Graphify Integration

A knowledge graph turns "what will break if I change this file" from a guess into a query. Cavekit uses it only when it is available — nothing in the pipeline depends on it.

Installation (optional)

pip install graphifyy
graphify build .          # writes graphify-out/graph.json

If the file is missing, this skill returns no-ops and every caller falls back to grep + ripgrep search.

Graph shape

NetworkX node-link JSON. Nodes are symbols (functions, classes, modules). Edges carry:

• type: DEPENDS_ON | IMPORTS | CALLS | EXTENDS | IMPLEMENTS
• confidence: EXTRACTED (high) | INFERRED (medium) | AMBIGUOUS (low)
• community: cluster ID (for partitioning big graphs into readable slices)

CLI surface (via cavekit-tools)

cavekit-tools.cjs graph-status                 # is the graph present?
cavekit-tools.cjs graph-query --term auth      # search by name substring
cavekit-tools.cjs graph-dependents --file X    # who imports/calls this?
cavekit-tools.cjs graph-summary                # top-level community list

(These subcommands are optional extensions; the base cavekit-tools.cjs ships without them, and they activate only if graphify-out/graph.json is present.)

Per-phase use

• Draft (/ck:sketch) — query existing symbols for a proposed kit name to avoid collision with existing code.
• Map (/ck:map) — use community IDs to partition tasks into coherent tiers. Two tasks whose affected symbols share no edges can run in parallel.
• Research (ck:researcher) — query existing before fetching external. If the graph already answers the question, skip the web.
• Build (/ck:make) — load the subgraph of the current task's files only. Smaller context → faster, cheaper agent.
• Review / Inspect — compute blast radius of the diff. Files touched ∪ transitive dependents = review scope.

Confidence tiers

Do not treat low-confidence edges (AMBIGUOUS) as true without verification. When blast radius includes an AMBIGUOUS edge, fall back to grep and confirm.

Stub mode

When the graph is missing, every graph-* query returns:

{ "available": false, "fallback": "grep" }

Callers check available and fall back to Grep + Read. No error is raised — this is a degradation, not a failure.