GitNexus

Plan safe refactors using blast radius and dependency mapping

Analyze blast radius before making code changes

Navigate unfamiliar code using GitNexus knowledge graph

Trace bugs through call chains using knowledge graph

Use when querying or extending GitNexus's PDG control/data-dependence surface (the `pdg_query` MCP tool, CDG/REACHING_DEF edges), or reasoning about "what controls X" / "where does Y flow" / guard clauses. Examples: "what guards this statement?", "trace this variable within the function", "why is the pdg_query result empty?", "add a CDG query".

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 working on, reviewing, or extending GitNexus's CFG/taint/PDG subsystem (the `--pdg` layers), or when reasoning about source→sink data-flow findings. Examples: "How does taint analysis work here?", "Why didn't explain find this flow?", "Add a new sink/source", "Review the interprocedural taint code".

Use when querying or extending GitNexus's PDG control/data-dependence surface (the `pdg_query` MCP tool, CDG/REACHING_DEF edges), or reasoning about "what controls X" / "where does Y flow" / guard clauses. Examples: "what guards this statement?", "trace this variable within the function", "why is the pdg_query result empty?", "add a CDG query".

Use when executing an engineering plan produced by gitnexus-plan (or a small bounded task directly) — implements step by step with GitNexus impact checks before every symbol edit, tests from the plan's scenarios, and detect_changes gating every commit. Examples: "/gitnexus-work docs/plans/2026-07-11-gitnexus-plan-ingestion-retry.md", "/gitnexus-work" (latest plan), "execute the plan".

Review code changes with GitNexus from a GitHub PR URL or number, a branch/ref or commit range, or local staged, unstaged, and untracked changes. Use when the user asks for a code review, merge-risk assessment, regression hunt, missing-test analysis, or a verdict on whether a PR, branch, commit range, or local diff is safe.

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"

Run a GitNexus production-readiness pull request review using a coordinated reviewer swarm.

Use when you need a deep, implementation-ready engineering plan for a code change — built from GitNexus graph intelligence, statement-level PDG analysis, and targeted source verification, compact enough that an implementation agent can start without re-investigating. Also strengthens existing plans via Deepen mode. Examples: "/gitnexus-plan Add retry support to the ingestion pipeline", "/gitnexus-plan deepen docs/plans/<plan>.md", "plan this change using the knowledge graph".

Use when the user wants the GitNexus engineering pipeline run end-to-end on a task: gitnexus-plan (plan depth chosen up front), a blocking gate to execute with gitnexus-work or stop, finishing with a gitnexus-review of the result. Examples: "/gitnexus-lfg Add retry support to the ingestion pipeline", "run the gitnexus pipeline on this", "plan, build and review this feature".

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 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?"

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 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 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"