Real product evidenceFollow the evidence. Open the source.
Three workflows captured from Engram against a small public library-catalog repository. Every result below is a snapshot you can inspect and repeat.
Source revision c333c003e7b2 · index timestamp 14 July 2026 · captured 9 September 2026. This is a sample, not a production-scale benchmark.
02 / Recover contextWhy is this repository in memory?
Start with the file’s retained history, then distinguish what the record says from what still needs investigation.
get_file_context returns one commit for BookRepository.cs: “Initial catalog API skeleton”. The retained history begins and ends with that commit.
There are no linked tickets, reviews or extracted source-rationale items in this sample result. Engram exposes that absence; it does not invent a decision trail.
Separately, the repository README identifies this as a deliberately small sample for indexing and code-navigation tools, with an in-memory repository. That supplies context, but it is not evidence of a missing design discussion.
In a connected estate, retained work-item and review links can sit alongside commits. A file-level association shows evidence worth reading; it does not prove why a particular line was written.
Captured file-context evidenceBookRepository.cs
- Message
- Initial catalog API skeleton
- Retained window
- 24 May 2026 · one commit
- Linked tickets / reviews
- 0 / 0 returned
- Extracted rationale
- 0 items returned
Retained evidence only. No historical source or graph reconstruction is implied.
Repeatable evidenceRun the same questions.
Index the public sample at the recorded revision in your Engram installation. Invoke these MCP tools with the arguments below. Record your Engram release, index revision and configuration; newer resolvers or different budgets can change the output.
MCP calls and exact arguments
change_impact({
"repo": "engram-example-catalog",
"changed_files": "src/Services/BookRepository.cs",
"view": "review"
})
trace_flow({
"repo": "engram-example-catalog",
"symbol_id": "src/Services/LoanService.cs::LoanService.Borrow#method",
"max_depth": 2,
"max_response_chars": 16000,
"cross_repo": false
})
get_file_context({
"repo": "engram-example-catalog",
"file_path": "src/Services/BookRepository.cs"
})
brief_repo({
"repo": "engram-example-catalog",
"view": "onboarding"
})
The download contains complete captured review and trace responses plus labelled file-context and onboarding excerpts. Optional ownership data and aggregated cross-repository contracts are excluded. The layout above is a readable presentation of those results, not a screenshot of Explore.