{"slug": "show-hn-blastradar-github-action-automatic-production-risk-scoring-on-every-pr", "title": "Show HN: BlastRadar GitHub Action, automatic production risk scoring on every PR", "summary": "BlastRadar released a GitHub Action that automatically scores every pull request for production risk on a scale of 1-10 and blocks merges if the score exceeds a configurable threshold (default 7). The action uses an Anthropic API key to analyze diffs and can also be tested via a web interface at blastradar.vercel.app.", "body_md": "Automatic production risk scoring for every pull request. Scores your diff 1-10 and blocks merges if risk is too high.\n\nAdd this to `.github/workflows/blastradar.yml`\n\nin your repo:\n\n```\nname: BlastRadar Risk Check\non: [pull_request]\n\njobs:\n  risk-check:\n    runs-on: ubuntu-latest\n    steps:\n      - uses: actions/checkout@v4\n        with:\n          fetch-depth: 2\n      - uses: Blast-radar/blastradar-action@v1\n        with:\n          anthropic-api-key: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}\n          threshold: '7'\n```\n\nThen add your Anthropic API key as a repository secret named `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`\n\n.\n\nThat's it. Every PR now gets automatically scored for production risk.\n\n| Input | Required | Default | Description |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| anthropic-api-key | Yes | — | Your Anthropic API key |\n| threshold | No | 7 | Risk score that fails the check |\n\n| Output | Description |\n|---|---|\n| risk-score | The risk score (1-10) |\n| verdict | One-line summary of the risk |\n\nblastradar.vercel.app — paste any diff, get a risk score in 10 seconds.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-blastradar-github-action-automatic-production-risk-scoring-on-every-pr", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/Blast-radar/blastradar-action", "published_at": "2026-07-22 04:11:38+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-22 04:22:02.925320+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["BlastRadar", "GitHub", "Anthropic"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-blastradar-github-action-automatic-production-risk-scoring-on-every-pr", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-blastradar-github-action-automatic-production-risk-scoring-on-every-pr.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-blastradar-github-action-automatic-production-risk-scoring-on-every-pr.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-blastradar-github-action-automatic-production-risk-scoring-on-every-pr.jsonld"}}