Understanding Code Symbols

In Fire and Water, CodeBot can use the Elements code model to inspect symbols, types, members, and declarations. This is different from plain text search: CodeBot can ask the IDE about the structure of your code.

Ask CodeBot to Find Symbols

CodeBot can list symbols, find types, search for names, and inspect members of a type.

Typical prompts:

• "Find the class that owns this method."
• "List symbols containing ProjectReference."
• "Show me the members of this type."
• "Where is this API declared?"

Use code-model requests when the question is about program structure, declarations, or type/member relationships.

Ask CodeBot to Explain Symbol Details

CodeBot can retrieve symbol details before explaining or editing code.

Typical prompts:

• "Explain this class and its public API."
• "What overloads exist for this method?"
• "Show me details for the selected symbol."

This can be more accurate than asking CodeBot to search raw text, especially in larger solutions.

Ask CodeBot to Replace a Symbol

For certain refactor-like changes, CodeBot can replace a whole symbol after it has identified the exact target.

Typical prompts:

• "Replace this generated method with a cleaner implementation."
• "Update this property implementation."
• "Rewrite this symbol, but keep the public signature."

For small local edits, ordinary file editing is usually easier to review. Whole-symbol replacement is best when the symbol is clearly identified and CodeBot has a complete replacement.