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title: graphify (codebase knowledge graph for agents)
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**What it does.** graphify turns a codebase, with its docs, SQL schemas, configs, PDFs, and even images or audio, into a knowledge graph an agent can query: "god nodes" (most-connected concepts), Leiden communities labelled without an LLM, cross-file `calls`/`imports`/`inherits` links resolved by tree-sitter across about 40 languages, `# WHY:` and ADR references as first-class nodes, and `query`, `path`, and `explain` commands against `graph.json`. Code is parsed locally; only the semantic pass over docs and media calls a model backend. Use it before a large refactor or when onboarding an agent to an unfamiliar repo. It is not a SKILL.md, but `graphify <platform> install` writes always-on instructions for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Copilot, Aider, OpenClaw, and others. Named in [yanhua1010's list](https://x.com/yanhua1010/status/2010690881397940340).

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| Upstream | [Graphify-Labs/graphify](https://github.com/Graphify-Labs/graphify) |
| License | Apache-2.0 (also LICENSE-MIT in the repo) |
| Author | Safi Shamsi / Graphify Labs |
| Stars (at fetch) | 116,509 |
| Fetched | 2026-09-10 |

## Install

- `uv tool install graphifyy` (package name has two y's) or `pipx install graphifyy`; needs `uv` or Python 3.10+.
- In a project: `graphify .` builds `graphify-out/` (graph.json, report, cache), then `graphify claude install` (or `codex`, `opencode`, `copilot`, `aider`, `claw`) makes the assistant consult the graph.
- `graphify query "how does auth work"`, `graphify path A B`, `graphify explain Concept`; `graphify serve` exposes the graph as an MCP server or over HTTP for a team.
- Add a `.graphifyignore` to skip directories; commit `graphify-out/cache/` for speed or leave it out to keep the repo small.

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