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Usage Modes

MethodAtlas operates in three independent modes. Source write-back modifiers can be layered on top of any mode that produces AI output or a reviewed CSV.

Mode AI required Network Output formats
Static inventory No No CSV, plain text, SARIF
API AI enrichment Yes — via API Yes CSV, plain text, SARIF
Manual AI workflow Yes — via chat No CSV, plain text, SARIF
Source write-back (AI) Combined with above Depends —
Source write-back (CSV) No No —

Choose the mode that fits your infrastructure constraints:

  • No AI access at all → Static inventory gives you the method list; tags can be added manually or in a later enrichment step.
  • Direct API access → API AI enrichment is the simplest path; ten providers are supported (Ollama, OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, Mistral, Groq, xAI, GitHub Models, OpenRouter, and auto). See AI Providers.
  • Air-gapped or policy-restricted → Manual AI workflow lets you use a supervised chat interface without any outbound network calls from the scan host.

YAML configuration

All modes support a shared configuration file that avoids repeating flags:

outputMode: csv          # csv | plain | sarif
contentHash: false
ai:
  provider: openrouter
  model: google/gemini-flash-1.5
  apiKeyEnv: OPENROUTER_API_KEY
  confidence: false

./methodatlas -config methodatlas.yml src/test/java

CLI flags always override YAML values. See the CLI Reference for the full flag list and the complete YAML schema.