Stop Coding Blind: Introducing Naiad Lens
Picture this: You’re hunting a bug that jumps from AuthService → UserService → Notifier → AnalyticsPipeline.
Fifteen files later you still don’t know where the data finally lands.
What if, instead of mentally replaying the call-stack, you could see the whole flow in 30 seconds?
Today I’m launching Naiad Lens: the first AI that thinks visually about your code.
Solving the Engineer’s Blind Spot
AI copilots autocomplete brilliantly, but when you ask, “How does user registration work?” all you get is a wall of text.
Senior engineers answer the same question by grabbing a whiteboard. Developers are spatial thinkers; a picture is worth 1000 words.
Yet they keep forcing themselves (and their AI) to reason about systems as scattered files.
The Fix: Whiteboarding Inside Your IDE
Naiad Lens is a JetBrains plugin that automatically turns your codebase into interactive sequence, class, and architecture diagrams.
Explore Mode
Point Lens at any package, module, or repo; get an instant diagram showing who calls what, in which order, and with which payloads.
Chat Mode
Ask “Show me what happens when a user uploads a file.” Lens builds a diagram tailored to that flow, complete with clickable arrows that jump to source.
Every node links back to the exact line of code, making it easy to keep diagrams current and connected to your actual codebase.
Where Naiad Lens Shines (60-second cheatsheet)
| Your Task | The Old Way | The Future (with Naiad Lens) |
|---|---|---|
| Onboarding to a legacy project | Read docs (if they exist) + grep + hope | Lens generates architecture diagram → click through critical paths |
| Tracing a multi-service bug | Open 10–20 files, add print statements | Ask Lens to diagram the failing request; spot the culprit quickly |
| Understanding system dependencies | Mentally map relationships between services | Lens generates architecture diagram → see all connections at once |
Pricing
- Free tier with monthly usage limits
- Pro $20/month • Premium $50/month • usage limits scaled by tier
Roadmap
- VS Code extension (priority depends on demand)
- Standalone web app
- MCP connections to your favorite coding agents
- Sketch-to-code: draw a new service on the canvas and have Lens scaffold it
Try It Now
Install Naiad Lens on the JetBrains Marketplace
Stop coding blind. Generate your first diagram in less time than it takes to open your 16th file.
-Eric (NaiadAI Founder & CEO)