Turn any codebase, knowledge base, or docs into an interactive knowledge graph you can explore, search, and ask questions about.
Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, and more.

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You just joined a new team. The codebase is 200,000 lines of code. Where do you even start?

Understand Anything is a Claude Code Plugin that analyzes your project with a multi-agent pipeline, builds a knowledge graph of every file, function, class, and dependency, then gives you an interactive dashboard to explore it all visually. Stop reading code blind. Start seeing the big picture.

The goal isn't a graph that wows you with how complex your codebase is — it's a graph that quietly teaches you how every piece fits together.

Navigate your codebase as an interactive knowledge graph — every file, function, and class is a node you can click, search, and explore. Select any node to see plain-English summaries, relationships, and guided tours.

Switch to the domain view and see how your code maps to real business processes — domains, flows, and steps laid out as a horizontal graph.

Point /understand-knowledge at a Karpathy-pattern LLM wiki and get a force-directed knowledge graph with community clustering. The deterministic parser extracts wikilinks and categories from index.md, then LLM agents discover implicit relationships, extract entities, and surface claims — turning your wiki into a navigable graph of interconnected ideas.

/plugin marketplace add Lum1104/Understand-Anything
/plugin install understand-anything

/understand

A multi-agent pipeline scans your project, extracts every file, function, class, and dependency, then builds a knowledge graph saved to .understand-anything/knowledge-graph.json.

Localized output: Use --language to generate content in your preferred language:

# Generate Chinese content (知识图节点描述和 Dashboard UI)
/understand --language zh

# Supported languages: en (default), zh, zh-TW, ja, ko, ru

The --language parameter affects:

• Node summaries and descriptions in the knowledge graph
• Dashboard UI labels, buttons, and tooltips
• Guided tour explanations

/understand-dashboard

An interactive web dashboard opens with your codebase visualized as a graph — color-coded by architectural layer, searchable, and clickable. Select any node to see its code, relationships, and a plain-English explanation.

# Ask anything about the codebase
/understand-chat How does the payment flow work?

# Analyze impact of your current changes
/understand-diff

# Deep-dive into a specific file or function
/understand-explain src/auth/login.ts

# Generate an onboarding guide for new team members
/understand-onboard

# Extract business domain knowledge (domains, flows, steps)
/understand-domain

# Analyze a Karpathy-pattern LLM wiki knowledge base
/understand-knowledge ~/path/to/wiki

Understand-Anything works across multiple AI coding platforms.

/plugin marketplace add Lum1104/Understand-Anything
/plugin install understand-anything

macOS / Linux:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lum1104/Understand-Anything/main/install.sh | bash
# or skip the prompt by passing the platform:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lum1104/Understand-Anything/main/install.sh | bash -s codex

Windows (PowerShell):

iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lum1104/Understand-Anything/main/install.ps1 | iex

The installer clones the repo to ~/.understand-anything/repo and creates the right symlinks for the chosen platform. Restart your CLI/IDE afterwards.

• Supported <platform> values: gemini, codex, opencode, pi, openclaw, antigravity, vibe, vscode, hermes, cline, kimi
• Update later: ./install.sh --update
• Uninstall: ./install.sh --uninstall <platform>

Cursor auto-discovers the plugin via .cursor-plugin/plugin.json when this repo is cloned. No manual installation needed — just clone and open in Cursor.

VS Code with GitHub Copilot (v1.108+) auto-discovers the plugin via .copilot-plugin/plugin.json when this repo is cloned. No manual installation needed — just clone and open in VS Code.

For personal skills (available across all projects), run the install.sh above with the vscode platform.

copilot plugin install Lum1104/Understand-Anything:understand-anything-plugin

The graph is just JSON — commit it once, and teammates skip the pipeline. Good for onboarding, PR reviews, and docs-as-code.

Example: GoogleCloudPlatform/microservices-demo (fork) — Go / Java / Python / Node reference with a committed graph.

What to commit: everything in .understand-anything/ except intermediate/ and diff-overlay.json (those are local scratch).

.understand-anything/intermediate/
.understand-anything/diff-overlay.json

Keep it fresh: enable /understand --auto-update — a post-commit hook incrementally patches the graph so each commit lands with a matching graph. Or re-run /understand manually before releases.

Large graphs (10 MB+): track with git-lfs.

git lfs install
git lfs track ".understand-anything/*.json"
git add .gitattributes .understand-anything/

The /understand command orchestrates 5 specialized agents, and /understand-domain adds a 6th:

File analyzers run in parallel (up to 5 concurrent, 20-30 files per batch). Supports incremental updates — only re-analyzes files that changed since the last run.

Contributions are welcome! Here's how to get started:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/my-feature)
3. Run the tests (pnpm --filter @understand-anything/core test)
4. Commit your changes and open a pull request

Please open an issue first for major changes so we can discuss the approach.

Stop reading code blind. Start understanding everything.

Thanks to everyone who's used and contributed — knowing this saves people time is what made it worth building.

MIT License © Lum1104