ExplainGitHub API
ExplainGitHub API lets you build repo-aware AI features
Use repository context to power codebase chat, developer copilots, support tools, and internal workflows.
Instantly Understand Any GitHub Repository
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ExplainGitHub API is now live. Read the launch and technical walkthrough.
Understand any repository faster, with answers grounded in the code.
ExplainGitHub helps teams make sense of unfamiliar codebases, trace key flows, and get useful answers without relying on generic AI guesses.
What teams actually use it for
- Onboard into unfamiliar codebases: Understand architecture, key flows, and important files before you spend hours clicking through folders and PRs.
- Answer implementation questions faster: Help engineering, support, product, and QA get grounded answers without waiting on the same few people every time.
- Bring repo context into your own tools: Use the API for internal copilots, product features, workflow helpers, and repo-aware automation.
API expansion
Once the product is useful to your team, bring the same repo-aware capability into your own internal tools, workflows, and products with the API.
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Why it matters
Useful when the answer is somewhere inside the repository, but nobody wants to spend an hour finding it.
The strongest use cases are practical: onboarding, debugging, implementation questions, PR reviews, and cross-functional work that depends on code context.
New engineer joins a complex repo
Start with architecture, key flows, and important files instead of expecting them to reverse-engineer the whole system alone.
Support or product needs a real answer
Understand feature behavior and implementation constraints without pulling an engineer into every small customer question.
Someone asks what breaks if this changes
Trace flows, dependencies, and likely blast radius before a change turns into a production problem.
A team wants repo-aware AI in its own system
Use the API for internal copilots, docs assistants, support tooling, and developer product features with connected repositories.
Try it
Start with a live repository.
The fastest way to understand the product is to open a real repo and see how the analysis flow works.
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From unknown repo to useful understanding in minutes.
Use the product when people need clarity fast. Use the API when the same capability needs to live inside your own workflow.
Architecture first
Start with structure and key modules before file-level deep dives.
Source-grounded answers
Ask repository questions with real context instead of prompt-only guesswork.
Programmable next step
When the workflow proves useful, extend it through the API.
Explaingithub : Turn hours of code reading into minutes of understanding.
Next step
Start with repository understanding. Expand into your own tools when you're ready.
The product gives teams immediate clarity. The API turns that same capability into infrastructure for internal tools, workflows, and developer products.