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DetailCodeZero logo CodeZeroShortcut logo Shortcut
What it doesAI-Native Software Development Extension for VS Code that gives AI structured access to your entire codebase AI agent for Excel automation and financial modeling
StageNot given Startup
Founded2023 2024
Based inIN Not given
Pricing modelNot given Freemium
PricingTrial: $0 for solo developers with 20k CodeZero tool calls and 100 MB codebase capacity. Starter: $29/user/month with 7.5k tool calls/seat/month and 50 MB/seat capacity. Scale: $39/user/month (most popular) with 13k tool calls/seat/month, 100 MB/seat capacity, and cumulative usage. Enterprise: Custo Free plan with 20 weekly credits. Pro plan: $100/month (billed annually; credits refresh monthly, save $300/year). Teams: $320/month + $100 per seat/month (billed annually). Enterprise: Custom pricing. Individual credits: 1,000 monthly plan credits with Pro. Teams pooled credits: 1,000 monthly team
Key features
  • Git Tree: unified workspace showing all connected repositories with branches, commits and history
  • Code Graph: shows system connectivity across modules, files, data and dependencies
  • Feature Mapping: traces product features from start through files to data read or written
  • Context Graph: repository embeddings and unified graph for AI prompt enhancement
  • Auto, Planned, Normal and Coffee Mode for change execution
  • AI Chat: conversational interface for code exploration and assistance
  • Impact Analysis: understand consequences of changes across codebase
  • Access indexed repositories without checking them out locally
  • Works with Claude Code, Codex and GitHub Copilot
  • Natural language Excel commands
  • Automatic formula generation
  • LBO model building
  • DCF and 3-statement model creation
  • Excel add-in integration
  • Existing file automation
  • CLI interface for workflows
  • Data tracing to source files
  • Error checking and validation
What makes it different
  • ~Zero hallucination: AI has right code context attached before drafting execution plans
  • 60% less tokens and 2x faster than alternative approaches
  • Works alongside existing AI coding agents without replacing them
  • Saves 10-15 hours per week on financial reporting tasks
  • Reduces manual work by up to 70%
  • Costs 38% less than Claude for Excel
  • 76% accuracy on real-world finance tasks
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)17 no change since last check44 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)013
Citation Flow (Majestic)1637
Referring domains (Majestic)16413

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