HOW IT WORKS

From Request to Answer
in 10 Minutes

A complete tour of how your team goes from signup to asking AI questions about your codebase — in plain English.

Your First 10 Minutes with Kode9

No complex setup. No agents to install. Just connect and go.

01

Request Access

Fill a quick form with your name, company, and work email. You'll receive an activation code within one business day.

02

Create Your Workspace

Use your activation code to create your company workspace. You become the admin — you decide who joins and what they can access.

03

Invite Your Team

Add developers, business users, and product managers. Assign roles so each person sees Kode9 the way that fits their job.

04

Connect a Repository

Connect your GitHub or GitLab repository using OAuth. Read-only access — Kode9 can never modify your code.

05

Kode9 Analyzes the Structure

In 3–10 minutes, Kode9 maps how every file, function, and service connects to each other. You see live progress as it works.

06

Configure Your AI

Use Kode9's built-in AI, or bring your own Anthropic or OpenAI key. Admins control this for the whole company.

07

Ask Anything in Plain English

Your team chats with your codebase. Answers come back with exact file paths, impact analysis, and a confidence score.

Your Code Stays Yours

Think of Kode9 like an MRI scan of your codebase — we see the structure, never the content.

Structure only — the map, not the territory

What Kode9 Captures

  • File and folder names
  • Function and class names
  • How code connects (A depends on B, B calls C)
  • Programming languages used
  • Import and package references
  • Relationship patterns between services

Your business logic is never stored or transmitted

What Kode9 NEVER Captures

  • Your actual source code
  • API keys, passwords, secrets, .env files
  • Customer data or database contents
  • Business logic implementation details
  • Comments containing sensitive information
  • Anything in .gitignore

"We see that PaymentService talks to OrderService. We never see HOW payments are processed."

Why does this matter?

Here's a story every engineering team knows.

WITHOUT KODE9

2 Hours. 3 Conflicting Answers.

New developer joins Acme Corp. Asks in Slack:
'Who owns the payment timeout logic?'

Three senior engineers reply with different answers. The new dev spends 2 hours reading code to figure out who was right. Nobody was fully right.

Cost: 2 hours × 4 engineers = 8 hours lost

WITH KODE9

10 Seconds. One Accurate Answer.

Same developer asks Kode9:
'Who owns the payment timeout logic?'

Kode9 answers: 'PaymentService.java line 147 in /services/payments/. Connected to 12 downstream services. Last modified 3 weeks ago.'

Confidence score: 94%.

Cost: 10 seconds of one person's time

Use Our AI, or Bring Your Own

Your company, your choice.

RECOMMENDED FOR MOST TEAMS

Built-in AI

Included in every plan. Zero setup. Start asking questions the moment your repository finishes analyzing.

Best for: Teams just getting started, small to mid-sized engineering groups, anyone who wants the fastest path to value.

ENTERPRISE

Bring Your Own Key

Already have an Anthropic or OpenAI subscription? Plug in your API key and Kode9 uses your AI account.

Best for: Enterprises with existing AI contracts, teams with strict data residency requirements, companies that want full control over AI spend.

Admins configure this once for the whole company. Team members never have to think about it.

One Question. Different Answers.

Kode9 knows who's asking — and tailors the answer accordingly.

Example question

"What happens if the payment service fails?"

Business User

Gets plain English

"The checkout flow would stop. About 8,000 daily transactions would be affected. Customer notification emails would still send normally. Marketing analytics would continue working."

Developer

Gets technical specifics

"PaymentService.java:147 throws PaymentTimeoutException. CheckoutController catches it at line 89 and returns 503. 12 downstream services receive the failure event. Retry logic kicks in after 30 seconds via BackupProcessor.java."

Admin

Gets both views + more

"Full business and technical context. Plus: affected services count, blast radius, related Pull Requests, confidence score, and links to every involved file."

Built for Teams That Take Security Seriously

We built Kode9 knowing enterprises would ask hard questions.

Read-Only Repository Access

Kode9 can never modify or commit to your repositories.

Source Code Never Stored

We analyze structure, store relationships. Code stays in your repo.

OAuth Authentication

Industry-standard secure access. Revoke anytime with one click.

Granular Access Control

Admins choose which repositories each team member can see.

Self-Service Deletion

Remove a repository or your entire workspace anytime. No tickets.

Full Audit Trail

Every access, query, and change is logged for your review.

More questions about security or compliance? Email us at hello@kode9.ai

Ready to see it on YOUR codebase?

Most teams go from request to asking real questions in under 10 minutes.

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