Concepts

CodeNib compiles one repository into several source-linked views. These pages explain what each view preserves, how the views align, and where their support boundaries differ.

• Static navigation

  SCIP index

  Follow language-aware definitions and references through SCIP or LSP backends and understand cache-level behavior.

  Understand SCIP indexing →

• Structural view

  CodeGraph

  Learn the typed hierarchy model and query graph nodes by source-aligned symbol or line range.

  Read the hierarchy model →

• Commit-aware updates

  Incremental graph

  See how a diff updates supported graph views in place, when verification admits the patch, and when CodeNib rebuilds.

  Explore incremental updates →

• Native acceleration

  Core C++ backend

  Understand decoder parity, libigraph-backed execution, fallback behavior, and the boundary between Python and native code.

  Inspect the native core →

Other index views

• Regex Index covers structural pattern lookup.
• Graph Range Query defines source-range and symbol query semantics.
• Graph Cache explains persisted graph reuse and invalidation.
• Interactive Incremental Graph provides a visual walkthrough of commit-scoped graph changes.