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Usage Modes

MethodAtlas operates in three independent modes. A source write-back modifier can be layered on top of any mode that produces AI output.

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 Combined with above Depends —

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; all four hosted providers (Ollama, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Anthropic) are supported.
  • 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.