Build Graph

This builds a SQLite knowledge graph of your codebase by parsing files and extracting relationships between functions, classes, and imports. You run it once to initialize, then hooks keep it updated automatically on edits and commits. It skips binaries and respects a .code-review-graphignore file, supports about a dozen languages from Python to Solidity. The graph lives in .code-review-graph/graph.db at your repo root. Honest take: the auto-update hooks mean you'll probably run this manually once at setup and maybe again after big refactors or branch switches, but otherwise forget it exists. The incremental updates are the real value here.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add tirth8205/code-review-graph --skill build-graph --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Build Graph

Build or incrementally update the knowledge graph for this repository.

Steps

Call list_graph_stats_tool. If last_updated is null, the graph has never been built.
For a first build, or when the argument is full, call build_or_update_graph_tool(full_rebuild=True). Otherwise call build_or_update_graph_tool() for an incremental update.
Report the response: status (ok, partial or error) and summary. contended means another build of this repository is running; retry once it finishes.

When to Use

First set-up of a repository, or after a branch switch or large refactor.
When the graph looks stale. Hooks installed by code-review-graph install run an update after each edit, before each commit and after a branch switch, merge or rebase, so manual builds are rarely needed.

Notes

The database is .code-review-graph/graph.db in the repository root.
Binary files, dependency and build directories, and patterns in .code-review-graphignore are skipped.
For the list of supported languages call get_docs_section_tool(section_name="languages").

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