engineer9

The engineering teammate that never forgets

Stop losing knowledge when engineers leave. Engineer9 captures your team's tribal knowledge, playbooks, and context — automatically.

Free for teams up to 503 minute setupNo credit card required

Trusted by engineering teams at

Acme CorpDevCoScalifyBuildFastLoopstack

Knowledge compounds faster than teams can preserve it

Critical context scatters across conversations, people, and tools — creating inefficiencies that compound as you scale.

Context loss during transitions

Architectural decisions and system knowledge leave when engineers do.

Fragmented information

Critical details scatter across Slack, docs, and PRs.

Answering "why" repeatedly

Teams lose hours explaining past decisions to new members.

Onboarding bottlenecks

Senior engineers spend hours answering recurring questions.

HOW IT WORKS

Start preserving knowledge in 3 minutes

No complex setup, no training required. Install, connect, and start asking questions.

01

Connect your Slack workspace

Install engineer9 to your Slack workspace in under 3 minutes. No complex configuration — just authorize and go.

02

Engineer9 builds your knowledge graph

It learns your team structure, system ownership, past decisions, and incident resolutions from your existing conversations.

03

Ask questions, get sourced answers

@ mention engineer9 anywhere in Slack. It searches memory, cites sources, and gives answers with full context.

EXPERIENCE

Works exactly like talking to a teammate

# engineering
24 members
JL
Jamie L.2:14 PM

@engineer9 why did we move from MongoDB to PostgreSQL last year?

E9
engineer9APP2:14 PM

The migration was decided in #architecture on March 12, 2024. Here's the context:

Decision: PostgreSQL migration

Reason: MongoDB's flexible schema was causing data integrity issues at scale. The team needed ACID transactions for billing and user data.

Decision makers: Priya (Eng lead), Alex (CTO), with input from the data team.

Tradeoff noted: Higher operational complexity accepted in exchange for data consistency guarantees.

Source: #architecture thread · playbooks/postgres-migration.md

MK
Maya K.2:16 PM

@engineer9 who owns the auth service now?

PRODUCT

Built for how engineering teams actually work

Engineer9 integrates into your existing workflow without disruption. No new tools to learn, no processes to change.

Institutional memory

Captures decisions, discussions, and context from Slack automatically. Nothing is lost when engineers leave.

Ownership mapping

Knows who owns what across your entire stack. Ask who's responsible for any service, feature, or system.

Decision archaeology

Surface the reasoning behind technical choices made months or years ago, with full context and sources.

Code context (Q2 2026)

Connect to GitHub to understand PR history, code ownership, and why specific implementation choices were made.

Enterprise security

SOC 2 Type II compliant. Data encrypted at rest and in transit. We never train on your team's data.

Always learning

Every conversation makes engineer9 smarter about your team. Knowledge compounds over time automatically.

WHY ENGINEER9

Not just another search tool

You already have Slack search, Notion AI, and maybe Glean. Here's why teams choose engineer9.

Built for engineering teams

Not a generic AI assistant. Engineer9 understands services, ownership, incidents, and the way engineers actually communicate.

Lives where you work

No new app to open. Engineer9 works inside Slack — where your team already spends its day.

Proactive, not reactive

It surfaces relevant context before you ask. Onboards new engineers, writes playbooks after incidents, and schedules recurring summaries.

Privacy-first architecture

Your data stays yours. We never train models on your team's conversations or use your knowledge to improve the product for others.

USE CASES

Measurable impact across your org

Architecture Decisions

Preserve the reasoning behind every choice

Engineer9 captures why technical decisions were made, what alternatives were considered, and what tradeoffs matter. New engineers understand the "why" without archaeology through Slack.

10+ hrs

Saved per week*

80%

Less context switching*

Example interaction

You

@engineer9 why did we choose PostgreSQL over MongoDB?

engineer9

That was decided in #architecture on March 12, 2024. The team needed ACID transactions for billing — MongoDB's flexible schema was causing data integrity issues at scale. Priya and Alex led the decision. I have the full tradeoff analysis in the playbook.

Onboarding

Onboard engineers in days, not weeks

New hires get instant access to institutional knowledge. Engineer9 answers questions about architecture, ownership, and processes — reducing onboarding from weeks to days.

60%

Faster onboarding*

90%

Engineer satisfaction*

Example interaction

You

@engineer9 who owns the authentication service?

engineer9

The auth service is owned by Priya's team (Platform). Primary contact is Priya for architecture decisions, Raj for day-to-day ops. The runbook is in playbooks/auth-service.md and the on-call rotation is in PagerDuty.

Knowledge Retention

Never lose critical context

Team turnover doesn't mean lost knowledge. Engineer9 captures every decision, discussion, and lesson learned — building an institutional memory that outlasts any individual.

100%

Context retention

Zero

Knowledge loss*

Example interaction

You

@engineer9 what was the outcome of the API versioning discussion?

engineer9

The team decided on URL versioning (/v1/, /v2/) in the March 2024 RFC. Header-based versioning was rejected due to caching complexity. The decision thread is in #api-design and the RFC is linked from the API docs.

* Based on early results from pilot teams (6–12 weeks, 3–5 teams, 20–50 engineers)

FROM PILOT TEAMS

Our new engineers used to spend their first two weeks asking the same questions everyone asks. Now they @mention engineer9 and get answers with context immediately. Onboarding went from 3 weeks to under 2.

SC

Sarah Chen

VP Engineering, TechCorp

We have great docs but nobody searches them. Engineer9 finds the answer in Slack history from 6 months ago and links to the doc. It's like having a senior engineer who remembers everything.

MJ

Mike Johnson

Engineering Manager, DataFlow

Testimonials from 8-week pilot program participants

FAQ

Common questions

PRICING

Simple, transparent pricing

Start free, scale as you grow. All plans include a 14-day trial of Professional features.

Starter

For small teams getting started

Free
Get started free
  • Up to 50 team members
  • 3 months conversation history
  • Core knowledge capture
  • Linear integration
  • Slack integration

Professional

For growing teams that need more

$299per month
Start 14-day trial
  • Unlimited team members
  • Unlimited history
  • GitHub integration
  • Custom playbook templates
  • Advanced memory search
  • Priority support
  • Admin dashboard
  • SSO

Enterprise

For large teams with specific needs

Custom
Contact sales
  • Everything in Professional
  • Custom LLM deployment
  • On-premises option
  • Multi-workspace
  • SLA guarantee
  • Dedicated support
  • Custom integrations
  • Security review
SOC 2 Type II compliant
End-to-end encryption
We never train on your data
GDPR & CCPA ready

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