No. It is a scaffold that prepares a project for coding agents and local-first model routing.

No. It can work local-only. Cloud providers are used only when credentials are configured and the project privacy mode allows it.

No. It writes ignored templates such as .coding-scaffold/.env.local, but it does not commit, print, or collect secret values.

Copilot is useful for completion and chat. CodingScaffold focuses on agentic workflows: inspect, plan, edit, verify, review, and preserve reusable team habits.

Markdown works in Git, GitHub, GitLab, editors, Obsidian, and memory tools. It is easy to review and easy to migrate.

No. Start with the wizard, OpenCode, skills, and knowledge. Add RouteLLM or Open Multi-Agent only after the team has a proven need.