# gograph

Builds a local Go repository dependency graph for coding agents. Helps inspect call paths, interface implementations, and refactoring impact without third-party cloud indexes.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 230
- Author: ozgurcd
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/ozgurcd/gograph
- Updated: 2026-10-10
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/gograph

## What it does

The plugin performs local static analysis on Go repositories using AST parsing and CHA/SSA type checks. It provides 61 query capabilities and 65 MCP endpoints. Coding agents trace call graphs, interface implementations, and error paths without running application code.

Symlinked Go metadata files such as `go.mod` or `go.work` are rejected before `cmd/go` executes. Analyzed files must reside as regular files inside the checkout. Session telemetry stays local in `.gograph/sessions/` and never touches remote servers.

A working Go toolchain is required. When build tags or flags change, the graph context stays stale until rebuilt.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install gograph@claude-community
```

## When to use it
- trace Go call graphs and interface implementations
- assess blast radius of uncommitted changes before refactoring
- locate struct field usages across packages without external indexes
- detect error flow paths and architectural hotspots

## Example prompts
- Build a precise index with `gograph build . --precise` and show the top 5 hotspots
- Evaluate uncommitted modifications using `gograph review --uncommitted`
- Find all references to `path/to/file.go:Receiver.Method` excluding test files

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# gograph

Symbol queries accept `path/to/file.go:Name`, including
`path/to/file.go:Receiver.Method`, or an import-qualified file path when a short
name is ambiguous. `source` prints exact selectors for ambiguous matches.
Supported declaration tools and named exceptions are listed in
[the selector contract](docs/query-contracts.md#file-qualified-selectors).
Queries include struct fields; `query --no-tests` excludes test-file rows.
Precise mutation queries recover the type of fields assigned on returned values.
Routes retain constant and unresolved path registrations; precise builds resolve
constants across packages, including net/http method patterns.
`tests --transitive --files-only` prints unique file paths, matching the files in
the MCP transitive report.

Graph-state output and capabilities expose `freshness_context`: CLI freshness
checks use the querying process's Go context, including GOFLAGS; MCP uses its
startup context and explicit tags. A context mismatch remains stale, even when
source bytes have not changed. No environment values are printed.
Precise indexes include package-level constant references in `usages` and `query`,
including comparisons, switch cases, composite values, and function arguments.
Typed enum-like constants retain their declaration identity; local shadows are excluded.
`query` labels these reference sites as `usage` rows. AST-only graphs do not
claim type-resolved constant usages.
`review` uses the same test attribution as `context`. Rebuild after upgrading.

`review --uncommitted` includes deleted declarations from `changes --git HEAD`
and explicitly leaves historical callers, tests and risk unevaluated. Other
current-graph traversal commands retain their deletion refusal. Builds explain
when an enclosing Git repository ignores the requested directory.

Uncommitted plan/review skip blank-identifier declarations such as
`var _ I = (*T)(nil)` during symbol traversal. Review keeps their declaration
evidence and names the limit; `changes --git HEAD` still lists them.

Session audits list invocation errors separately from operational failures and
exclude them from compliance scoring. Composability measures the mix of composed
and raw query commands; it does not measure answer correctness or token savings.

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**Give Go coding agents a compiler-aware map for safer refactors.**

`gograph` builds a local structural graph of your Go repository, with optional
type-checked CHA/SSA enrichment. Its CLI and MCP workflows help coding agents
trace callers and interface implementations, plan change impact, and enforce
architecture without embeddings or a hosted code index.

**[Explore the interactive no-install demo](https://gograph.identuum.ai/demo/)** ·
**[Review the reproducible benchmark](docs/benchmarking.md)**

See [CLI/MCP query contracts](docs/query-contracts.md) for bounded result pages,
snapshot-bound cursors, exact/possible impact, and change-evaluation status.

**Companion projects:** [Scrinium](https://github.com/ozgurcd/scrinium)
provides repository-owned, evidence-backed knowledge for coding agents, while
[Rulefloor](https://github.com/ozgurcd/rulefloor) protects repository-local
invariants by binding them to concrete tests and detecting drift. They are
independent, optional tools: Scrinium can keep Gograph structural observations
and Rulefloor validation results as separate evidence without treating either
as proof of unrelated behavior or global project correctness.

![Gograph Demo](gograph-demo.gif)
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