FAQ

Does aiscope make network requests?

No. Zero. See Privacy guard.

Does aiscope write to my files?

No, except the PNG you ask for via --card path.png.

Will it work on a repo with only Copilot files?

Yes. There's even a dedicated test fixture for it. Single-tool repos are fully supported.

Why does aiscope flag two files that can't both apply (different applyTo globs)?

It doesn't — by default, non-overlapping scopes are demoted to Low severity. aiscope check only fails on High. See Scope.

My --specific mode hides a conflict I want to see. How do I get it back?

Drop the flag — default mode (Uniform) shows everything. Or use --diag / --text to see Low-severity items inline.

Does aiscope support [tool I just thought of]?

If the tool stores rules as markdown with optional YAML frontmatter, opening an issue with paths and conventions is the easiest path. Adding a new scanner module is ~50 lines.

Why JetBrains Mono and not [other font]?

Free, open source (OFL), great Latin coverage, looks professional. The font is bundled (270 KB) so the card renders identically on every machine.

My card shows vs instead of ⇄. Why?

JetBrains Mono Regular doesn't ship the ⇄ glyph (U+21C4). Rather than fall back to a system font (which would break reproducibility), aiscope uses vs. See Summary card.

Is the JSON schema stable?

Within a 0.x minor: fields may be added but existing fields are stable. Starting at 1.0: fully stable.

Can I run aiscope on a non-git directory?

Yes. aiscope honors .gitignore if present but doesn't require git.

Where does the 4% context wasted number come from?

stale_tokens / total_tokens, where stale_tokens is the size of any statement involved in a Duplicate or losing side of a clash.