The Code Guide

For anyone with a question about the code.

One signal · 8 specialists · one result

Speaks to people1
Keeps knowledge5
Runs infrastructure1
Audits and guards1

How the work moves

Four steps, each done by one specialist

Starts with

A question about whether the product already does something

First

1Searches the code by meaning for what was askedExisting-Capability Checker 2Follows the calls into and out of the matching codeCode Impact Analyst

Then

3Explains the path end to end in plain languageCode Flow Explainer 4Names the exact file and line behind each answerCodebase Answer Desk

Ends with

A plain answer with the file and line

the signalthe resultEach step is done by one specialist on the crew

The story

A product manager asks whether the product already does something. The agent searches the code by meaning, follows the calls from end to end and answers in plain language with the file and line. Every path it describes exists in the code.

The crew

The specialists behind this role, grouped by the kind of work they do.

Keeps knowledge

Code Flow ExplainerTakes a starting point (a file and line, a function name or a plain question), traces how the work flows through the code, and explains it in plain language.Also serves The Developer Advocate, The Onboarding Buddy, The Change Board
Code Impact AnalystFor every function or type a change touches, it lists what calls it and what it calls up to three steps out.Also serves The Software Department, The Change Board, The Migration Planner, The Follow-Through Engineer
Codebase Answer DeskAnswers plain-language questions about the team's own code, such as "where do we handle refunds" or "what calls this function", and returns the exact files and lines.Also serves The Sales Engineer
Grounding CoachChecks whether the task troubleshoots or spans several files and, if so, asks for a file and line reference from code search before work starts.Also serves The Follow-Through Engineer
Reference ResearcherBefore anyone writes code, finds how the specification, the vendor manual, a library's source or a documentation website handles the problem, and returns cited sections with page numbers or file paths.Also serves The Sales Engineer, The Research Desk

Speaks to people

Codebase Onboarding GuideAnswers a newcomer's questions about how the code works with the exact files and lines involved, plus the reference documents and past decisions behind them.Also serves The Onboarding Buddy

Runs infrastructure

Commit-Triggered Re-IndexerStarts a re-index of the affected codebase as soon as new code lands and reports progress to the team lead's inbox.Also serves The Search Keeper

Audits and guards

Existing-Capability CheckerSearches the codebase for something people believe is missing and reports whether any candidate code exists, then checks whether a past decision already settled the question.Also serves The Automation Builder

Where this crew also works

Each bar counts the specialists this role shares with another.

The engineering behind this role

Memory and code intelligence for agentsCapability Compute first, narrate secondIdea A code explainer that is not allowed to inventEngineering story All capabilitiesThe engineering, by what it does