explore-codebase

Explore Codebase

Use the code-review-graph MCP tools to find your way around the codebase.

Steps

1. Call get_architecture_overview_tool for the community structure. Call list_communities_tool, then get_community_tool, only for the modules you need.
2. Call semantic_search_nodes_tool to find a function or class by name or keyword.
3. Call query_graph_tool with callers_of, callees_of or imports_of to trace relationships. children_of on a file lists its functions and classes.
4. Call list_flows_tool, then get_flow_tool for one flow, to follow an execution path.
5. Call find_large_functions_tool to find oversized functions.
6. Call list_graph_stats_tool only when you need node, edge and language counts.

Token Efficiency Rules

• Call get_minimal_context_tool(task="<your task>") before any other graph tool.
• Pass detail_level="minimal" wherever a tool accepts it. Use "standard" only when minimal is not enough.
• Prefer a targeted query_graph_tool call over a broad listing call.
• Budget: about five tool calls and 800 tokens of graph output per task.
• Read the implementation and its tests before changing code. The graph narrows scope; it does not replace the source.