> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.qodo.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Configure Context settings in the Qodo portal
> Controls review standards, spec and design context, cross-repository context, and web search grounding, from the Context tab of the Qodo portal's Configurations page.
The **Context** tab controls review standards, spec and design context, cross-repository context, and web search grounding.
## Review standards
The **Review standards** settings control how rules from [Rule Miner](/governance/rule-enforcement/rule-miner) and from non-admin users are approved, and whether REVIEW\.md instructions are applied during review.
| Setting | Description | Options |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Auto-approve user suggestions** | When enabled, rules added by non-admins are activated immediately without requiring admin approval. When disabled, they appear in **Rules** > **Suggestions** for admin approval. This setting applies at the organization level only. | Enable / Disable (default) |
| **Mine rules from code review history** Beta | Enables or disables Rule Miner for the organization or a specific repository. | Enable (default) / Disable |
| ↳ **Auto-approve rule miner suggestions** | When enabled, mined rules from review history are activated automatically. When disabled, rules appear in **Rules** > **Suggestions** for review before activation. | Enable (default for organizations that started using Qodo since September 1, 2026) / Disable (default for organizations onboarded before September 1, 2026) |
| **[REVIEW.md instructions](/governance/use-review-md)** Research Preview | Qodo reads a REVIEW\.md file at your repository root and applies the review instructions and guidelines it contains, a simple way to customize how Qodo reviews your code. | Enable / Disable (default) |
## Spec & design
The **Spec & design** settings extend reviews by checking pull requests against your linked specifications and Figma designs.
| Setting | Description | Options |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| **[Spec agents](/code-review/view-requirement-gaps-in-findings)** Research Preview | Extends requirement gap findings with Spec and PRD reviews. Click **Connect specs** to [set up](/integrations/documentation-and-design-integrations). | Enable / Disable (default) |
| **[Design review](/code-review/view-ux-deviations-in-findings)** Research Preview | A finding type that compares Figma requirements against your front-end code. Click **Connect Figma** to [set up](/integrations/documentation-and-design-integrations/integrate-with-figma). | Enable / Disable (default) |
## Cross-repo context
| Setting | Description | Options |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------- |
| **[Cross-repo context](/governance/cross-repo-code-review)** Beta | Pulls review context from related repositories in the workspace. Must be enabled for Qodo to run cross-repository code review. | Enable (default) / Disable |
## Web search
| Setting | Description | Options |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **[Web search](/code-review/use-qodo-in-prs/third-party-dependencies-context)** Research Preview | Lets the review agent search the web for the latest official documentation, specifications, and release notes to produce more accurate and up-to-date findings. | Enable (default for new users) / Disable (default for existing users) |