What does a codebase Q&A bot actually do?

It ingests a GitHub repo, indexes code semantically, and answers natural questions like "trace the payment flow" with precise snippets.

How much does building and running one cost?

Embeddings: ~$0.01 per 1k chunks via OpenAI. Queries: $0.002/1k tokens. Free after indexing if self-hosted.

Not yet—it augments them, shining on private repos or architecture queries where Copilot stumbles.

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