Getting Started

Set up Kodingo in your project in under 5 minutes.

What is Kodingo?

Kodingo is a project memory engine for software teams. It automatically captures the reasoning behind your code — decisions, tradeoffs, and context — and stores it in a shared knowledge base your whole team can access.

Every time you commit code, Kodingo's AI analyses the change and stores a memory record describing what changed and why. Your team never loses context again.

Prerequisites

Step 1 — Install the CLI

npm install -g kodingo-cli

Verify the installation:

kodingo --version

Step 2 — Initialise in your repo

Navigate to your project directory and run:

cd your-project
kodingo init

You'll be prompted for:

  • API URL — https://kodingo-api.onrender.com
  • API Token — copy this from your project detail page in the dashboard

This creates a ~/.kodingo/config.json file with your credentials.

Step 3 — Install the git hook

kodingo install-hook

This installs a post-commit hook in your repo. From this point, every commit is automatically scanned and a memory record is created.

Step 4 — Install the VS Code extension

Search for Kodingo in the VS Code Extensions marketplace, or install directly:

code --install-extension kodingo.kodingo-vscode

Add your credentials to VS Code settings (settings.json):

{
  "kodingo.apiUrl": "https://kodingo-api.onrender.com",
  "kodingo.token": "your-project-token"
}

Step 5 — Make your first commit

Make any change to your codebase and commit it:

git add .
git commit -m "feat: initial setup"

Kodingo will automatically capture a memory for this commit. You'll see it appear in your dashboard and in the VS Code sidebar.

You're set up

Your team's memory is now running. Every commit from here is captured automatically.