# Linear Reviews shows risk scores from your own tools

Linear added a way to [bring your own risk scores](<https://x.com/linear/status/2120984092699496619>) into Linear Reviews, so each pull request review shows your team's score, the risk areas behind it, and the explanations.

[Source post](https://x.com/i/status/2120984092699496619)

Linear doesn't calculate the score. A tool you connect supplies it by adding [a small metadata block](<https://linear.app/docs/diffs>) in an HTML comment on the GitHub pull request, review, or review comment. Linear then shows one of four levels, which are Low risk, Typical risk, High risk and Very high risk, along with who reported it and when.

A score can carry up to eight risk areas, each with its own name, level and optional explanation. Linear's example shows a High risk pull request broken into Payment integrity, Approval routing and Reporting. In the pull request sidebar the areas sit as a tree under the main score, highest risk first, and hovering one shows its explanation.

The score can be tied to a single commit or applied across revisions. Linear describes it as context for deciding where review attention goes, alongside your normal review process.

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