C++

Fix C++ bugs with Codna

Header includes, template instantiations, and a sprawling CMake build make C++ bugs hard for an agent to trace. Codna is an AI C++ pair programmer that builds the dependency graph deterministically, so each fix starts from facts, not guesses.

The problem

Why C++ bugs are hard to fix

A failing assertion can trace back through a transitive header, a template specialization, or a translation unit the test never names directly. Engineers lose hours rebuilding, reading link errors, and chasing undefined behavior across files the directory layout doesn't reveal. Feeding the whole tree to a language model is slow and lossy, and the build graph rarely matches what you see on disk. Effective AI C++ debugging has to resolve the include and link paths first, then point at the one file that actually broke.

How Codna fixes it

How Codna fixes C++

1

Map the build graph

Codna resolves headers, includes, template instantiations, and the CMake target graph with full blast radius — deterministically, for zero LLM tokens.

2

Fix from a tiny evidence bundle

The agent receives the failing assertion, the call chain, and the suspect functions in about 600 tokens — 162x less context than reading the whole tree.

3

Verify with your own tests

Codna rebuilds and re-runs your project's test target; the patch ships only after CTest, GoogleTest, or Catch2 goes green.

codna fix . --issue "Matrix::operator* gives wrong result for non-square inputs"

What you get

What you get

Zero-token build-graph map

Codna maps headers, templates, and CMake targets with a deterministic engine — no embeddings, no RAG, and no LLM tokens spent just to understand the repo.

A ~600-token evidence bundle

Instead of streaming 100k+ tokens of source, the AI coding agent gets a focused bundle — the failing test, call chain, and suspect translation units — 162x less context.

Every fix verified by your tests

Each c++ ai bug fix is rebuilt and run against your existing test target before it lands, at a measured cost of about $0.04 per verified fix.

The proof

Fewer tokens. Faster. Verified.

Codna16K
Cline65K
Cursor81K
Total tokens to fix 8 verified bug-fix scenarios — measured head-to-head vs the Codex and Gemini CLIs.

Frequently asked

Yes — the deterministic graph follows your targets, includes, and link dependencies, so a fix accounts for the translation units it actually touches, not just the file you opened.

Codna rebuilds and runs your existing test target. The failing test is the oracle; the patch only ships once CTest, GoogleTest, or Catch2 passes.

Yes. Codna resolves template instantiations and transitive header includes, so the agent fixes the root cause instead of a symptom that surfaces downstream.

Yes. Codna ships as a CLI, an MCP server for Cursor and Claude, and a native GitHub App. It can self-host with your own keys (BYOK), fail-closed egress, and no training on your code.

Because Codna fixes from a ~600-token bundle rather than the whole repo, a verified fix costs about $0.04 at public model rates — a fraction of a typical agentic edit that reads the entire tree.

No. The repository map is built by a deterministic engine, so there is no index to stale, no vectors to maintain, and zero tokens spent on understanding before the fix begins.

Understand. Fix. Evolve.