engraph

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Index and search document collections using hybrid semantic + graph + full-text search. Use when users need to search knowledge bases, find connections between documents, discover related content via link graphs, or query indexed markdown collections.

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Engraph — Hybrid Semantic & Graph Search for Document Collections

Local knowledge engine for markdown document collections. Combines semantic embeddings, full-text search (BM25), wikilink graph traversal, temporal scoring, and cross-encoder reranking.

Status

!engraph --version 2>/dev/null || echo "Not installed: brew install devwhodevs/tap/engraph"

Indexing

engraph index /path/to/documents        # Incremental; only changed files re-embedded
engraph index /path/to/documents --rebuild
engraph status                          # File count, stats, index freshness
engraph clear                           # Drop the index (--all also removes models)

Search

engraph search "how does the auth flow work"
engraph search "performance regressions last month" --explain
engraph search "architecture decisions" -n 5 --json

Flag	Description
`-n, --top-n <N>`	Number of results (default: from config or 10)
`--explain`	Show per-lane RRF score breakdown
`--json`	Machine-readable JSON output

Query Tips

Conceptual / vague: Use natural language. The orchestrator classifies intent and boosts semantic weight automatically.
Keyword-heavy: Exact terms, identifiers, and names work well via the BM25 lane.
Temporal: "last week", "yesterday", "March 2026" — the temporal lane activates automatically.

Graph Inspection

engraph graph show "path/to/note.md"    # Connections for a document
engraph graph show "#docid"             # By document ID
engraph graph stats                     # Nodes, edges, density

Context Queries

engraph context topic "authentication" --budget 8000
engraph context who "Person Name"
engraph context project "Project Name"
engraph context vault-map                 # Collection structure overview
engraph context read "path/to/note.md"    # Full content + metadata
engraph context list --tags architecture  # Filter by tags, folder, created_by, etc.

Health diagnostics (orphans, broken links, stale notes, tag hygiene) are exposed through the MCP health tool and the HTTP GET /api/health endpoint — see references/http-rest-api.md.

Setup

engraph index /path/to/documents
engraph search "your query"

References

references/mcp-setup.md — configure engraph as an MCP server (Claude Code, Claude Desktop).
references/http-rest-api.md — HTTP REST API endpoints, authentication, and examples for web agents and scripts.