Lithium AI

Lithium addresses the critical challenge of preserving engineering knowledge by systematically capturing and distributing team decisions. Key capabilities include: * Manual decision capture via command line interface * Automated extraction from merged GitHub pull requests * Structured knowledge organization mirroring codebase * Unified distribution to multiple developer tools via MCP * Instant knowledge transfer for new team members This platform ensures that crucial architectural and implementation decisions, often lost when engineers leave or forgotten over time, are retained and accessible. By connecting to GitHub, Lithium automatically identifies and extracts significant decisions from merged pull requests, populating a structured knowledge base. This keeps the collective understanding of "why" the codebase is built a certain way continuously updated and readily available. Decisions are organized into hierarchical clusters that reflect your existing code structure (e.g., `auth.tokens`, `payments.webhooks`). This contextual organization ensures that when a developer tool accesses the knowledge, it receives the most relevant information for the specific code segment being worked on. New hires can access this comprehensive history from day one, drastically reducing onboarding time and preventing the recurrence of past mistakes or redundant discussions. Lithium acts as a central MCP server, providing a single source of truth for all integrated developer environments. This seamless integration means developer tools consistently pull the same, up-to-date decisions, fostering alignment across the entire team and enhancing productivity.