graphify-query-craftlisted
Install: claude install-skill Y4NN777/mishkan-cc-harness
# Graphify query craft
## When to call
The crisp test from D-008's epistemological frontier:
> **Structure question → Graphify.**
> **Semantic question → Cognee work.**
Examples of **structure** questions you should answer with a `graphify
query` BEFORE reading any file:
- "Who calls `process_payment`?"
- "What depends on the `User` model?"
- "Where is the main entry point?"
- "What is the call graph for the auth flow?"
- "What are the god nodes in this codebase?"
- "What connects the data layer to the API?"
- "Show me everything that imports `pandas`."
Examples of **semantic** questions that go to Cognee work, not Graphify:
- "Why was X deprecated?" → ADR in Cognee work
- "What did we decide about Y last sprint?" → decision in Cognee work
- "How does the team handle Z?" → runbook in Cognee work
If you can't tell which side of the line you're on, prefer Graphify
first — its answer is cheaper and structurally precise. Cognee work is
the right second hop when the Graphify answer is structurally correct
but the engineer needs the WHY.
## How to call
The graphify CLI lives outside Claude Code (installed via
`uv tool install "graphifyy>=0.8.33"` — pin matters: 0.8.33 fixed the
test-file-orphan bug; earlier 0.8.x silently dropped test edges).
It writes graphs into `<project>/graphify-out/` and the queries
traverse `graphify-out/graph.json`.
```bash
# First, make sure the graph is current — fast on warm cache:
graphify update .
# Then ask the question:
graphify query "w