better-code-review-graph
Health Warn
- License — License: MIT
- Description — Repository has a description
- Active repo — Last push 0 days ago
- Low visibility — Only 5 GitHub stars
Code Pass
- Code scan — Scanned 12 files during light audit, no dangerous patterns found
Permissions Pass
- Permissions — No dangerous permissions requested
This tool is a knowledge graph server designed to make code reviews more efficient. It parses your codebase using Tree-sitter to build a structural graph of functions and classes, allowing an AI assistant to pull only the specific context it needs instead of reading entire files.
Security Assessment
Overall Risk: Low. The tool requires no dangerous system permissions and a light code audit of 12 files found no malicious patterns, hardcoded secrets, or dangerous code. It does have network capabilities, as it supports dual-mode embeddings, which includes a "cloud" mode (via LiteLLM) to send data to external APIs for processing. Because it inherently analyzes your source code, any cloud-based embedding feature will transmit code snippets to third-party providers. However, it offers a local ONNX mode, which keeps all data safely on your machine.
Quality Assessment
The project is in excellent structural health. It uses the permissive MIT license, features automated CI/CD pipelines, and enforces code coverage. The developer has actively integrated modern tooling like Renovate and semantic-release. The primary caveat is low community visibility; it is a recent fork of another project and currently has only 5 GitHub stars. While this means it hasn't been broadly battle-tested by a large community, the developer's commitment to fixing upstream bugs, paginating outputs, and maintaining production-ready code is a strong positive indicator.
Verdict
Safe to use, but select local ONNX embeddings rather than cloud mode if you want to prevent your source code from leaving your local environment.
Knowledge graph for token-efficient code reviews — fixed search, qualified call resolution, dual-mode embedding (ONNX + LiteLLM)
Better Code Review Graph
mcp-name: io.github.n24q02m/better-code-review-graph
Knowledge graph for token-efficient code reviews -- fixed search, configurable embeddings, qualified call resolution.
Fork of code-review-graph with critical bug fixes, configurable embeddings, and production CI/CD. Parses your codebase with Tree-sitter, builds a structural graph of functions/classes/imports, and gives Claude (or any MCP client) precise context so it reads only what matters.
Features
| Feature | code-review-graph | better-code-review-graph |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-word search | Broken (literal substring) | AND-logic word splitting |
| callers_of/callees_of | Empty results (bare name targets) | Qualified name resolution + bare fallback |
| Embedding | sentence-transformers + torch (1.1 GB) | qwen3-embed ONNX + cloud (200 MB), dual-mode |
| Output size | Unbounded (500K+ chars) | Paginated (max_results, truncated flag) |
| Tool design | 9 individual tools | 5 tools: graph + query + review + config + help |
| Plugin hooks | Invalid PostEdit/PostGit | Valid PostToolUse |
Setup
With AI Agent -- copy and send this to your AI agent:
Please set up better-code-review-graph for me. Follow this guide:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/n24q02m/better-code-review-graph/main/docs/setup-with-agent.md
Manual Setup -- follow docs/setup-manual.md
Tools
graph -- Graph lifecycle
Actions: build | update | stats | embed
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
build |
Full or incremental graph build. Set full_rebuild=true to re-parse all files. |
update |
Alias for build with full_rebuild=false (incremental). |
stats |
Graph size, languages, node/edge breakdown, embedding count. |
embed |
Compute vector embeddings for semantic search. Dual-mode: local ONNX or cloud. |
query -- Graph queries
Actions: query | search | impact | large_functions
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
query |
Predefined pattern queries: callers_of, callees_of, imports_of, importers_of, children_of, tests_for, inheritors_of, file_summary. |
search |
Search code entities by name/keyword or semantic similarity. |
impact |
Blast radius of changed files. Auto-detects from git diff. Paginated with max_results. |
large_functions |
Find functions/classes exceeding a line-count threshold. |
review -- Code review context
Token-optimized review context with structural summary, source snippets, and review guidance. Auto-detects changed files from git diff.
config -- Server configuration
Actions: status | set | cache_clear
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
status |
Server info: version, graph path, node/edge counts, embedding backend. |
set |
Update runtime settings (e.g., log_level). |
cache_clear |
Remove all computed embeddings. |
help -- Full documentation
Topics: graph | query | review | config
Returns complete documentation for each tool. Use when the compressed descriptions above are insufficient.
Security
- Graceful fallbacks -- Cloud embedding failure falls back to local ONNX
- Error handling -- Tools return error strings with fix suggestions, never crash
- Read-only mount -- Docker mode mounts repo as
:ro(read-only)
Build from Source
git clone https://github.com/n24q02m/better-code-review-graph
cd better-code-review-graph
uv sync --group dev
uv run pytest
uv run better-code-review-graph
Requirements: Python 3.13, uv
License
MIT -- See LICENSE.
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