# Covert Coder — AIDE Sovereign Workbench

> Covert Coder is the product direction for AIDE Sovereign Workbench, an open-source local-first development environment with editor, models, Git, debugging, and verification under operator control.

- Current status: pre-production; capability labels are conservative and uncommitted work is not release evidence.
- Product topology: browser frontend (:4173) → product façade (:4777) → canonical TypeScript backend (:4778); legacy backend (:4779) remains migration inventory.
- Local model execution and local tools are supported; external model-host downloads and online providers are explicit opt-in network boundaries.
- Resident is advisory; models, plugins, and generated patches do not grant authority or apply changes without operator review.
- Implemented route families cover workspace, editor, chat, models, providers, BYOK, Git, terminal, tasks, LSP, DAP, Resident, memory, audit, and verification-related services.
- Veritas/Harness provides evidence gates; verification is not execution permission or effect certainty.
- Desktop packaging, Helix extensions, dedicated Skills/Security surfaces, and the Covert cockpit remain experimental or unreleased where the feature matrix says so.
- No test count is asserted here; run the documented checks and retain their evidence for release claims.

## Links

- Repository: https://github.com/AnonymousNomad/covert-coder
- Documentation index: docs/README.md
- Architecture: docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
- Security: SECURITY.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- Release roadmap: docs/RELEASE_ROADMAP.md
- Model packs: models/PACKS.md
- License: LICENSE