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<h1 id="cli-reference">CLI Reference</h1>
<p>The CodeGraphContext CLI provides a set of commands to manage the server, index your code, and interact with the code graph.</p>
<h2 id="cgc-setup"><code>cgc setup</code></h2>
<p>Runs the interactive setup wizard to configure the server and database connection. This helps users set up a local Docker-based Neo4j instance or connect to a remote one.</p>
<p><strong>Usage:</strong></p>
<pre><code class="language-bash">cgc setup
</code></pre>
<h2 id="cgc-start"><code>cgc start</code></h2>
<p>Starts the CodeGraphContext MCP server, which listens for JSON-RPC requests from stdin.</p>
<p><strong>Usage:</strong></p>
<pre><code class="language-bash">cgc start
</code></pre>
<h2 id="cgc-index-path"><code>cgc index [PATH]</code></h2>
<p>Indexes a directory or file by adding it to the code graph. If no path is provided, it indexes the current directory.</p>
<p><strong>Arguments:</strong>
* <code>PATH</code> (optional): Path to the directory or file to index. Defaults to the current directory.</p>
<p><strong>Usage:</strong></p>
<pre><code class="language-bash">cgc index /path/to/your/project
</code></pre>
<h3 id="ignoring-files-cgcignore">Ignoring Files (<code>.cgcignore</code>)</h3>
<p>You can tell CodeGraphContext to ignore specific files and directories by creating a <code>.cgcignore</code> file in the root of your project. This file uses the same syntax as <code>.gitignore</code>.</p>
<p>When you run <code>cgc index</code>, the command will look for a <code>.cgcignore</code> file in the directory being indexed and exclude any files or directories that match the patterns in the file.</p>
<p><strong>Example <code>.cgcignore</code> file:</strong></p>
<pre><code># Ignore build artifacts
/build/
/dist/
# Ignore dependencies
/node_modules/
/vendor/
# Ignore logs
*.log
</code></pre>
<h2 id="cgc-delete-path"><code>cgc delete <PATH></code></h2>
<p>Deletes a repository from the code graph.</p>
<p><strong>Arguments:</strong>
* <code>PATH</code> (required): Path of the repository to delete from the code graph.</p>
<p><strong>Usage:</strong></p>
<pre><code class="language-bash">cgc delete /path/to/your/project
</code></pre>
<h2 id="cgc-visualize-query"><code>cgc visualize [QUERY]</code></h2>
<p>Generates a URL to visualize a Cypher query in the Neo4j Browser. If no query is provided, a default query will be used.</p>
<p><strong>Arguments:</strong>
* <code>QUERY</code> (optional): The Cypher query to visualize.</p>
<p><strong>Usage:</strong></p>
<pre><code class="language-bash">cgc visualize "MATCH (n) RETURN n"
</code></pre>
<h2 id="cgc-list_repos"><code>cgc list_repos</code></h2>
<p>Lists all indexed repositories.</p>
<p><strong>Usage:</strong></p>
<pre><code class="language-bash">cgc list_repos
</code></pre>
<h2 id="cgc-add_package-package_name"><code>cgc add_package <PACKAGE_NAME></code></h2>
<p>Adds a Python package to the code graph.</p>
<p><strong>Arguments:</strong>
* <code>PACKAGE_NAME</code> (required): Name of the Python package to add.</p>
<p><strong>Usage:</strong></p>
<pre><code class="language-bash">cgc add_package requests
</code></pre>
<h2 id="cgc-cypher-query"><code>cgc cypher <QUERY></code></h2>
<p>Executes a read-only Cypher query.</p>
<p><strong>Arguments:</strong>
* <code>QUERY</code> (required): The read-only Cypher query to execute.</p>
<p><strong>Usage:</strong></p>
<pre><code class="language-bash">cgc cypher "MATCH (n:Function) RETURN n.name"
</code></pre>
<h2 id="cgc-list_mcp_tools"><code>cgc list_mcp_tools</code></h2>
<p>Lists all available tools and their descriptions.</p>
<p><strong>Usage:</strong></p>
<pre><code class="language-bash">cgc list_mcp_tools
</code></pre>
<h2 id="cgc-help"><code>cgc help</code></h2>
<p>Show the main help message and exit.</p>
<p><strong>Usage:</strong></p>
<pre><code class="language-bash">cgc help
</code></pre>
<h2 id="cgc-version"><code>cgc version</code></h2>
<p>Show the application version.</p>
<p><strong>Usage:</strong></p>
<pre><code class="language-bash">cgc --version
</code></pre>
<p>or</p>
<pre><code class="language-bash">cgc version
</code></pre>
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