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Overview

PlayerZero’s code reasoning capability allows both technical and non-technical team members to interact with their codebase through natural language questions, receiving contextually aware responses that draw from actual source code, recent changes, and documentation. In this guide, we will dive deep into how you can retrieve key insights from services, files, and functions—without requiring support and product teams to parse complex code themselves.

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Prerequisites

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Source Control Management (Codebase)

Connect your codebase to PlayerZero enables PlayerZero to map runtime errors, traces, and sessions back to the exact lines of code in your repository.

This is the foundational integration — all other data sources (traces, tickets, sessions) rely on it to establish full context across your stack.

→ To set this up, navigate to the SCM Setup Guide.

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Process

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1. Kickoff an AI Chat, Set Context

From the input field on the homepage, you can ask a question directly to PlayerZero.

  • Example: “Where is the main implementation of the user authentication service?”

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2. Ask Follow-Up Questions

PlayerZero provides targeted explanations and suggestions based on your focus areas, drawing from both codebase knowledge and user session data.

  • Example: “Who recently modified the user authentication flow and why?”

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Role-Focused Prompting

Depending on your role, the AI chat can provide different types of insights. Use these categories to guide your questions and investigations.

Contextual Scenarios

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Prompting Tips

  1. Anchor concepts together – “How does [Service A] interact with [Library B]?”
  2. Adjust context scope – Zoom in on specific files or pull system-wide dependencies.
  3. Define the output you want – Ask for code snippets, summaries, relationships, or histories.
  4. Follow the thread – Use follow-ups like “Where else is this service used?”

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Summary and Next Steps

With PlayerZero, code exploration is both collaborative and context-driven. Whether you’re an engineer investigating implementation details or a product manager understanding feature capabilities, AI-assisted insight into your codebase streamlines the process and reveals key interactions and dependencies.

Want to explore how systems are connected and started asking questions?

👉 Start an AI Chat session