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How to Perform an AI-Powered Codebase Audit and Architecture Visualization

Use an AI model like GLM 5.2 to analyze an entire codebase, summarize its architecture and recent changes, and then generate a visual HTML report to share with your team.

How to Perform an AI-Powered Codebase Audit and Architecture Visualization

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AI-first code editor

02Step-by-Step Guide
1

Open Codebase in AI Editor

Ensure your AI model (e.g., GLM 5.2) is configured in your editor (like Cursor) and has access to your project's full codebase.

2

Prompt for Initial Analysis

Use a prompt to ask the AI to explore the codebase and provide a summary of its architecture and recent development activity.

Prompt:
This is the chat, PRD code base. Please explore it and tell me a little bit about its architecture and the most recent things we have been shipping on this code base.
3

Review the AI's Summary

Read the AI's initial analysis to verify its understanding of the stack, architecture, and recent work.

4

Prompt for HTML Visualization

Ask the AI to convert its analysis into a visual HTML page that communicates the app's architecture and product strategy.

Prompt:
Turn this into an HTML page that can communicate the overall architecture of the app and give a sense of the upcoming roadmap. You can use whatever components you want to make this look good and communicate to me the end developer, the major pieces of the architecture and product strategy. Give me a page to pull up when it's ready to review.
5

Review Final HTML Page

Open the generated HTML page to assess its design, structure, and content. The model may even correctly infer brand colors and roadmap themes.

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