compass

Name: compass Review
Item: compass
Rating: 2.3
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Development Poor

Works inClaude Code

Poor Scanned — metadata only

Enables teams to map dependencies, ownership, and relationships across codebases without external services, reducing vendor lock-in and latency while improvi…

Native, local-first knowledge graph engine for code and project artifacts—inspired by Graphify, built in Rust, and evolving beyond it.

Generate a knowledge graph of your codebase to visualize dependencies between modules.
Find all references to a function across your project without manual searching.
Identify architectural patterns and relationships between code components locally.

144 starsFreeQuick setup

Below standard — Significant caveats apply. Not recommended without careful review of the security and evaluation sections.

Why it matters

Enables teams to map dependencies, ownership, and relationships across codebases without external services, reducing vendor lock-in and latency while improving security posture for sensitive projects.

Best for

Engineering teams managing large, distributed codebases needing offline dependency analysis and artifact relationship discovery.

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Source

https://github.com/crabbuild/compass

By crabbuild

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Command

claude plugins install crabbuild/compass

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

Auto-generated from the tool's public listing — not hands-on verified. Cross-check against the source repo's README before running.

First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Help me generate a knowledge graph of my codebase to visualize dependencies between modules

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars144Last updated2026-08-27Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-08-27 · scanner v1

Community Pulse New

No community discussions found yet. This doesn't mean the tool isn't good — it may be new or serve a niche use case.

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 144 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license no license.

Things to check

Scanned, not hands-on tested — this entry was auto-scanned from public metadata (GitHub metrics, license, security flags). No reviewer has run it, and no tool-specific limitations have been documented yet.

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

1/5

Versatility

3/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score2.30 / 5.00 PoorEvaluatedAug 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 144 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license no license.

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