codanna-codebase-intelligencelisted
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# Codanna Codebase Intelligence
Codanna indexes your codebase and provides semantic search, call graphs, and dependency analysis via MCP tools. **Use codanna before grep/find** - it understands code structure, not just text patterns.
## When to Use
- **Finding code**: "Where do we handle authentication?" → `semantic_search_docs`
- **Understanding dependencies**: "What calls this function?" → `find_callers`
- **Impact analysis**: "What breaks if I change this?" → `analyze_impact`
- **Exploring symbols**: "Show me the Parser struct" → `find_symbol`
## Core Tools
### Discovery
```
# Natural language search - finds code by intent, not keywords
semantic_search_docs query:"error handling patterns" limit:5
# Search symbols by name/pattern
search_symbols query:"parse" kind:"function"
# Get full details on a specific symbol
find_symbol name:"process_file"
```
### Relationships
```
# Who calls this function? (upstream)
find_callers symbol:"validate_input"
# What does this function call? (downstream)
get_calls symbol:"process_request"
# Full dependency graph - what breaks if I change this?
analyze_impact symbol:"DatabaseConnection" depth:3
```
### Documentation (RAG)
```
# Search indexed markdown/docs
search_documents query:"API authentication" collection:"docs"
```
## Tool Selection Guide
| Task | Tool | Example |
|------|------|---------|
| Find code by concept | `semantic_search_docs` | "database migrations" |
| Find symbol by name | `search_symbols` | Pattern: "auth*