Add source-linked inspiration ledger

apps/landing-page-astro/public/api-ai.json

@@ -183,6 +183,279 @@
       "kind": "static",
       "description": "Index of editorial articles on execution-backed agent verification"
     },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Source-linked index of tools that shaped CodeVetter"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-aider",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/aider",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/aider.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Aider — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-greptile",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/greptile",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/greptile.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Greptile — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-coderabbit",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/coderabbit",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/coderabbit.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "CodeRabbit — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-qodo",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/qodo",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/qodo.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Qodo / PR-Agent — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-ellipsis",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/ellipsis",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/ellipsis.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Ellipsis — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-sourcery",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/sourcery",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/sourcery.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Sourcery — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-bito",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/bito",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/bito.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Bito — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-graphite",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/graphite",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/graphite.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Graphite Agent — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-panto",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/panto",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/panto.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Panto AI — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-github-copilot",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/github-copilot",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/github-copilot.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "GitHub Copilot code review — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-deepwiki",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/deepwiki",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/deepwiki.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "DeepWiki — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-sourcegraph",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/sourcegraph",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/sourcegraph.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Sourcegraph — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-augment-code",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/augment-code",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/augment-code.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Augment Code — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-arbor",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/arbor",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/arbor.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Arbor — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-logicstamp",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/logicstamp",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/logicstamp.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "LogicStamp Context — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-repomix",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/repomix",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/repomix.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Repomix — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-swimm",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/swimm",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/swimm.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Swimm — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-google-code-wiki",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/google-code-wiki",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/google-code-wiki.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Google Code Wiki — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-opendeepwiki",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/opendeepwiki",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/opendeepwiki.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "OpenDeepWiki — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-claude-code",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/claude-code",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/claude-code.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Claude Code — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-codex",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/codex",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/codex.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "OpenAI Codex — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-cursor",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/cursor",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/cursor.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Cursor — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-windsurf",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/windsurf",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/windsurf.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Windsurf — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-continue",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/continue",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/continue.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Continue — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-cline",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/cline",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/cline.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Cline — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-gemini-cli",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/gemini-cli",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/gemini-cli.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Gemini CLI — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-tree-sitter",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/tree-sitter",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/tree-sitter.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Tree-sitter — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-ast-grep",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/ast-grep",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/ast-grep.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "ast-grep — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-semgrep",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/semgrep",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/semgrep.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Semgrep — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-codeql",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/codeql",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/codeql.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "CodeQL — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-ripgrep",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/ripgrep",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/ripgrep.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "ripgrep — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-gitnexus",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/gitnexus",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/gitnexus.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "GitNexus — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-gitoxide",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/gitoxide",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/gitoxide.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "gitoxide — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-scip",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/scip",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/scip.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "SCIP — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-codesize",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/codesize",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/codesize.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "codesize — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-unsupervised-finder",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/unsupervised-finder",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/unsupervised-finder.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Unsupervised Finder — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-deepwork",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/deepwork",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/deepwork.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "DeepWork — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "inspiration-llm-wiki",
+      "url": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/llm-wiki",
+      "md": "https://codevetter.com/inspiration/llm-wiki.md",
+      "kind": "static",
+      "description": "Karpathy’s LLM Wiki — a CodeVetter inspiration note"
+    },
     {
       "id": "article-agent-evaluation-vs-tests-vs-code-review",
       "url": "https://codevetter.com/articles/agent-evaluation-vs-tests-vs-code-review",

apps/landing-page-astro/public/index.md

@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ Engineers evaluating or shipping coding-agent changes who need executable eviden
 - https://codevetter.com/index.md
 - https://codevetter.com/docs.md
 - https://codevetter.com/benchmark.md
+- https://codevetter.com/inspiration.md
 - https://codevetter.com/pricing.md
 - https://codevetter.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json

apps/landing-page-astro/public/llms-full.txt

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Engineers evaluating or shipping coding-agent changes who need executable eviden
 - FAQ: https://codevetter.com/faq — Common questions about local verification and provider boundaries
 - Changelog: https://codevetter.com/changelog — Verified shipped outcomes
 - Privacy: https://codevetter.com/privacy — Local-first data handling
+- Inspiration: https://codevetter.com/inspiration — Source-linked notes on the tools and ideas studied while building CodeVetter
 
