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Getting Started

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