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Real World Use Cases

CodeGraphContext can be a powerful ally in your daily coding journey. Here are some real-world scenarios where it can significantly boost your productivity and understanding of a codebase:

  1. Onboarding New Developers: A new team member can quickly get up to speed by asking questions like:

    • "Where is the authentication logic handled?"
    • "Show me the main entry point of the application."

  2. Impact Analysis: Before making a change, assess the potential ripple effects:

    • "What other parts of the code will be affected if I change the calculate_total function?"

  3. Code Review: Gain context on pull requests faster:

    • "Show me the callers of this new function."
    • "Does this change introduce any new dependencies?"

  4. Debugging: Trace execution flows to pinpoint the source of a bug:

    • "Show me the call chain from handle_request to process_payment."

  5. Refactoring: Identify and plan large-scale code changes:

    • "Find all instances of the deprecated OldApiClass."
    • "List all functions that use the urllib library so I can replace them with requests."

  6. Identifying Code Smells: Proactively find areas that need improvement:

    • "Find the 10 most complex functions in the codebase."
    • "Show me functions with more than 5 arguments."

  7. Security Audits: Search for potentially vulnerable code patterns:

    • "Find all functions that use the eval function."
    • "Show me where raw SQL queries are being executed."

  8. Automated Documentation: Use the tool's understanding of the code to generate documentation. (This is what this agent is doing!)

  9. Dependency Management: Understand how your project uses its dependencies:

    • "Which files import the requests library?"
    • "Are there any circular dependencies between modules?"

  10. Cleaning Up Unused Code: Keep your codebase lean and maintainable:

    • "Is there any dead or unused code in this project?"

  11. Exploring a Large Codebase: Navigate large, unfamiliar projects with ease:

    • "List all the classes in the core module."
    • "What are the top-level functions in the utils directory?"

  12. Enforcing Coding Standards: Check for adherence to team conventions:

    • "Find all functions that are not decorated with @log_execution."
    • "Show me all public methods that don't have a docstring."

  13. Discovering API Usage: Find examples of how to use internal or external APIs:

    • "Show me how other parts of the code use the UserService."

  14. Improving Test Coverage: Identify areas that may lack test coverage:

    • "Find all functions that are not called by any test files."

  15. Visualizing Code Structure: Get a bird's-eye view of your project's architecture:

    • "Generate a graph visualization of the auth module and its dependencies."

  16. Learning a New Framework: Understand how a new framework operates by exploring its source code.

  17. Code Archeology: Investigate legacy code to understand its history and purpose.

  18. Planning a Migration: Identify all points of contact when migrating a library or framework:

    • "Find all the places where the old_payment_gateway is used."

  19. Knowledge Sharing: Use the code graph as a centralized, always-up-to-date knowledge base for your team.

  20. Automated Code Reviews: Integrate CodeGraphContext into your CI/CD pipeline to automatically flag potential issues in pull requests.