Codebase context, in practical terms.
Start with the decision your team needs to make, then move to the setup for the AI coding assistant you already use.
Evaluate the approach
Practical guides to understanding existing code, shared context, repository boundaries, and data handling, before choosing a setup.
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Semantic code search →
Learn when to use semantic or exact code search, how hybrid retrieval works, and what changes when a SocratiCode index runs locally or is shared by a team.
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Understand legacy code →
A practical workflow for understanding undocumented legacy code: find behaviour, trace dependencies, check change impact, and preserve what your team learns.
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Shared team context →
How a shared SocratiCode index changes AI-assisted development, what the open-source setup requires, and where managed Cloud may fit.
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Cross-repo context →
A practical explanation of repository boundaries, linked SocratiCode indexes, and the limits teams should understand before relying on cross-repo results.
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Source-code boundaries →
Map the separate data paths for indexing, vector storage, and the AI assistant before using sensitive source code with SocratiCode.
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Security review context →
Use semantic search and dependency graphs to navigate an authorised source review without treating search results or graph edges as security proof.
Set up your host
Each route uses one current installation path and ends with the same check: a completed index and a search for a feature you know is present.
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Claude Code →
Install the SocratiCode Claude Code plugin, confirm its MCP tools, index one project, and run a first codebase search.
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OpenAI Codex →
Install the SocratiCode Codex plugin, confirm the bundled MCP server, index one project, and run a first codebase search.
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VS Code →
Install the SocratiCode VS Code extension, connect it to Agent Chat, index the workspace, and verify a first search.
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Cursor →
Connect SocratiCode to Cursor with its MCP install link, index one project, and verify a first semantic code search.
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Gemini CLI →
Register the SocratiCode MCP server with Gemini CLI, index one project, and verify a first codebase search.
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Continue →
Add SocratiCode as a Continue MCP server, confirm its Agent-mode tools, index one project, and verify a first search.
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Cline →
Configure the SocratiCode MCP server in Cline, index one project, and verify a first codebase search.
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Zed →
Register SocratiCode as a Zed context server, confirm its Agent Panel tools, index one project, and verify a first search.
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OpenCode →
Add SocratiCode to an OpenCode 1.x project, confirm the MCP server, index the project, and verify a first search.