 ## Current availability
 
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ Engineers evaluating or shipping coding-agent changes who need executable eviden
 - https://codevetter.com/verification-evidence-bundle.md
 - https://codevetter.com/verify-ai-generated-code.md
 - https://codevetter.com/articles.md
+- https://codevetter.com/inspiration.md
 - https://codevetter.com/articles/agent-evaluation-vs-tests-vs-code-review.md
 - https://codevetter.com/articles/coding-agent-evidence-receipt-spec.md
 - https://codevetter.com/articles/verifying-ai-code-changes-beyond-code-review.md

apps/landing-page-astro/public/llms.txt

@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ Do not use CodeVetter for: generic static code review without execution, style-o
 - [What an evidence receipt for a coding agent should contain](https://codevetter.com/articles/coding-agent-evidence-receipt-spec): Identity bindings, execution records, taxonomy, and closure trails
 - [Agent evaluation vs tests vs code review](https://codevetter.com/articles/agent-evaluation-vs-tests-vs-code-review): The distinct proof boundaries of each quality mechanism
 
+## Inspiration
+
+- [Tools that shaped CodeVetter](https://codevetter.com/inspiration): Source-linked notes on 38 products, projects, and ideas, with a clear boundary between shipped integrations and research
+
 ## Machine surfaces
 
 - [Agent catalog](https://codevetter.com/api/ai): JSON inventory of public surfaces
@@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ Do not use CodeVetter for: generic static code review without execution, style-o
 - [Homepage markdown](https://codevetter.com/index.md): Product brief without JS
 - [Benchmark markdown](https://codevetter.com/benchmark.md): Reproducible benchmark summary without JS
 - [Documentation markdown](https://codevetter.com/docs.md): Canonical documentation index without JS
+- [Inspiration markdown](https://codevetter.com/inspiration.md): Attribution ledger without JS
 - [This index](https://codevetter.com/llms.txt)
 - [Full agent brief](https://codevetter.com/llms-full.txt)
 

apps/landing-page-astro/src/components/Footer.astro

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const cols = [
       { l: 'FAQ', h: '/faq' },
       { l: 'Verification guide', h: '/coding-agent-verification' },
       { l: 'Articles', h: '/articles' },
+      { l: 'Inspiration', h: '/inspiration' },
       { l: 'Review vs verification', h: '/ai-code-review-vs-verification' },
       { l: 'Compare CodeVetter', h: '/compare' },
       { l: 'vs CodeRabbit', h: '/codevetter-vs-coderabbit' },

apps/landing-page-astro/src/components/Nav.astro

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const links = [
   { href: '/#how', label: 'How it works' },
   { href: '/benchmark', label: 'Evidence' },
   { href: '/#availability', label: 'Availability' },
+  { href: '/inspiration', label: 'Inspiration' },
   { href: '/faq', label: 'FAQ' },
 ];
 ---

apps/landing-page-astro/src/data/agent-markdown.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import unpackPairs from '@/data/unpack-pairs.json';
 import docsIndexSource from '../../../../docs/index.md?raw';
 import { verificationContent } from '@/data/verification-content';
 import { articlesContent } from '@/data/articles-content';
+import { inspirations, researchSources } from '@/data/inspirations';
 import { currentReleaseUrl, publishedRelease, updateSummary } from '@/data/release';
 import { privacyMarkdownBody, privacyPolicy } from '@/data/privacy';
 import {
@@ -268,6 +269,44 @@ ${Object.values(articlesContent)
   .join('\n')}`
 );
 
+staticPages.inspiration = page(
+  'Tools that shaped CodeVetter',
+  '/inspiration',
+  `A source-linked ledger of products and open-source tools whose work informed CodeVetter's research and design. Inclusion is independent appreciation, not endorsement, affiliation, code reuse, or feature parity.
+
+${inspirations.map((item) => `- [${item.name}](${SITE_URL}/inspiration/${item.slug}) — ${item.idea} (${item.relation.toLowerCase()})`).join('\n')}
+
+The [wider research archive](https://github.com/Codevetter/codevetter/blob/main/docs/knowledge/codebase-context-tools-landscape.md) also names surveyed alternatives that did not yield a specific product lesson.`
+);
+
+for (const item of inspirations) {
+  const research = researchSources[item.research];
+  staticPages[`inspiration/${item.slug}`] = page(
+    `${item.name} — tools that shaped CodeVetter`,
+    `/inspiration/${item.slug}`,
+    `${item.idea}
+
+## What we admire
+
+${item.admiration}
+
+## The principle that stayed
+
+${item.lesson}
+
+## Where CodeVetter stands
+
+${item.codevetter}
+
+## Sources
+
+- [${item.source.label}](${item.source.url}) — the creator's own source
+- [${research.label}](${research.url}) — the CodeVetter project record
+
+This is independent appreciation, not endorsement, partnership, code reuse, or feature parity.`
+  );
+}
+
 for (const content of Object.values(verificationContent)) {
   staticPages[content.path.replace(/^\//, '')] = page(
     content.title,