Augment Code

Augment Code is built on a premise that distinguishes it from most AI coding tools: the best code completions require understanding your specific codebase, not just public training data.

## Core Architecture: Codebase Indexing

Augment connects to your GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket repository and indexes your entire codebase: - Parses code into a semantic graph understanding which functions call which, how types relate, and where patterns repeat - Keeps the index continuously updated as code changes - Uses this private codebase context for every AI interaction

The result: when you're writing a function that calls an internal API, Augment knows the exact signature, error codes, and expected return types — because it's read your code.

## AI Capabilities

**Smart Code Completions** — context-aware completions that understand your codebase conventions, not just generic patterns. Suggests method names, variable names, and idioms used in your specific project.

**Chat with Context** — ask questions about your codebase ("how does authentication work in this service?") and get answers that reference actual code files, not generic explanations.

**Augment Agent** — an agentic coding assistant that can: - Implement features across multiple files - Refactor code while maintaining test coverage - Debug issues by tracing through your actual call stack - Write and run tests against your existing test suite

**Code Review Assistance** — review pull requests with full codebase context. Augment flags changes that might break downstream consumers of an API, contradict existing conventions, or introduce inconsistency with established patterns.

## Enterprise Features

**Security-first architecture** — enterprise customers get dedicated compute. Your code never mixes with other customers' code in the index.

**Permission-respecting** — Augment respects repository permissions. Developers only see suggestions from code they have access to.

**Compliance** — SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA eligible, supports VPC deployment.

**Admin controls** — centralized policy management: which repos are indexed, which AI features are enabled, cost tracking by team.

## IDE Support

- VS Code (primary) - JetBrains (IntelliJ, PyCharm, GoLand, WebStorm) - Neovim

## Comparison to GitHub Copilot

Where Copilot is trained on public code and has limited project context, Augment's value proposition is deep private codebase understanding. Augment typically outperforms Copilot on tasks requiring cross-file context or knowledge of internal APIs.

## Pricing

Enterprise pricing. Free trial available. Contact sales for team licensing.