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+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://coderabbit.ai/integrations/schema.v2.json
+reviews:
+  pre_merge_checks:
+    # Docstring coverage does not suit this codebase (C/C++ with
+    # prose-after-declarator comments), so the check is turned off.
+    docstrings:
+      mode: "off"