> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.zenable.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How It Works

> Real-time AI code review with automated security checks and bug prevention

Zenable catches bugs and security issues before they reach your codebase through three core pillars:

## Our Approach

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  <Card title="Spec-Driven Development" icon="shield-check">
    Enforce conformance and custom requirements directly in the SDLC. Provide context only when it matters to keep AI workflows efficient and precise.
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  <Card title="Continuous Improvement" icon="arrows-rotate">
    Automatically measure, learn, and refine prompts, context, and guardrails to reduce token waste and keep integrations healthy.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Evidence & Observability" icon="chart-line">
    Instrument the SDLC with metrics, telemetry, and audit-ready evidence. Turn usage data into actionable reports that double as compliance artifacts and performance KPIs.
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## Technical Architecture

### Dual-Layer Validation

**Fast Deterministic Checks**

* Runs on every file save in milliseconds
* Catches known patterns: security vulnerabilities, code smells, style violations

**AI Code Review**

* Context-aware analysis of your codebase and requirements
* Provides working fixes, not just warnings
* Catches subtle bugs and logic errors
* Enforces architecture decisions and custom requirements

Both layers run in parallel. [See examples](/use-cases/preventing-ai-mistakes)

### Where Zenable Runs

**IDE Protection**

Works with [Cursor](/integrations/mcp/ide/cursor), [Claude Code](/integrations/mcp/ide/claude-code), [VS Code](/integrations/mcp/ide/vscode), [Windsurf](/integrations/mcp/ide/windsurf), [Codex](/integrations/mcp/ide/codex), [Continue](/integrations/mcp/ide/continue), [GitHub Copilot CLI](/integrations/mcp/ide/copilot), [Gemini CLI](/integrations/mcp/ide/gemini), [Roo Code](/integrations/mcp/ide/roo), [Antigravity](/integrations/mcp/ide/antigravity), and more. [See our setup guide](/integrations/mcp/getting-started)

**Pre-Commit Hooks**

Block bad code at commit time. [Get started](/integrations/pre-commit/getting-started)

**PR Reviews**

Automated line-by-line feedback with fix suggestions. We support both [GitHub](/integrations/vcs-reviewers/github) and [GitLab](/integrations/vcs-reviewers/gitlab).

### Custom Requirements

Upload your requirements once, enforce everywhere:

* Architecture decisions
* Coding standards
* Compliance requirements (HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC2)
* Internal library usage rules

[Configure policies](/use-cases/policy-as-code) | [Deployment strategies](/deployment-adoption)

## Key Benefits

* Catch bugs as code is written, not in review
* Speed up code review with automated first-pass
* Automatically meet company requirements
* Zero learning curve—works with existing AI assistants
* No CI/CD changes needed

## Get Started

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  <Card title="Install" icon="terminal" href="/integrations/mcp/getting-started">
    30 seconds
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  <Card title="PR Reviews" icon="code-pull-request" href="/integrations/vcs-reviewers/github">
    GitHub/GitLab
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  <Card title="Examples" icon="code" href="/use-cases/preventing-ai-mistakes">
    See what we catch
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