Getting Started Guide For New Users
1. Installation (On-Premise customers only)
Install CodeScene & Activate your license
Subscribe here to On-Premise Release Announcements
2. Create Your First Project
Set up your first CodeScene project
Run an initial analysis
Download a Code Health Overview PDF report (details here)
Subscribe to the weekly Code Health Overview report (details here)
Explore the analysis results in the dashboard
3. Optimise Your Project Setup
Exclude 3rd party code (instructions here)
Configure teams, map aliases and mark ex-developers (instructions here)
Re-run the analysis for updated insights (instructions here)
Review Knowledge Distribution → Code Familiarity to identify key knowledge holders
4. Pull Request Integration (Stabilise the Codebase)
Enable the Pull Request integration with the bare minimum profile (see setup instructions)
Submit your first PR for review and receive automated feedback
5. Developer Onboarding
6. Track Adoption
Verify that all developers have installed the MCP Server and CLI tool to stop bad code leaving the terminal.
Review PR Statistics to check whether PRs are clean or if feedback is given, whether action is being taken (instructions here)
7. Pull Request Review – Raise the Bar
Once more than 80% of code health issues are prevented, activate the Clean Code Collective PR Profile (see in “PR Statistics”)
This raises your quality standard and enforces cleaner, more maintainable code
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