diff --git a/.coderabbit.yaml b/.coderabbit.yaml
index 8f92210454..f67a2a73bc 100644
--- a/.coderabbit.yaml
+++ b/.coderabbit.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 language: 'en'
 early_access: true
 reviews:
+  # trying this out for now. Can be removed if it becomes a nuisance
+  request_changes_workflow: true
+
   auto_review:
     enabled: true
     ignore_title_keywords:
@@ -10,6 +13,14 @@ reviews:
       - 'DO NOT MERGE'
     drafts: true
 
+    base_branches:
+      # useful for large features, e.g. https://github.com/synapsecns/sanguine/pull/2234
+      - 'feat/.*'
+      # the og
+      - 'master'
+      # fe-release branch. We're more looking for summaries here
+      - 'fe-release'
+
   path_filters:
     - '!**abigen.go'
     - '!**metadata.go'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index f9e16d90a5..13035a7877 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -28,17 +28,20 @@ jobs:
         with:
           pattern: '.github/renovate.json' # Regular expression for filename to validate, default to *.json
 
+
       - name: yaml-lint
         uses: ibiqlik/action-yamllint@v3
         id: yaml-lint
         with:
           config_file: .yamllint.yml
+
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: steps.yaml-lint.outcome == 'success'
         with:
           name: yamllint-logfile
           path: ${{ steps.yaml-lint.outputs.logfile }}
 
+
       # TODO: reinstate lint
       # - name: Download actionlint
       #   id: get_actionlint