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Improve README with token savings comparison and add marketing content
- Add expandable token savings demo (before/after with concrete numbers) - Add "Why CodeXRay?" quick-pitch section - Add marketing/ directory with ready-to-post content: - Reddit posts for 5 subreddits (r/ClaudeAI, r/cursor, r/opensource, r/node, r/programming) - Hacker News Show HN post - Twitter/X thread (10 tweets) - Dev.to blog article - MCP directories submission guide
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[![Maintenance](https://img.shields.io/badge/Maintained-yes-green.svg)](https://github.com/NeuralRays/codexray/commits/main)
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[![Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/Platform-macOS%20%7C%20Linux%20%7C%20Windows-lightgrey)](https://github.com/NeuralRays/codexray)
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**X-ray vision for your codebase**pre-built semantic knowledge graph that saves AI coding agents **30%+ tokens** and **25%+ tool calls**.
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**X-ray vision for your codebase** — semantic knowledge graph that saves AI coding agents **30%+ tokens** and **25%+ tool calls**. Zero config, zero API keys, 100% local.
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CodeXRay indexes your codebase into a local SQLite graph database with TF-IDF semantic search. When Claude Code (or any MCP client) needs to understand your code, it queries the graph instantly instead of scanning files one by one.
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> **One `codexray_context` call replaces 5-10 file reads.** Your AI agent queries a pre-built knowledge graph instead of scanning files one by one.
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<details>
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<summary><b>See the token savings in action</b></summary>
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### Without CodeXRay (typical Claude Code session)
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```
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You: "Fix the authentication bug in the login flow"
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Claude Code:
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1. grep "auth" across codebase → 800 tokens
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2. Read auth/middleware.ts → 1,200 tokens
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3. Read auth/service.ts → 1,500 tokens
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4. Read auth/types.ts → 600 tokens
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5. grep "login" across codebase → 700 tokens
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6. Read routes/login.ts → 1,100 tokens
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7. Read utils/jwt.ts → 900 tokens
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8. Read tests/auth.test.ts → 1,400 tokens
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9. grep "validateToken" → 500 tokens
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10. Read middleware/validate.ts → 1,000 tokens
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─────────────────────────────────────────────────
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Total: 10 tool calls, ~9,700 tokens just to FIND the code
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```
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### With CodeXRay (same task)
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You: "Fix the authentication bug in the login flow"
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Claude Code:
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1. codexray_context("authentication login bug")
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→ Returns all relevant symbols, code snippets,
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call relationships, and file locations
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Total: 1 tool call, ~2,000 tokens — ready to fix
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**Result: 80% fewer tokens, 90% fewer tool calls to find relevant code.**
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## Why CodeXRay?
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- **Save money** — 30%+ fewer tokens means lower API costs
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- **Faster responses** — AI agents find code instantly via graph queries instead of scanning files
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- **Better accuracy** — semantic search understands *meaning*, not just keywords
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- **Zero config**`npx codexray` and done. No API keys, no cloud, no ML models to download
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- **Lightweight**~50MB vs ~500MB for embedding-based alternatives
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- **Private** — 100% local. Your code never leaves your machine
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## How It Works
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1. **Index** — Tree-sitter parses your code into ASTs, extracting every function, class, method, type, and their relationships into a SQLite graph with TF-IDF semantic index
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2. **Query** — Claude Code queries the graph via 16 MCP tools instead of scanning files
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3. **Sync** — Git hooks keep the index up-to-date on every commit
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### Before CodeXRay
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### Without CodeXRay
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Claude: "I need to fix auth" → grep "auth" → read 15 files → grep "login" → read 8 more
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Result: 60 tool calls, 157k tokens
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AI agent: "Fix auth bug" → grep → read file → grep → read file → read file → ...
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15+ tool calls just to FIND the relevant code
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### After CodeXRay
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### With CodeXRay
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Claude: "I need to fix auth" → codexray_context("authentication") → done
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Result: 45 tool calls, 111k tokens (30%+ savings)
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AI agent: "Fix auth bug" → codexray_context("auth bug") → all relevant code + relationships
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1 tool call — immediately start fixing
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## 16 MCP Tools

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