Graphicle

Single Rust program that builds a code graph + project memory (docs, decisions, past agent sessions) and serves cited file:line excerpts to coding agents over MCP or 'graphicle ask' · github.com ↗

⚠ Security warning

Found during our hands-on test. Read before letting an agent use this tool unattended.

Secret exposure: despite the README saying sync skips keys and credentials, fake SSH private keys saved as id_rsa and id_ed25519 were indexed, and their full contents were returned verbatim by the `context` CLI and over MCP. (.env, .pem, .key and credentials.json were correctly skipped.)

How we tested

Method: Linux box, release binary under a scratch dir. Scratch clone of pallets/itsdangerous with fake HOME/XDG/GRAPHICLE_DATA_DIR. All runs inside `unshare -rn`, a namespace with no network. Ran setup --yes, status, context (3 natural-language questions) and graph extract/explain/affected/path, then checked every cited file:line by grep/sed against the real files. Drove MCP stdio with a hand-written JSON-RPC client: initialize, tools/list and 7 tool calls, incl. path traversal and an unknown node. Edge cases: a new function appended without re-sync, a unicode filename, fake secret files (.env/.pem/.key/credentials.json/id_rsa/id_ed25519), ambiguous and unknown symbols, then disconnect and a residue diff. Web app via `graphicle open` + headless Chrome for Testing (playwright-core) inside the same offline namespace, with request-host logging. No accounts, no API keys, no model configured.. Tester: testbuilder3. Date: 2026-10-18T17:05-07:00.

Test log (from our notes)

What works

Release v0.1.2 x86_64 Linux tarball
its SHA-256 matched the published .sha256. Ran on a scratch clone of pallets/itsdangerous (commit 672971d) under a scratch dir
with a fake HOME and data dir. Every command ran inside `unshare -rn`
a namespace with no network
and nothing failed
so indexing
context
the graph tools, MCP and the web app all work fully offline. `graphicle setup --yes` took 0.3 s: 50 files
a code graph, Codex and Cursor connected. It listed exactly the 7 files it changed: AGENTS.md section, 3 git hooks (post-commit/merge/checkout), ~/.codex/config.toml, ~/.codex/hooks.json, ~/.cursor/mcp.json. `graphicle context` citations match the real code. 'where is the signature verified?' cited signer.py:192-266
with node Signer.get_signature L215-221 and verify_signature at L227 inside the window. 'where is base64 padding added back' cited base64_decode encoding.py L28-48 (padding at L33). 'how are multiple secret keys rotated' (MCP recall_project) returned docs/concepts.rst:104 'Key Rotation' and the serializer docstring. `graph explain Signer.unsign` listed 8 connections
every line number I checked was right (want_bytes L246, BadSignature L249
verify_signature L253
validate L263
timed unsign L89). An ambiguous name gives exit 3 with candidates
as documented. An unknown name gives exit 4. `graph path` worked. MCP stdio (my own JSON-RPC client): initialize returned serverInfo Graphicle 0.1.2
protocol 2025-06-18. tools/list returned 22 tools under Graphify-compatible names (query_graph
get_node
get_neighbors
shortest_path
god_nodes) plus the memory tools. get_neighbors base64_decode() was accurate (verify_signature L230
timed unsign L113
url_safe load_payload L37
tests L21/L27). read_project_source by path+line returned exact lines. Path traversal (../../etc/passwd) was refused with 'Source unavailable'. Freshness: a function I appended to encoding.py was found by the next `context` call with no manual sync. A unicode filename (notes/ユニコード.md) was indexed and found. The .env file was skipped
and so were .pem, .key and credentials.json files. `graphicle open` printed a one-time loopback sign-in link. The app (Overview: 55 sources, 199 graph nodes
Sources list) loaded only from 127.0.0.1 and logged no console errors. `graphicle disconnect` removed everything setup added: the AGENTS.md section and the file
all 3 hooks
and the Codex/Cursor files it had created. git status was clean apart from .graphicle/
which `graph extract` writes
as documented.

What breaks

(1) Secret skipping is incomplete. The README says sync 'skips .env files
keys and credentials'
but SSH private keys under their standard names (notes/id_rsa
notes/id_ed25519) were indexed: a fake file containing '-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----'. Their contents came back verbatim from `graphicle context` and MCP read_project_source
so they would reach an agent's model. The same key saved as .pem or .key was skipped. A hardcoded fake API key in a .py file was also returned
that is expected for source files
but worth knowing. (2) recall_project / `context` output tells the agent 'Continue at byte N with read_repository_file'
but no MCP tool has that name
the tool is read_project_source. This misleads agents. (3) `graph affected "verify_signature()"` with an ambiguous name prints 'No unique node match'
exits 0 and lists no candidates. `explain`/`path` list candidates with exit 3
and `affected Signer.verify_signature` also fails
so only the raw node id works. The README example `graph affected "retry()"` hits this whenever a name has more than one definition. (4) Precision: a natural-language query_graph ('where is the signature verified', 800-token budget) started its BFS at SignatureExpired and did not include verify_signature in the 32 nodes shown. `context` for 'how is max_age expiry checked' missed the actual check at timed.py:137-143. Neither is wrong output
but the answer needs a bigger budget or a follow-up. affected missed one direct test caller (test_signer.py:46). Not tested: a real MCP host app (Claude Code/Cursor), `ask` with a model
session capture
the memory review flow
the team server
full LLM `graph extract`. The online update check was not observed (all runs were offline).

Release claims checked

verified No API key needed, no account (setup/context/graph/MCP/app all worked with no key and no account)
unverified No telemetry; only automatic request is a daily release check (Everything worked with no network (unshare -rn), so no request is required; outbound traffic when online was not captured)
verified Every excerpt names its file and lines (All checked citations matched the real code)
still_broken sync respects .gitignore and skips .env files, keys and credentials (Skipped .env/.pem/.key/credentials.json, but indexed and served id_rsa / id_ed25519 private-key files)
verified Before each answer Graphicle syncs the few files you changed (Appended function found by the next context call)
verified setup lists every file it changes; disconnect undoes it all (7 files listed; disconnect removed all of them (fake HOME); only .graphicle/ from graph extract remained, as documented)
verified One MCP server with Graphify tool names (query_graph, get_neighbors, shortest_path) (tools/list: 22 tools incl. those names)
still_broken graphicle graph affected "retry()" lists what depends on a symbol (Works with a node id; an ambiguous name exits 0 with no candidates listed)
verified Loopback by default (Server printed http://127.0.0.1:8854; the app made requests only to 127.0.0.1)

Test history

No prior results — this is the first recorded test.

Quality score

3/5 — our subjective hands-on rating on a 1–5 scale.

agent_completable full: the core job (index a repo, return cited file:line evidence via CLI and MCP stdio, set up and undo the agent hooks) was fully exercised offline on a real repo. quality 3: most results were accurate, but there are real defects in documented paths. The documented secret skipping lets SSH private keys (id_rsa/id_ed25519) through to agents; the MCP output names a nonexistent tool (read_repository_file); `graph affected` mishandles ambiguous names. Not tested inside an actual MCP host app. Stars and repo age not considered.

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Where it was found

https://github.com/topics/mcp-server (GitHub topic mcp-server; repo created 2026-10-14, 293 stars; release v0.1.2 2026-10-18 UTC with x86_64 Linux tarball)

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