Aio Discover

Discover — Find Relevant Code

Environment

• GitNexus: !npx gitnexus status 2>/dev/null && echo "AVAILABLE" || echo "NOT INSTALLED"

Hybrid search across the entire codebase using GitNexus. Use BEFORE planning or coding to understand what exists.

Prerequisites

• GitNexus indexed in project — run npx gitnexus analyze if not yet indexed
  • Verify with npx gitnexus status

Workflow

Step 1: Formulate 3-5 search queries

From the user's request, generate diverse queries covering different angles:

• Functional: "how does [feature] work"
• Structural: "[component type] for [domain]"
• Cross-cutting: "[pattern] across frontend and backend"
• Vietnamese OK: GitNexus hybrid search handles multilingual

Step 2: Run searches in parallel

Use the GitNexus MCP query tool for each search:

query("query here")

Run 3-5 searches as separate parallel MCP tool calls. Alternatively use the CLI:

npx gitnexus analyze

Step 3: Score and filter

Step 4: Enrich with GitNexus context (parallel)

For each highly relevant file found, get symbol overview:

context(file)

This adds function names and signatures without reading the full file. Run in parallel for all relevant files.

Optionally, get full context for the most important symbol:

context(file, symbol="main_function")

Step 5: Output discovery map

## Discovery: [topic]

### Highly Relevant (>0.65)
- `path/file.ts` — [what it does]
  Functions: fn1, fn2, fn3 (from GitNexus context)
- `path/file.rs` — [what it does]
  Functions: fn1, fn2 (from GitNexus context)

### Related (0.55–0.65)
- `path/file.tsx` — [tangential but worth knowing]

### Key Insight
[What the search reveals about how the codebase handles this area]

### Next Step
Run `/map` on the highly relevant files for structural analysis.

Skill Graph — What to invoke next

Tips

• If results are weak (<0.55), rephrase with more technical terms
• Search for patterns too: "error handling pattern", "event emit listen"
• After discovery, hand off to /map for structural analysis