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Search approved code projects by described behaviour

JevGrep helps people and coding assistants find code by what it does. It returns unchanged excerpts with file locations and requires separate approval before remotely searching each project.

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Our summary

Sometimes a developer knows what code does but not its name or file. JevGrep searches by that description, rates small source fragments, and returns unchanged excerpts with paths and line numbers. The caller can then open the surrounding code to check the match.

Service credentials stay outside the code project, and each project needs its own trusted setup before remote checks. Local inspection commands show eligible files, excluded material, limits, and planned work without sending source. People and coding assistants can use the same search engine.

Remote searches disclose eligible code and paths to the selected service. Exclusions and scan limits are not complete secret detection, and small excerpts may miss important relationships. The source says its TypeSafe connection had not yet been tested live, so support is not proof of working behaviour.

Key takeaways

Use exact search when the code name is already known.
Approve remote sharing separately for each project.
Inspect the selected files and limits before sending source.

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