I built a tool that gives Claude Code permanent memory of your codebase
The problem Every time I started a session with Claude Code I had to re-explain my entire project. What framework I use. How my folders are structured. What naming conventions I follow. What decisions I have already made. Every. Single. Session. It was slowing me down and I knew there had to be a better way. What I built I built stackbrief. One command scans your repo and opens a local visual dashboard showing your full codebase intelligence. npx stackbrief scan It opens a dashboard at localhost:3000 showing: Interactive code map of your architecture Dependency version comparison against npm Convention detection (naming, async patterns, error handling) Context health score MCP server so Claude Code pulls context automatically How it works stackbrief reads every file in your project and builds a structured understanding of it. It detects your framework, architecture pattern, modules, dependencies, and coding conventions. It then writes a CLAUDE.md file to your project and starts an MCP server on port 3001. Claude Code picks this up automatically before every session. No more explaining your project from scratch. AI chat that actually knows your code The dashboard has an Ask your codebase section. Unlike generic AI chat, this assistant has read every file in your project. Ask it about your own architecture and get answers specific to your code. Works with Ollama (free, fully local), Claude, OpenAI, or any OpenAI-compatible provider including Groq, Mistral, and local runners like LM Studio and AnythingLLM. Zero config, fully local No cloud. No telemetry. No account required. Everything runs on your machine. npx stackbrief scan That is it. The dashboard opens automatically. Try it GitHub: https://github.com/ragavtech/stackbrief Built with Node.js and TypeScript. Open source, MIT license. Would love to hear what you think.