At Anote AI, we build tools that help developers work faster and more confidently. Today we’re releasing Anote — an AI coding assistant that goes beyond autocomplete to give you a collaborator that can read, understand, and modify your entire codebase.
The problem with most AI coding tools
Most AI coding tools are great at generating isolated snippets. Ask them to write a function from scratch and they’ll do it well. But real software development isn’t about writing code from scratch — it’s about understanding existing systems, finding bugs, making safe changes, and reasoning about how pieces fit together. When we asked developers what slowed them down, the answers were consistent:
“I spend more time understanding code than writing it”
“I’m afraid to touch parts of the codebase I didn’t write”
“Code review catches things, but not early enough”
“Writing tests feels like a chore I keep postponing”
An autocomplete tool doesn’t solve any of these. We built Anote to.
What Anote does differently
Anote connects Claude to your actual codebase through a set of tools — file reading, writing, editing, bash execution, file search, and code search. When you ask a question, Claude doesn’t guess; it reads the relevant files first, then answers.
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This makes a significant difference in practice. Ask “How does authentication work in this app?” and Anote will:
Search the codebase for auth-related files
Read the middleware, models, and route handlers
Give you a concrete answer that references actual file paths and function names
Ask “Fix the 401 error on the login endpoint” and Anote will:
Find the login route
Read the auth middleware
Identify the bug
Edit the file with the fix
Explain what it changed and why
This is the difference between a coding assistant and a coding collaborator.
Three ways to use Anote
We built Anote for different workflows, so it comes in three forms.
The CLI — for developers who live in the terminal
npm install -g @anote-ai/anote
anote chat
The CLI gives you a full conversational interface in your terminal, plus standalone commands for common tasks:
anote fix src/api.ts --error "TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined"
anote review --diff # Review staged changes before committing
anote commit # Generate a conventional commit message
anote pr --gh # Generate and create a pull request
The VS Code extension — for IDE users
Press Ctrl+Shift+P to install the VS Code Extension. Set your API key, and use it like you would use Codex. Conversations persist across VS Code reloads — your chat history is there when you come back.
The web app — for teams
Run a single Anote server and give your whole team access through a browser. No API keys per developer, no installs required. The web interface includes a file tree, git status panel, session management, and the same full chat capabilities as the other interfaces.
Try it today
Get started in under five minutes:
npm install -g @anote-ai/anote
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
cd your-project
anote chat
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