Introduction
Get started with Codeteel — your AI coding agent.
Codeteel is an AI coding agent that connects to your GitHub repositories. It indexes your codebase, understands your code, and helps you make changes through natural conversation — from the web, Slack, Telegram, or Discord.
1
Create an account
Sign up with email and password.
2
Connect GitHub
Authorize Codeteel to access your repositories.
3
Add a repository
Select a repo from the list. Codeteel stores the connection.
4
Configure LLM
Go to Settings and add an LLM provider. Use Ollama for free local models, or paste an API key for cloud providers.
5
Configure Embeddings
Add an embedding provider in Settings (required for semantic code search). OpenAI text-embedding-3-small is recommended.
6
Index your code
On the repo page, click 'Index'. Codeteel reads every file, generates AI summaries, and creates searchable embeddings.
7
Start chatting
Open the chat interface and ask questions or request code changes.
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Local models are free. Install Ollama, run
ollama serve, and select it in Settings. Your code never leaves your machine.