What AI Agents Can Do with srcnav

Real-world use cases for code navigation in AI-powered development.

01

Safe Refactoring

Know what will break before you change anything.

When an AI agent needs to rename a function or change a signature, it must know every place that calls it. srcnav's impact analysis traces all dependencies, showing:

  • All direct callers
  • Indirect dependencies
  • Test files that use the function
  • Related files that might be affected
srcnav analyze impact "updateUser" -p /project
updateUser
12 callers
34 indirect
8 tests
02

Find Real Bugs

Trace data flow to find missing validation.

AI agents can trace how data flows through a codebase to find security issues, bugs, or missing validation:

  • Find where user input enters the system
  • Trace all paths to database queries
  • Identify missing sanitization
  • Find unhandled edge cases
srcnav analyze deps "UserInput" -p /project
User Input
→
Validation
→
Database
03

Map Architecture

Understand code structure at any scale.

Before making changes, AI agents need to understand the codebase architecture:

  • Find all dependencies of a module
  • Detect circular dependencies
  • Identify unused files or dead code
  • Understand import relationships
srcnav query dependencies-of "src/auth/index.ts" -p /project
auth/
login.ts
middleware.ts
oauth.ts
04

Intelligent Code Review

AI-powered analysis of code changes.

AI agents can automatically review code by understanding its impact:

  • Check if changes affect critical paths
  • Identify missing tests for new code
  • Find similar patterns in the codebase
  • Suggest related files to review
srcnav query search "auth" -p /project --limit 1-20
Code Review
⚠ affects 12 files
✓ has test coverage
i similar patterns found
05

Reduce AI Context

95% less context. 25x cheaper AI calls.

Instead of dumping entire files into AI context, agents can use srcnav to find and include only relevant code:

  • Find exact function definitions
  • Get only relevant imports
  • Include only related test files
  • Reduce token usage dramatically
srcnav query context "src/utils/format.ts" -p /project --kind function
Without srcnav 50,000 tokens
With srcnav 2,500 tokens
95% savings
06

Scale to Any Codebase

Tested on 50,000+ files. Works instantly.

srcnav is designed for massive codebases that would overwhelm traditional tools:

  • Index 50k+ files in seconds
  • Query returns in milliseconds
  • Incremental updates on file changes
  • Works with any language
srcnav stats -p /massive-project
50k+
Files
~8s
Index Time
<100ms
Query Time

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