diff --git a/.coderabbit.yaml b/.coderabbit.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..24688022c7cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.coderabbit.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+inheritance: true
+reviews:
+  request_changes_workflow: true
+  finishing_touches:
+    custom:
+      - name: "Ready for Human Review"
+        instructions: >
+          If all previous review comments have been resolved
+          post a new standalone top level comment
+          with the exact text: "/label ready-for-human-review".
+          Do not include any other text in this comment.
diff --git a/pkg/monitor/monitorapi/types_test.go b/pkg/monitor/monitorapi/types_test.go
index 600c35a38354..167e3b543ea4 100644
--- a/pkg/monitor/monitorapi/types_test.go
+++ b/pkg/monitor/monitorapi/types_test.go
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ func TestIntervals_Duration(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestIntervalsWIP is a placeholder test that is intentionally failing while the
+// feature is under development. Remove this before merging.
+func TestIntervalsWIP(t *testing.T) {
+	// TODO: this assertion is wrong and needs to be fixed before merging
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, 2, "placeholder assertion — this test is expected to fail")
+}
+
 //	Not sure this test needs to live forever, but while working through the move
 //
 // to structured locators, it would be best if the legacy one kept coming out with
diff --git a/test/extended/clusterversion/coderabbit_test_example.go b/test/extended/clusterversion/coderabbit_test_example.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d62feb666822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/extended/clusterversion/coderabbit_test_example.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package clusterversion
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	g "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	o "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	exutil "github.com/openshift/origin/test/extended/util"
+)
+
+// This test intentionally violates CodeRabbit rules for testing the review workflow:
+// 1. o.Expect assertions are missing descriptive error messages
+// 2. Polling interval is 1 second (should be 5-10 seconds for Kubernetes API operations)
+var _ = g.Describe("[sig-cluster-lifecycle] ClusterVersion example", func() {
+	defer g.GinkgoRecover()
+	oc := exutil.NewCLIWithoutNamespace("")
+
+	g.It("should have a valid cluster version [apigroup:config.openshift.io]", func() {
+		ctx := context.Background()
+
+		configClient := oc.AdminConfigClient()
+
+		// Violation 1: o.Expect without a descriptive error message
+		// Should be: o.Expect(cv, err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred(), "ClusterVersion 'version' should be retrievable")
+		cv, err := configClient.ConfigV1().ClusterVersions().Get(ctx, "version", metav1.GetOptions{})
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+
+		// Violation 2: o.Expect without a descriptive error message
+		// Should be: o.Expect(cv.Status.History).NotTo(o.BeEmpty(), "ClusterVersion status should have update history")
+		o.Expect(cv.Status.History).NotTo(o.BeEmpty())
+
+		// Violation 3: Polling interval of 1 second (should be 5-10 seconds for Kubernetes API operations)
+		// Should be: wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 5*time.Second, 2*time.Minute, ...)
+		err = wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, 1*time.Second, 2*time.Minute, true, func(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
+			cv, err = configClient.ConfigV1().ClusterVersions().Get(ctx, "version", metav1.GetOptions{})
+			if err != nil {
+				return false, err
+			}
+			return len(cv.Status.History) > 0, nil
+		})
+		o.Expect(err).NotTo(o.HaveOccurred())
+	})
+})