# Code understanding and knowledge: AI tools > From the AI SDLC Landscape (https://aisdlclandscape.org/phases/understand). CC-BY-4.0. Data as of 2026-10-26. Code graphs, context engines, code search and generated documentation. 10 tools list this as the main phase, and 21 more tools cover it. ## Main phase - [Augment Code (Cosmos)](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/augment-code.md) (Augment Code; Cosmos, Auggie and the Context Engine now owned by Harness): "Agentic software development at organisational scale: Cosmos runs an always-on software factory on a code Context Engine." - [Driver](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/driver-ai.md) (Driver AI): "Compiles codebase context ahead of time, like a compiler: symbol-complete, exhaustive and structured, served to agents over MCP." - [G5](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/g5-labs.md) (G5 Labs): "The semantic abstraction layer for AI-native development: natural-language intent becomes the source code." - [Mintlify](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/mintlify.md) (Mintlify): "The documentation platform for agents: self-updating documentation for startups, enterprises and agents." - [Potpie](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/potpie.md) (Potpie): "AI-native SDLC automation: maps how your systems work into a living context graph and runs agents on it inside your VPC." - [Sourcebot](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/sourcebot.md) (Sourcebot): "Self-hosted tool that helps humans and agents search, navigate and understand complex enterprise codebases." - [Sourcegraph](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/sourcegraph.md) (Sourcegraph): "Code understanding, oversight and evolution: gives humans and agents complete context across the largest, most complex codebases." - [Spinal](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/spinal.md) (Spinal): "Makes sense of any codebase: anticipates what you will reach for next and surfaces the signals that deserve your attention." - [Swimm](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/swimm.md) (Swimm): "Agentic modernization, delivered: static analysis and AI map legacy applications so modernization is accurate, complete and on time." - [Unblocked](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/unblocked.md) (Unblocked): "Context for agentic software development: trusted context across code, conversations, issues, docs and production systems." ## Also covers this phase - [8090 Software Factory](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/8090.md) (8090): "The AI-native software development platform that keeps business leaders in the driver's seat, from spec to deploy." - [Apiiro](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/apiiro.md) (Apiiro): "Secures everything coding agents build, use and ship: a Guardian Agent on an AppSec data fabric that prevents risk before code exists." - [Bito](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/bito.md) (Bito): "AI model router for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: Governor grounds each request in your code and routes it to the best model, cutting agent cost; also AI code review." - [Catio](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/catio.md) (Catio): "The Architecture IDE: the reasoning, decision, design and governance layer for modern tech stacks." - [Claude Code](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/claude-code.md) (Anthropic): "Anthropic's agentic coding tool: understands your codebase, edits files, runs commands and turns issues into pull requests." - [CodeRabbit](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/coderabbit.md) (CodeRabbit): "Governance and control for agentic development: independent AI code review, PR triage, change explanations and continuous checks." - [cubic](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/cubic.md) (cubic): "AI code review designed to catch bugs in the most complex codebases; publishes Bug Bench comparisons of model bug rates." - [Devin](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/cognition-devin.md) (Cognition): "Devin, the first autonomous software engineer, plans, writes, tests and ships production code inside your existing workflows." - [Eraser](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/eraser.md) (Eraser): "AI for diagrams that matter: create technical diagrams with AI and deliver consistent, accurate designs faster." - [Factory (Droids)](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/factory.md) (Factory): "Factory Droids automate coding, testing and deployment for startups and enterprises; also ships code review and a living AutoWiki per repository." - [Greptile](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/greptile.md) (Greptile): "AI code reviews that understand your entire codebase: automate PR reviews and catch bugs faster." - [Harness](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/harness.md) (Harness): "The Autonomous SDLC Platform: agents for your software factory across CI, CD, testing, security and runtime protection." - [Hypercubic](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/hypercubic.md) (Hypercubic): "Agentic AI for mainframe and COBOL modernization: turns COBOL into living documentation, captures tribal knowledge and transforms code." - [Macroscope](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/macroscope.md) (Macroscope): "AI code review, automated PR descriptions and real-time status updates on what the codebase is doing." - [Moderne](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/moderne.md) (Moderne): "A deterministic layer between your agents and your code: agents drive OpenRewrite recipes to make provably correct changes across whole business units." - [Qodo](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/qodo.md) (Qodo): "AI code review with deep codebase context: high-precision review on every change and enforceable standards, with 15+ agentic workflows." - [Rinkata Hub](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/rinkata.md) (Rinkata): "Where your team and your AI agents share one source of truth: goals, specs and decisions, so agents stay on track." - [Roadie](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/roadie.md) (Roadie): "Engineering context for AI agents: unifies services, docs and tribal knowledge into a Context Graph on a hosted Backstage portal." - [SpecStory (RunStory)](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/specstory.md) (SpecStory): "Saves the conversations behind your code; its RunStory product tests software and sends defects back to the coding agent." - [Tessl](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/tessl.md) (Tessl): "Agent enablement platform: gives coding agents structured, versioned context, with a registry of skills and evals of model and agent harness combinations." - [vFunction](https://aisdlclandscape.org/tools/vfunction.md) (vFunction): "AI-driven modernization for large Java and .NET applications: gives AI coding tools the architectural context to refactor and rewrite." Claims are each vendor's own words. Every fact on a tool's page links to its source.