Cindy: A Toolkit for Automated Architecture Recovery in Large Software Repositories

Year: 2026
Authors: M. Marko, L. Radoský, T. Uherčík, A. Antakli, I. Polášek
Proceedings: 2026 6th International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET), pp. 1–6

This paper presents the Cindy Toolkit, a comprehensive suite of tools designed to facilitate deep, multi-faceted repository comprehension
by analyzing not just the source code but also the entire ecosystem of artifacts within a repository.

We demonstrate how just a small subset of tools contained in Cindy can be used to generate comprehensive human-readable reports on various aspects of software. We also suggest possibilities of integration into AI-driven workflows to provide agents with the contextual understanding necessary for successful task execution.

The key novelty of our approach lies in its holistic, artifact-inclusive analysis methodology combined with a multi-stage LLM-assisted validation process that goes beyond code-centric approaches.

DOI: 10.1109/ICECET65726.2026.11631806
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