pi-config/extensions/pi-graphify/README.md

@gaodes/pi-graphify

Turn any folder of files (code, docs, papers, images, video) into a queryable knowledge graph with community detection, an honest audit trail, and three outputs: interactive HTML, GraphRAG-ready JSON, and a plain-language GRAPH_REPORT.md.

Source · npm

Inspired by graphify — the AI coding assistant skill. This extension wraps graphify's Python CLI for native Pi integration.

It also bundles a graphify skill (skills/graphify/SKILL.md) for full-pipeline orchestration. Use /skill:graphify when you want the guided multi-step workflow; use the tools and /graphify command for fast operational calls.

Tools

Tool	Description
graphify_build	Build a knowledge graph from a directory (full pipeline: detect → extract → cluster → visualize)
graphify_query	Query the graph — BFS for broad context, DFS for tracing specific paths
graphify_path	Find the shortest path between two concepts in the graph
graphify_explain	Plain-language explanation of a node — everything connected to it
graphify_add	Fetch a URL and add it to the corpus, then update the graph
graphify_update	Incremental update — re-extract only changed files
graphify_watch	Watch a directory for changes, auto-rebuild graph on code edits
graphify_cluster	Re-run community detection on an existing graph (no re-extraction)

Commands

Command	Description
/graphify	Single entry point with autocomplete for all subcommands and flags

Subcommands and flags

/graphify <path>                              # build graph (full pipeline)
/graphify <path> --mode deep                  # thorough extraction, richer INFERRED edges
/graphify <path> --update                     # incremental — re-extract only changed files
/graphify <path> --cluster-only               # rerun clustering on existing graph
/graphify <path> --no-viz                     # skip visualization, just report + JSON
/graphify <path> --obsidian                   # generate Obsidian vault
/graphify <path> --svg                        # export graph.svg
/graphify <path> --graphml                    # export for Gephi / yEd
/graphify <path> --neo4j                      # generate cypher.txt for Neo4j

/graphify query "<question>"                  # BFS traversal — broad context
/graphify query "<question>" --dfs            # DFS — trace a specific path
/graphify query "<question>" --budget 1500    # cap answer at N tokens
/graphify path "ConceptA" "ConceptB"          # shortest path between two concepts
/graphify explain "ConceptName"               # plain-language explanation of a node
/graphify add <url>                           # fetch URL, save to ./raw, update graph
/graphify add <url> --author "Name"           # tag who wrote it
/graphify update <path>                       # incremental update
/graphify watch <path>                        # watch folder, auto-rebuild on changes
/graphify cluster                             # rerun clustering on existing graph
/graphify hook install                        # install git hooks for auto-rebuild
/graphify hook uninstall                      # remove git hooks
/graphify hook status                         # check hook status

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+
• graphifyy package (auto-installed on first run): pip install graphifyy or uv tool install graphifyy

Install

pi install @gaodes/pi-graphify

Configuration

Key: pi-graphify in prime-settings.json (legacy graphify key auto-migrates on load).

Setting	Type	Default	Description
enabled	boolean	true	Enable/disable the extension
pythonPath	string	"python3"	Path to Python interpreter
outputDir	string	"graphify-out"	Output directory name
statusbar	object	built-in defaults	Optional pi-statusbar widget settings

Git tracking policy

On build initialization, the extension ensures .gitignore exists and applies Graphify-specific rules:

• keeps graphify-out/ tracked
• ignores only:
  • graphify-out/cache/
  • graphify-out/.graphify_python
  • graphify-out/.graphify_root
  • graphify-out/cost.json

If a legacy graphify-out/ ignore entry exists, it is removed automatically.

Source

• Canonical: ~/agents/primecodex/packages/pi-graphify/
• GitLab: agents/primecodex/packages/pi-graphify
• GitHub: github.com/gaodes/pi-graphify