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# What is CoreStory?

> An overview of the CoreStory code intelligence platform.

CoreStory is a code intelligence platform that uses AI to reverse-engineer specifications directly from source code, helping product and engineering teams accelerate onboarding, improve governance, and reduce the risk of failure when performing work on large codebases.

## Why CoreStory?

Most teams working on large or legacy codebases face the same problem: the documentation is stale, tribal knowledge lives in people's heads, and AI coding tools hallucinate because they lack grounded context.

CoreStory solves this by creating a **persistent intelligence layer** — a dynamically queryable model of your codebase that stays current with your source code. This gives both human and AI workers a shared, accurate understanding of system behavior.

## What Can You Do With It?

* **Understand unfamiliar codebases** — Ask natural language questions about architecture, business logic, data flow, and dependencies.
* **Generate grounded specifications** — Produce executive summaries, user stories, data models, API specs, and integration maps derived from actual source code.
* **Supercharge AI agents** — Connect CoreStory to Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Devin, and other AI tools via MCP so they make decisions grounded in real system context.
* **Accelerate onboarding** — Get new developers productive faster by giving them instant access to system-level understanding.
* **De-risk modernization** — Map business rules, hidden dependencies, and integration points before making changes.