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Graphify CLI Command Reference

Every Graphify command, grouped by intent. All commands are callable from your AI coding assistant as a slash command (/graphify …) and directly from the terminal (graphify …), so you can query the graph without an assistant in the loop at all.

Build the graph

/graphify                          # run on current directory
/graphify ./raw                    # run on a specific folder
/graphify ./raw --mode deep        # more aggressive INFERRED edges
/graphify ./raw --update           # re-extract changed files, merge into existing graph
/graphify ./raw --cluster-only     # rerun clustering on existing graph, no re-extraction
/graphify ./raw --no-viz           # skip HTML, produce report + JSON only
/graphify ./raw --watch            # auto-sync as files change

The AST pass always runs locally; the semantic pass uses your AI assistant's model API. See Tree-sitter AST extraction for what each pass produces.

Add external sources

/graphify add https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762        # fetch a paper
/graphify add https://x.com/karpathy/status/...       # fetch a tweet
/graphify add https://... --author "Name"             # tag the original author
/graphify add https://... --contributor "Name"        # tag who added it

URL fetching is restricted to http/https, size- and time-bounded, and runs through ingest.py's containment checks.

Query the graph

/graphify query "what connects attention to the optimizer?"
/graphify query "..." --dfs                # trace a specific path
/graphify query "..." --budget 1500        # cap tokens returned
/graphify path "DigestAuth" "Response"     # exact path between two nodes
/graphify explain "SwinTransformer"        # everything Graphify knows about a node

# Same commands work from the terminal, no assistant needed:
graphify query "what connects attention to the optimizer?"
graphify query "show the auth flow" --dfs
graphify query "..." --graph path/to/graph.json

Export

/graphify ./raw --wiki             # Wikipedia-style markdown per community
/graphify ./raw --obsidian         # generate an Obsidian vault
/graphify ./raw --svg              # export graph.svg
/graphify ./raw --graphml          # export graph.graphml (Gephi, yEd)
/graphify ./raw --neo4j            # generate cypher.txt
/graphify ./raw --neo4j-push bolt://localhost:7687   # push to a live Neo4j instance
/graphify ./raw --mcp              # start MCP stdio server

Keep the graph fresh

graphify hook install              # post-commit + post-checkout rebuild
graphify hook uninstall
graphify hook status

Git hooks are platform-agnostic. For assistant-specific always-on mode (CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, PreToolUse hook), see Claude Code integration.

Always-on assistant installers

graphify claude install            # CLAUDE.md + PreToolUse hook (Claude Code)
graphify codex install             # AGENTS.md (Codex)
graphify opencode install          # AGENTS.md (OpenCode)
graphify claw install              # AGENTS.md (OpenClaw)
graphify droid install             # AGENTS.md (Factory Droid)

Each has a matching uninstall command.