# Kerno

## Kerno

- [Overview](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/readme.md): Welcome to the Kerno documentation.
- [Quickstart](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/getting-started/quickstart.md): Install Kerno and connect it to your AI coding agent.
- [Uninstall Kerno](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/getting-started/uninstall-kerno.md): Follow these steps to uninstall kerno.This removes the MCP registration from your coding tool, stops the local agent, and cleans up all installed binaries and the CLI.
- [FAQs](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/getting-started/faqs.md): A collection of answers to frequently asked questions about Kerno
- [Changelog](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/getting-started/changelog.md): Stay up to date with the latest Kerno feature and improvements
- [How Kerno works](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/core-concepts/how-kerno-works.md): Understand how Kerno works, from indexing your codebase to validating code changes.
- [Codebase indexing](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/core-concepts/codebase-indexing.md): Understand how Kerno builds a deterministic index of your codebase, keeps it up to date, and why it matters for accurate validation.
- [Environment Setup](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/core-concepts/environment-setup.md): Understand how Kerno builds and manages your local test environment, from the initial plan to keeping it in sync as your code evolves.
- [Scenarios and Baselines](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/core-concepts/scenarios-and-baselines.md): Understand how Kerno generates test scenarios for your endpoints, captures baselines, and keeps both in sync as your code evolves.
- [Change Validation](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/core-concepts/change-validation.md): Understand how Kerno validates your code changes and catches breaking changes and unintended side effects before they ship.
- [Start the environment](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/guides/start-the-environment.md): Learn how to set up, start, and update your Kerno environment.
- [Capture a baseline](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/guides/capture-a-baseline.md): Learn how to capture a baseline tests for your endpoints.
- [Validate code changes](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/guides/validate-code-changes.md): Learn how to validate a code change with Kerno, understand the results, and keep your baseline current as your code evolves.
- [Kerno CLI](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/references/kerno-cli.md): The Kerno CLI manages the Kerno agent on your machine and sets up MCP for your coding agent.
- [Kerno MCP](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/references/kerno-mcp.md): Kerno's MCP tools are the API your coding agent uses to drive Kerno.
- [Scopes](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/references/scopes.md): A scope tells Kerno which endpoints to act on for a given operation.
- [Ports and file paths](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/references/ports-and-file-paths.md): This is the reference for the network ports and filesystem paths Kerno uses on your machine.
- [Supported Technologies](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/references/supported-technologies.md): Overview of Kerno's supported technologies
- [Security & Privacy](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/references/security-and-privacy.md): Understand how Kerno handles your code and data.
- [Overview](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/code-intelligence-tools-kit/overview.md): Understand what Kerno KIT is, what it gives your coding agent, and how it fits into your development workflow.
- [Quickstart](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/code-intelligence-tools-kit/quickstart.md): Get Kerno KIT running and connected to your coding agent in under 60 seconds.
- [KIT Tools Reference](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/code-intelligence-tools-kit/kit-tools-reference.md): Complete reference for all Kerno KIT code intelligence tools.
- [Overview](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/ide-extension/overview.md): The Kerno IDE extension gets you started and shows you what your agent is doing.
- [Quickstart](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/ide-extension/quickstart.md): Install the Kerno IDE extension and connect your coding agent in a few minutes.
- [Installation Issues](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/troubleshooting/installation-issues.md): Solutions to Kerno installation issues.
- [Environment Setup Issues](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/troubleshooting/environment-setup-issues.md): Solutions to Kerno test environment setup issues.
- [Test Execution Issues](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/troubleshooting/test-execution-issues.md): Solutions to test execution issues.
- [Kerno on ArchLinux (btw)](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/troubleshooting/kerno-on-archlinux-btw.md)
- [Test Kerno with OSS Projects](https://kerno.gitbook.io/docs/troubleshooting/test-kerno-with-oss-projects.md): Open source projects you can use to quickly try Kerno and see how it behaves in a real codebase.


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