From install to first value in minutes.

Install the plugin

Grab it from the VSCode/Cursor or JetBrains marketplace — or use the helixor CLI. serve runs the backend + MCP in one process; mcp-config prints your Cursor/Claude registration.

Adopt your project

Register the codebase and build the index. This is what turns grep-quality lookup into structural Code Indexes — definitions, usages, bonds, motifs.

Open the Helixor views

TODO Stacks and Code Indexes appear right in your IDE. Push a TODO from a selection; browse what the index knows.

Connect over MCP (augment · no key)

Register the MCP server into Claude Code or Codex. The agent brings its own model — no Helixor key required.

Try it

Run a Quality assessment, push a TODO from a selection, and watch the index answer better than grep — with fewer tokens.

Run your first workflow

List the catalog, then plan and start safe_change_delivery. Add your model keys (BYOK) so each step calls the right model, then act on the approval gate to continue.

For teams: share a workspace

Host or join a shared workspace so stacks, indexes, and cross-agent channels are shared across the team via web admin.

Watch the menu bar

Run helixor up and look up-and-to-the-right.

A lightweight macOS companion appears in the menu bar. A green light means the local companion is healthy and your MCP endpoint is wired up — so you know the agent is connected before you dispatch it. Click it for index freshness, active TODO stacks, runtime connectivity, and a live tokens-consumed / tokens-saved meter. On headless Linux there's no tray — the same status is on the companion status API.

One-off question

Just call search. Structural lookup answers better than grep — no ceremony.

Nontrivial change

Plan a design and a TODO stack so intent survives past the chat.

Risky / cross-repo

Run the full gated SDLC — human approval, evidence, and resumable checkpoints.