How to: Explain Your Codebase Using Warp (Rust Codebase)

Learn how to use Warp’s AI agent to explore and understand large, unfamiliar codebases — using semantic and symbol-level search.

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Overview

This walkthrough shows:

• How Warp explains unknown sections of code

• How it combines semantic and keyword searches

• How to use these insights to modify UI components

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Prompt

prompt.txt

Please explain how the agent popup code is structured,
where it lives in the codebase,
and how it is rendered and called.
I want to understand the full data flow and structure
so I can add a new agent button to it.

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How Warp’s Agent Searches

Warp begins by using semantic (vectorized) search to locate relevant files. Once it finds probable matches (e.g., agent_management_popup.rs), it switches to symbolic search (grep and direct code reads).

Warp intelligently reads large files (splitting them into smaller chunks) to extract relevant definitions and render logic.

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Generated Explanation

Warp returns a full breakdown:

• File paths where the popup is defined

• How it’s rendered within the workspace

• Which actions and UI components trigger it

• A step-by-step view of data flow through the popup component