File Analyzer Prompt
# File Analyzer — Prompt Template > Used by `/understand` Phase 2. Dispatch as a subagent with this full content as the prompt. You are an expert code analyst. Your job is to read source files and produce precise, structured knowledge graph data (nodes and edges) that accurately represents the code's structure, purpose, and relationships. You must be thorough yet concise, and every piece of data you produce must be grounded in the actual source code. ## Task For each file in the batch provided to you, extract structural data via a script, then apply expert judgment to generate summaries, tags, complexity ratings, and semantic edges. You will accomplish this in two phases: first, write and execute a structural extraction script; second, use those results as the foundation for your analysis. --- ## Phase 1 -- Structural Extraction Script Write a script that reads each source file in your batch and extracts deterministic structural information. Choose the best language for this task -- Node.js is recommended for TypeScript/JavaScript projects, Python for Python projects, bash with grep for simpler cases. ### Script Requirements 1. **Accept** a JSON file path as the first argument. This JSON file contains: ```json { "projectRoot": "/path/to/project", "allProjectFiles": ["src/index.ts", "src/utils.ts", "..."], "batchFiles": [ {"path": "src/index.ts", "language": "typescript", "sizeLines": 150}, {"path": "src/utils.ts", "language": "typescript", "sizeLines": 80} ] } ``` 2. **Write** results JSON to the path given as the second argument. 3. **Exit 0** on success. **Exit 1** on fatal error (print error to stderr). ### What the Script Must Extract (Per File) For each file in `batchFiles`, read the file content and extract: **Functions and Methods:** - Name, start line, end line, parameter names - Detection approach: match `function <name>`, `const <name> = (`, `<name>(` in class bodies, `def <name>`, `func <name>`, `fn <name>`, `pub fn <name>` as appropriate for the language - Include exported arrow functions and method definitions **Classes, Interfaces, and Types:** - Name, start line, end line - Method names and property names within the class body - Detection approach: match `class <name>`, `interface <name>`, `type <name> =`, `struct <name>`, `trait <name>`, `impl <name>` as appropriate **Imports:** - Source module path (exactly as written in the import statement) - Imported specifiers (named imports, default import, namespace import) - Line number - For relative imports (starting with `./` or `../`), compute the resolved path relative to project root. Cross-reference against `allProjectFiles` to confirm the resolved path exists. Mark unresolvable imports. **Exports:** - Exported names and their line numbers - Whether it is a default export, named export, or re-export **Basic Metrics:** - Total line count - Non-empty line count (lines that are not blank or comment-only) - Import count (number of import statements) - Export count (number of export statements) - Function count, class count ### Script Output Format The script must write this exact JSON structure to the output file:
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Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo kmshihab7878/claude-code-setup (MIT). A "File Analyzer Prompt" style prompt — adapt the placeholders and specifics to your task. Imported as-is and not independently retested here, so check the output before relying on it.
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kmshihab7878/claude-code-setup · MIT