# codegraph-ast-grep

Installs and repairs CodeGraph plus ast-grep so your coding agent gets semantic repo scope and structural syntax evidence.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2700 installs · ★ 8
- Author: stark-ai-de
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/stark-ai-de/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/engineering-workflows/codegraph-ast-grep/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/codegraph-ast-grep

## What it does

The skill gets a repository to the point where a coding agent can use two things: CodeGraph for semantic scope — symbols, callers, call paths, impact — and the ast-grep CLI for structural syntax evidence. It ships three finite workflows: `setup`, `update` and `doctor`. Setup installs what is missing, connects the coding client, builds the code index and persists a short guidance file for agents. Update brings an existing install to current stable versions without changing how it was installed, running any configuration or index migrations that the version requires. Doctor only diagnoses.

Setup is idempotent. Rerunning it reconciles drift instead of duplicating config, instructions, indexes or dependencies. The skill reads `CODEGRAPH_DIR` (default `.codegraph/`), root `codegraph.json`, `sgconfig.yml` or `sgconfig.yaml`, and repository instruction files. The experimental ast-grep MCP server is not installed during normal setup, so do not expect it among your exposed tools.

An agent may pick `doctor` on its own. Selecting `setup` or `update` is allowed only when you already asked for that outcome at a stated root. Privileged or global installation, a change of installer channel, destructive rebuilds and telemetry changes need separate approval.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill codegraph-ast-grep -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/codegraph-ast-grep/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/codegraph-ast-grep/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill codegraph-ast-grep -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/codegraph-ast-grep/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill codegraph-ast-grep -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/codegraph-ast-grep/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install stark-ai-de/agent-skills codegraph-ast-grep
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/codegraph-ast-grep/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill codegraph-ast-grep -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/stark-ai-de/agent-skills --path skills/engineering-workflows/codegraph-ast-grep
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/codegraph-ast-grep/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill codegraph-ast-grep -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/stark-ai-de/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/engineering-workflows/codegraph-ast-grep/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- install CodeGraph and the ast-grep CLI into a repo in one pass
- move an existing analysis stack to stable versions and run index migrations
- find out why the MCP connection dropped without repairing anything
- leave agents a note on when to use semantics versus structural search
- check index freshness and tool versions before a broad refactor

## Example prompts
- set up CodeGraph and ast-grep in this repository
- update the installed analysis stack to stable versions
- run a doctor check and tell me what is broken

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: codegraph-ast-grep
description: Set up, update, or diagnose CodeGraph and ast-grep so coding agents can use semantic repository scope and structural syntax evidence automatically. Use when a repository needs an idempotent CodeGraph/ast-grep installation, stable tool and index migrations, MCP reconnection, persisted agent guidance, or a read-only setup diagnosis.
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: stark-ai-de
  category: engineering-workflows
  version: "0.3.4"
---

# CodeGraph + ast-grep

## Goal

Make a repository's coding agents ready to use CodeGraph for semantic scope and ast-grep CLI for structural evidence. Public workflows manage that capability; repository exploration and refactoring are ordinary internal coding behaviors after setup.

## When to use

- Install or reconcile CodeGraph, ast-grep CLI, MCP exposure, indexing, and agent guidance.
- Update the installed analysis stack and run required configuration, index, or schema migrations.
- Diagnose a missing, stale, disconnected, or apparently broken setup without repairing it.

## When not to use

Do not activate this skill merely because a coding task can benefit from an already-ready analysis stack. Follow the persisted repository guidance instead. Do not use it for general dependency audits, compiler/runtime proof, or an unreviewed broad rewrite.

## Workflow selection

The complete finite workflow inventory, in plain, benefit-first language, is:

- `setup`: supercharge the repository with Semantic Code Intelligence and structural code search, helping coding agents answer faster with fewer tool calls. Install missing pieces, connect the coding client, build the code index, add repository guidance, and safely reuse or repair any existing setup.
- `update`: bring an existing setup to current stable versions without changing how it was installed. Migrate configuration or index data when needed, reconnect the coding client, and verify that everything still works.
- `doctor`: diagnose setup health and report analytics without repairing anything.
```
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