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Repository-aware assistance inside the engineering boundary.

Use source code, architecture notes and issue history for explanation, test preparation and review without turning proprietary code into a public-chat prompt history.

Faster orientation and review preparation; engineers still run, inspect and own the change.

Local route
Typical source material
Operating controls
Output

Typical source material

01Source repositories
02Architecture decisions
03Issue and incident exports
04Runbooks and API specifications

Questions worth asking

  • ?Where is this behaviour implemented?
  • ?Which dependency and tests are affected?
  • ?What does the migration need to preserve?
  • ?Which assumption conflicts with the architecture record?
Working pattern

A controlled path from source to reviewed output.

01

Select repository scope

Index only the repositories, branches and supporting documents approved for the team.

Output

Versioned code context

02

Trace before proposing

Locate definitions, call sites, tests and architecture constraints before generating a change plan.

Output

Evidence-backed plan

03

Prepare a bounded change

Draft tests, review notes or a patch limited to the approved task and repository state.

Output

Inspectable diff

04

Run engineering controls

Engineers run tests, static analysis, security review and human code review before merge.

Output

Team-owned decision

Operating controls

The controls are part of the product.

  • Repository and branch allowlist
  • Secrets excluded before indexing
  • Generated changes remain uncommitted by default
  • Test and review gates unchanged
  • Model and context revision recorded for evaluations
Pilot measures

Measure usefulness and failure together.

Trace

Time to locate the responsible module

Review

Useful issues found before human review

Pass

Generated test drafts accepted after editing

Leak

Secrets or excluded paths entering the index

Explicit limits

What this workflow does not do.

×No autonomous merge or deployment
×No indexing of secrets or production dumps
×No bypass of licence and dependency review
×No assumption that generated code is secure

Map this workflow to your office.

Tell us the document volume, users and review expectations. We will define the appliance, model and storage envelope before configuration.

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