“Yes. Tabnine can answer questions about your existing codebase without changing any files.”
+ read-only codebase question answering
“Tabnine Chat can use your workspace as context to answer questions such as:”
+ context retrieval with references
“Tabnine can retrieve relevant files and code snippets from the workspace and include references in its answers.”
+ configurable tool permissions
“Tabnine supports Auto-approve, Ask first, and Disable for individual native tools.”
+ read-only tool configuration
“Tabnine's read-only tool configuration.”
− Agent can modify files and execute commands
“Avoid using Agent for this workflow because Agent has capabilities to:”
− instructions alone are weaker enforcement
“One important distinction: Tabnine's instructions and disabled tools reduce the risk of modification, but filesystem permissions provide the stronger enforcement boundary.”