{"slug": "show-hn-stewie-reflect-owner-s-manuals-for-repos-with-claims-linked-to-code", "title": "Show HN: Stewie Reflect – owner's manuals for repos, with claims linked to code", "summary": "Stewie Reflect launches a tool that generates owner's manuals for code repositories, linking claims to evidence in the code. The service, currently in private beta, offers a free preview and charges a one-time $19 fee for the full manual.", "body_md": "# The owner's manual your codebase never came with.\n\nYou own software you can't fully read — AI helped you build it, or you inherited it, and somewhere along the way you lost the full picture. Stewie Reflect reads one snapshot of your repository and writes an **Owner's Manual**: what the code actually does, what deserves your attention, where the evidence ends, and which decisions only you can make.\n\nIn private beta · built in the open\n\n### Truth, with receipts\n\nEvery important claim is tied to evidence from your code. When the manual isn't sure, it says so — explicitly, with labeled evidence boundaries instead of confident guesses.\n\n### Attention, ranked by consequence\n\nRisks and conflicts come as cards that say what happens, why it matters, and when to look again. The sample manual surfaces **2 critical findings** and **17 owner decisions** in one place.\n\n### Written for owners\n\nNo code reading required. Plain-language models and figures explain your product, while explicit source boundaries show where the reviewed evidence ends.\n\n## 01 Sound familiar?\n\n\"I vibe-coded my whole product with AI. It works… I think. I honestly couldn't tell you what happens when a payment fails.\"\n\n\"My developer left. I own the code now — I just can't read it, and I don't know what I don't know.\"\n\n\"Before I invest more in this codebase, I want an honest second opinion on what's actually in there.\"\n\nThat gap between *owning* software and *understanding* it is exactly what an Owner's Manual closes.\n\n## 02 See a real one\n\nWe won't ask you to trust a marketing page. This is the complete reviewed manual for a real production accounting application — 7 chapters, every figure and attention card included, labeled as sample content throughout. It is the format and quality target we hold generated manuals to: customer manuals must pass automated quality checks before delivery, and depth varies with each repository's available evidence.\n\n### Owner's Manual for an AI bookkeeping app\n\n7 generated chapters from the reviewed repository snapshot\n\nA real generated manual — produced by our engine from one snapshot of a real AI bookkeeping app · 7 chapters · 17 attention items\n\n[Open the sample manual](/manual)\n\n## 03 How it works\n\n- Connect GitHub\n**read-only**— only the repositories you choose. - Pick one repository and branch; we pin the exact commit.\n- Free repository check, then we generate your full Owner's Manual — free.\n- Read a free preview: one complete chapter plus every finding, so you can judge it on your own code.\n- Unlock the full manual and Markdown export for $19 beta price — only if it's worth it.\n\n## 04 Pricing\n\n[Start free](/app/new)\n\n\"Beta price\" is our current early-access price: you pay once per repository to unlock it — no subscription, no recurring charge.\n\nFull details, trust, privacy, payment support and FAQ: [Pricing & FAQ](/beta).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-stewie-reflect-owner-s-manuals-for-repos-with-claims-linked-to-code", "canonical_source": "https://reflect.stewie.sh/", "published_at": "2026-06-24 14:22:26+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-24 14:40:11.794596+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-tools", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Stewie Reflect", "GitHub"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-stewie-reflect-owner-s-manuals-for-repos-with-claims-linked-to-code", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-stewie-reflect-owner-s-manuals-for-repos-with-claims-linked-to-code.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-stewie-reflect-owner-s-manuals-for-repos-with-claims-linked-to-code.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-stewie-reflect-owner-s-manuals-for-repos-with-claims-linked-to-code.jsonld"}}