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To extract reusable patterns, you can analyze your commit history and diffs to identify recurring development practices and create a knowledge base of instincts. This process captures project-specific insights for future knowledge retention.

An instinct is a captured reusable pattern derived from recent project work, complete with confidence scoring. It represents a recognized best practice stored in your knowledge base to improve future software development.

Pattern extraction operates within the scope of a single project to ensure the knowledge base remains project-specific. You run the analysis on individual commit histories and diffs to maintain contextual accuracy for the generated instincts.

You should run code analysis to create instincts immediately after completing a feature or bug fix. This timing ensures observations and diffs are fresh, maximizing the accuracy of pattern extraction and knowledge retention.

Instinct creation requires the analysis of commit history, diffs, and observations to function accurately. Without these inputs, the pattern extraction process lacks the necessary data to identify and score reusable development patterns.

The best way to retain development knowledge is to extract reusable patterns from the completed feature's diffs and commit history. This creates a scored knowledge base of instincts, preserving project-specific insights for future application.