Understanding Tiers

Tier Overview

Choose Your Tier

Community Tier (Free)

The Community tier provides powerful code analysis for individual developers and open-source projects. All 22 tools are available with the following limits:

Community Tier Limits

Best For

• Individual developers
• Open-source projects
• Learning and exploration
• Basic security checks
• Small codebases ( < 100 files)

Pro Tier

The Pro tier provides enhanced limits and features for professional developers and small teams. All tools remain available with significantly increased limits.

Enhanced Limits (All Tools Available)

Best For

• Professional developers
• Small teams (2-10 people)
• Production codebases
• Security auditing
• Refactoring projects
• Medium to large codebases

Enterprise Tier

The Enterprise tier provides unlimited limits and advanced governance features for large organizations. All tools remain available with no limits.

Unlimited Tool Usage

All 22 tools available with no limits on depth, nodes, files, or paths. Plus enterprise-specific governance features.

Enterprise-Enhanced Features

• Custom Policies: Define organization-specific rules
• Governance Profiles: Permissive, minimal, default, restrictive
• Audit Logging: Track all operations
• Change Budgets: Limit modifications per session
• Architecture Boundaries: Enforce dependency rules
• SSO/SAML: Enterprise authentication
• Dedicated Support: Named support contact with SLA
• License Server: Centralized license management
• Multi-team Deployment: Department-level organization

Best For

• Large organizations (20+ developers)
• Regulated industries (finance, healthcare)
• HIPAA, SOC2, GDPR, PCI-DSS, and safety-critical workflow support
• Multi-team deployments
• Custom integrations
• Enterprise-scale codebases

How Tier Limits Work

When you use a tool, Code Scalpel applies your tier's limits automatically. Every tool response includes tier information so you know what limits were applied.

Example: symbolic_execute Across All Tiers

# Community Tier (✅ Available with limits)
symbolic_execute(code, entry_point="main")

# Max 10 execution paths, depth 3
# Returns:
# {
#   "paths": [...],
#   "tier_applied": "community",
#   "max_paths_applied": 10,
#   "max_depth_applied": 3,
#   "was_truncated": True
# }

# Pro Tier (✅ Available with enhanced limits)
symbolic_execute(code, entry_point="main")

# Max 100 execution paths, depth 10
# Returns:
# {
#   "paths": [...],
#   "tier_applied": "pro",
#   "max_paths_applied": 100,
#   "max_depth_applied": 10,
#   "was_truncated": False
# }

# Enterprise Tier (✅ Available unlimited)
symbolic_execute(code, entry_point="main")

# Unlimited execution paths and depth
# Returns:
# {
#   "paths": [...],
#   "tier_applied": "enterprise",
#   "max_paths_applied": null,  # No limit
#   "max_depth_applied": null,  # No limit
#   "was_truncated": False
# }

Example: Call Graph Analysis

# Community tier: max_depth=3, max_nodes=50
result = get_call_graph(
    project_root="/project",
    depth=10  # Requested
)

# Result shows:
# {
#   "data": { ... },
#   "tier_applied": "community",
#   "max_depth_applied": 3,      # Capped to tier limit
#   "max_nodes_applied": 50,     # Capped to tier limit
#   "was_truncated": True,       # Could not show full graph
#   "duration_ms": 234
# }

# Pro tier: max_depth=50, max_nodes=500
result = get_call_graph(
    project_root="/project",
    depth=10  # Requested
)

# Result shows:
# {
#   "data": { ... },
#   "tier_applied": "pro",
#   "max_depth_applied": 10,     # Full depth used
#   "max_nodes_applied": 500,    # Pro tier limit
#   "was_truncated": False,      # Complete graph
#   "duration_ms": 456
# }

Response Metadata

Every tool response includes tier information:

{
  "data": { /* tool-specific data */ },
  "tier_applied": "pro",
  "max_depth_applied": 50,
  "max_nodes_applied": 500,
  "was_truncated": false,
  "duration_ms": 234
}

Activating Your License

Pro License Activation

After purchasing a Pro license:

1. Purchase at codescalpel.dev/pages/pricing.html
2. Download your license file (license.jwt)
3. Configure Code Scalpel using one of the methods below:

Method 1: Environment Variable

export CODE_SCALPEL_LICENSE_PATH=/path/to/license.jwt

Method 2: Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "code-scalpel": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["codescalpel", "mcp"],
      "env": {
        "CODE_SCALPEL_LICENSE_PATH": "/Users/you/license.jwt"
      }
    }
  }
}

Method 3: Config File

// .code-scalpel/config.json
{
  "license_path": "license.jwt"
}

Enterprise License Setup

Contact your account representative for enterprise license setup. Enterprise licenses support:

• Multiple team members
• License servers
• SSO integration
• Centralized management

Checking Your Tier

Ask your AI assistant:

Or use any tool and check the tier_applied field in the response.

Tool Limits by Category

Here's how tool limits increase across tiers for different tool categories:

Frequently Asked Questions