These commands are available but hidden from the main help. Use them for low-level graph queries.
Show what calls a function or method.
ix callers validateToken
ix callers processPayment --limit 20 --format jsonFalls back to text search (ripgrep) if no graph edges are found.
Show what a function or method calls.
ix callees processPayment
ix callees handle --kind method --format jsonShow members of a container (class, module, file).
ix contains UserService
ix contains auth/provider.ts --format jsonShow what an entity imports.
ix imports auth/provider.ts
ix imports IngestionService --format jsonShow what imports an entity.
ix imported-by AuthProvider
ix imported-by UserService --format jsonShow the full dependency tree — who depends on this entity.
ix depends validateToken --depth 2
ix depends AuthProvider --cap 50 --format jsonFetch full entity details by ID (UUID).
ix entity abc123-def456 --format jsonReturns node data, claims, and edges.
Fast text search using ripgrep. Searches file contents directly, not the graph.
ix text "verify_token" --language python --limit 20
ix text "TODO" --path src/ --format jsonShow the provenance chain for an entity — all patches that touched it.
ix history UserService
ix history abc123 --format jsonShow changes between two graph revisions.
ix diff 10 15 --summary
ix diff 1 5 --entity abc123 --format jsonList detected contradictions in the graph.
ix conflicts --format jsonShow graph statistics — node and edge counts by type.
ix stats --format jsonWipe all graph data for a clean re-ingest.
ix reset -y # Skip confirmation
ix reset -y --ingest # Wipe and re-ingestShow or update configuration.
ix config show
ix config get endpoint
ix config set endpoint http://localhost:8090