gitnexus-guide
Use when the user asks about GitNexus itself — available tools, how to query the knowledge graph, MCP resources, graph schema, or workflow reference. Examples: \"What GitNexus tools are available?\", \"How do I use GitNexus?\"
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ReinaMacCredy/maestro /tmp/gitnexus-guide && cp -r /tmp/gitnexus-guide/.claude/skills/gitnexus/gitnexus-guide ~/.claude/skills/gitnexus-guideSKILL.md
# GitNexus Guide
Quick reference for all GitNexus MCP tools, resources, and the knowledge graph schema.
## Always Start Here
For any task involving code understanding, debugging, impact analysis, or refactoring:
1. **Read `gitnexus://repo/{name}/context`** — codebase overview + check index freshness
2. **Match your task to a skill below** and **read that skill file**
3. **Follow the skill's workflow and checklist**
> If step 1 warns the index is stale, run `npx gitnexus analyze` in the terminal first.
## Skills
| Task | Skill to read |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| Understand architecture / "How does X work?" | `gitnexus-exploring` |
| Blast radius / "What breaks if I change X?" | `gitnexus-impact-analysis` |
| Trace bugs / "Why is X failing?" | `gitnexus-debugging` |
| Rename / extract / split / refactor | `gitnexus-refactoring` |
| Tools, resources, schema reference | `gitnexus-guide` (this file) |
| Index, status, clean, wiki CLI commands | `gitnexus-cli` |
## Tools Reference
| Tool | What it gives you |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `query` | Process-grouped code intelligence — execution flows related to a concept |
| `context` | 360-degree symbol view — categorized refs, processes it participates in |
| `impact` | Symbol blast radius — what breaks at depth 1/2/3 with confidence |
| `detect_changes` | Git-diff impact — what do your current changes affect |
| `rename` | Multi-file coordinated rename with confidence-tagged edits |
| `cypher` | Raw graph queries (read `gitnexus://repo/{name}/schema` first) |
| `list_repos` | Discover indexed repos |
## Resources Reference
Lightweight reads (~100-500 tokens) for navigation:
| Resource | Content |
| ---------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| `gitnexus://repo/{name}/context` | Stats, staleness check |
| `gitnexus://repo/{name}/clusters` | All functional areas with cohesion scores |
| `gitnexus://repo/{name}/cluster/{clusterName}` | Area members |
| `gitnexus://repo/{name}/processes` | All execution flows |
| `gitnexus://repo/{name}/process/{processName}` | Step-by-step trace |
| `gitnexus://repo/{name}/schema` | Graph schema for Cypher |
## Graph Schema
**Nodes:** File, Function, Class, Interface, Method, Community, Process
**Edges (via CodeRelation.type):** CALLS, IMPORTS, EXTENDS, IMPLEMENTS, DEFINES, MEMBER_OF, STEP_IN_PROCESS
```cypher
MATCH (caller)-[:CodeRelation {type: 'CALLS'}]->(f:Function {name: "myFunc"})
RETURN caller.name, caller.filePath
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Use when the user needs to run GitNexus CLI commands like analyze/index a repo, check status, clean the index, generate a wiki, or list indexed repos. Examples: \"Index this repo\", \"Reanalyze the codebase\", \"Generate a wiki\"
Use when the user is debugging a bug, tracing an error, or asking why something fails. Examples: \"Why is X failing?\", \"Where does this error come from?\", \"Trace this bug\"
Use when the user asks how code works, wants to understand architecture, trace execution flows, or explore unfamiliar parts of the codebase. Examples: \"How does X work?\", \"What calls this function?\", \"Show me the auth flow\"
Use when the user wants to know what will break if they change something, or needs safety analysis before editing code. Examples: \"Is it safe to change X?\", \"What depends on this?\", \"What will break?\"
Use when the user wants to rename, extract, split, move, or restructure code safely. Examples: \"Rename this function\", \"Extract this into a module\", \"Refactor this class\", \"Move this to a separate file\"
Base procedures for all mission agents: startup, cleanup, and handoff. REQUIRED skill for all mission feature implementations.