plain text or through our visual builder, and everything translates into Python code that you can inspect and modify. Plus, our patchflows are open-source, giving you full control, customization, and privacy—right down to integrating your own LLM APIs if you prefer. Our users range from fast-moving startups to large banks, who love that they can leverage AI on their terms rather than using blackbox solutions. We’d love for you to try Patched - and if you like it give us a star on Github repo!
Pradhumn Vijayvargiya
@codelion great job building this, now I can see a lot of boring task getting streamlined with this workflow. Will share with the development team to give it a spin.
Andy Hwang
Looks promising! I like the idea of customizable AI workflows for dev tasks. One thing I'd love to see is some pre-built templates for common use cases - it could help teams get started faster. Also, curious about how it handles edge cases in code reviews. Maybe adding some examples of complex scenarios it's tackled would be cool. Overall, seems like a solid tool for boosting productivity.
Asankhaya Sharma
Maker
@andyroamer We have pre-built templates for code review, documentation generation and fixing vulnerabilities. You can see them in the app and read about the details in the docs - https://docs.patched.codes/patch...
Rohan
Maker
@andyroamer Great point - we have some template workflows indeed! These include documenting codes, generating a coding style guide based on past code changes, custom pull request reviews and more. Some of the more complex scenarios we've seen users tackle include updating SDK documentation with complex API constructs and automating security triage based on existing SOPs. We'll add a few case studies to illustrate those!
Asher Dorian Thorne
@Asankhaya Sharma hey, love this idea! Automating the boring stuff sounds like what every dev needs. Just curious, do users need to be familiar with Python to make full use of Patched? Cuz not everyone has deep coding skills. Thanks.
Asankhaya Sharma
Maker
@asankhaya @asherdorianthorne User's can use the drag-and-drop workflow builder in the app to design and create their patchflows, they do not need to know Python. If needed at anytime you can export running Python code from the app to run locally.
Kyrylo Silin
Hey Asankhaya, How easy is it to integrate your own LLM, and what kind of overhead does it add to the workflow setup? Congrats on the launch!
Asankhaya Sharma
Maker
@kyrylosilin It is quite easy, you just need to replace the base_url with the OpenAI API compatible endpoint url. There are details in docs on how to do it https://docs.patched.codes/patch... You can either host and run the model locally or use other provides like Together AI or Groq.
André J
Now that we can do code reviews (beta) and create code docs via @codespace in cursor. What does a managed platform offer that cursor doesn't atm. ? Just curious, as this field is very new for everyone. Moving forward, do you think we might have both. Like local and at the remote end point on GitHub etc?
Asankhaya Sharma
Maker
@codespace @sentry_co Good question, I think the fact that cursor, Github Copilot workspaces and other are trying to something for outer-loop development activities like code reviews and doc generation is a good thing. This shows that the problem space is interesting and worth solving. Our approach here is based on a easy to use drag-and-drop workflow builder that enables anyone to design and build complex workflows. Beyond the obvious do a pull request summary or add docstrings we believe developers will need more specific solutions. For instance, one of our customers today use us to analyze their existing closed PRs to determine the coding practices and generate a style guide. They then use that style guide to review other open PRs in the repo in another workflow. And, finally they have a separate workflow that resolves comments on those PRs. Building such a complex solution without patched would take quite a bit of time and effort which they avoid.
André J
@codespace @codelion Nice scenario! Esp the backtracking part. Will give it a shot!
Allen
Congratulations on launching Patched! I'm really interested in how it empowers development teams to create custom AI workflows for automating code reviews and documentation. The ability to self-host through an open-source framework is fantastic, as it gives teams the flexibility and control they need. I'm also intrigued by the integration with preferred LLMs — it seems like a game-changer for institutions concerned about privacy. Have you considered adding templates for common workflows to help teams get started more quickly? Also, will there be support for additional programming languages in the future? Looking forward to seeing how Patched evolves — it’s an exciting tool!
Asankhaya Sharma
Maker
@allen_xu1130 Yes, we have templates for common workflows like code reviews, documentation generation and bug fixes - https://docs.patched.codes/patch...
AnnaHo
Patched is a game-changer for development teams, offering powerful automation for code reviews and patching! I'm curious—will future updates include AI-driven insights to help teams prioritize which technical debt or feature backlog items to address first?
Asankhaya Sharma
Maker
@annaho2000 We do have a ResolveIssue workflow in the open-source repo here - https://github.com/patched-codes... We will bring in more complex workflows in the app in future.
Ave Lord
I appreciate how patches offers such a robust solution for automating development tasks
Tom Nick
The combination of a visual builder and Python code customization seems like a smart way to cater to different user preferences and technical needs
Gus
Impressive engineering Asankhaya & team! Automated code reviews is something I've been wanting to see implemented for a while. And big congrats on reaching this milestone with the launch! Curious if you're seeing Patched being used by startups or if it's mainly large codebases with a stronger emphasis on reliability?
Asankhaya Sharma
Maker
@gdbroman We have a few customers in startups and SME segment using the Pro version of the product. We are currently working closely with a few enterprise customers as design partners for our Enterprise version. The enterprise version can be deployed locally on-prem or inside a customer's clouse provider.
Olivia Rose Thompson
Automating those tedious dev tasks is such a time-saver . Really cool that it runs in the background without needing constant attention. Congrats on the launch! 🚀😊
Zeeshan Anwar
@codelion Congrats on your product launch:) Patched looks amazing! Automating code reviews, documentation, and patching through customizable workflows is a real time-saver for development teams. Excited to see how this tool will help reduce technical debt and improve productivity. Great job!"
Tony Carter
This is fantastic, Asankhaya and Rohan! 🚀 Patched sounds like a game-changer for automating the tedious tasks that slow down development teams. The customizable AI-enabled workflows and the ability to integrate your own LLM APIs make it incredibly versatile. Love that it's open-source and gives full control to its users. Can’t wait to try it out and streamline our workflow! 🔧✨ Great job! @codelion
Muhammad Salman
It will save a lot of time in the development process.
Ali Eskandari
I heard about the importance of code quality and collab between engineers for documentation, saw my buddies always spending heaps of time on reviewing codes and doing documentation. This is def worth checking out - congrats on the launch!
Linxin Li
Great job! This should save a ton of engineering time.
Jason Sun
Congrats on the launch of Patched on Product Hunt! 🎉 This tool is a real lifesaver for startups looking to streamline their development process. Wishing you and the team all the best as you help devs tackle those tedious tasks! 🚀
William Scott
It sounds like there’s an interesting contrast between tools like Cursor and more managed platforms like Patched. While Cursor and GitHub Copilot focus on core tasks like code reviews and doc generation, platforms like Patched seem to offer more flexibility for designing custom workflows, especially for complex and tailored use cases like analyzing PRs or generating style guides. Having both local and remote options could definitely be useful depending on the project’s needs. It seems like tools like Patched are aiming to bridge the gap by enabling more robust, customizable automation beyond what a basic AI assistant might handle. As this space evolves, I think we might see more integrations between these tools to cover all bases—local development and more complex managed workflows in one ecosystem.
Ruip
Looks good! Congrats on this launch! @codelion
Tony Han
I've seen at least 3 tools like these launched in the last couple of weeks, and I think what sets this product apart is the ability to create custom workflows. This really unlocks what's possible for the dev teams. And thanks for sharing some awesome examples of how your customers are using your product! Congrats on the launch @codelion and team!