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# Code Intelligence
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/1576) in GitLab 13.1.
Code Intelligence adds code navigation features common to interactive
development environments (IDE), including:
- Type signatures and symbol documentation.
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- Go-to definition.
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Code Intelligence is built into GitLab and powered by [LSIF ](https://lsif.dev/ )
(Language Server Index Format), a file format for precomputed code
intelligence data.
## Configuration
Enable code intelligence for a project by adding a GitLab CI/CD job to the project's
`.gitlab-ci.yml` which will generate the LSIF artifact:
```yaml
code_navigation:
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image: sourcegraph/lsif-go:v1
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allow_failure: true # recommended
script:
- lsif-go
artifacts:
reports:
lsif: dump.lsif
```
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The generated LSIF file size may be limited by
the [artifact application limits (`ci_max_artifact_size_lsif`) ](../../administration/instance_limits.md#maximum-file-size-per-type-of-artifact ),
default to 100MB (configurable by an instance administrator).
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After the job succeeds, code intelligence data can be viewed while browsing the code:
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## Find references
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/217392) in GitLab 13.2.
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> - [Feature flag removed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/235735) in GitLab 13.4.
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To find where a particular object is being used, you can see links to specific lines of code
under the **References** tab:
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## Language support
Generating an LSIF file requires a language server indexer implementation for the
relevant language.
| Language | Implementation |
|---|---|
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| Go | [`sourcegraph/lsif-go` ](https://github.com/sourcegraph/lsif-go ) |
| JavaScript | [`sourcegraph/lsif-node` ](https://github.com/sourcegraph/lsif-node ) |
| TypeScript | [`sourcegraph/lsif-node` ](https://github.com/sourcegraph/lsif-node ) |
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View a complete list of [available LSIF indexers ](https://lsif.dev/#implementations-server ) on their website and
refer to their documentation to see how to generate an LSIF file for your specific language.
