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Give your AI agent real codebase understanding.

Nella gives your coding agent deep code intelligence — grounded search, persistent context, and codebase awareness across sessions.

Start with the introduction Explore features

What Nella provides

Three capabilities,
one intelligence layer.

Search

Codebase Grounding

Agents reference real exports, actual APIs, and correct signatures — grounded in your AST-indexed codebase.

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Security

Trusted Search Results

5-layer defense ensures search results are clean and trustworthy. Your agent works with verified code context, not manipulated content.

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Context

Persistent Context

Assumptions, decisions, and dependencies persist across sessions. Your agent remembers what it learned and builds on prior context.

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Everything you need to
get started.

Quick Start

Get up and running

Step-by-step setup for your project in minutes.

Introduction Installation & Setup
API Reference

Tools & validation

Complete documentation for all Nella commands.

CLI

Command line

Run Nella commands from your terminal or CI/CD pipeline.

$ nella check

✓ Codebase indexed (342 files)

✓ Assumptions verified

✓ Dependencies up to date

Guides

Integration walkthroughs

Set up Nella with Claude Desktop, Cursor, and more.

Configuration

Rules & configuration

Set up constraints, validation rules, and intelligence features.

Configuration Overview Constraints Validation