Understand DomainSAFE
Graphs that teach > graphs that impress. Turn any code into an interactive knowledge graph you can explore, search, and ask questions about. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, and more.
Overview
Graphs that teach > graphs that impress. Turn any code into an interactive knowledge graph you can explore, search, and ask questions about. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, and more.
b5084b78e990OBSERVED · 2026-09-29Host compatibility
What the documentation claims. We have not run a compatibility test.
| Host | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| claude-code | mentioned | |
| codex | mentioned | |
| copilot | mentioned |
What it tells the agent
The instruction file, verbatim from the audited commit — this is the text the model reads, and the surface the audit's instruction layer examines. Quoted here so you can judge it without cloning anything.
---
name: understand-domain
description: Extract business domain knowledge from a codebase and generate an interactive domain flow graph. Works standalone (lightweight scan) or derives from an existing /understand knowledge graph.
argument-hint: "[--full]"
---
# /understand-domain
Extracts business domain knowledge — domains, business flows, and process steps — from a codebase and produces an interactive horizontal flow graph in the dashboard.
## How It Works
- If a knowledge graph already exists (`.ua/knowledge-graph.json`, or the legacy `.understand-anything/knowledge-graph.json` when that directory is present), derives domain knowledge from it (cheap, no file scanning)
- If no knowledge graph exists, performs a lightweight scan: file tree + entry point detection + sampled files
- Use `--full` flag to force a fresh scan even if a knowledge graph exists
## Instructions
### Phase 0: Resolve `PROJECT_ROOT`
Set `PROJECT_ROOT` to the current working directory.
**Worktree redirect.** If `PROJECT_ROOT` is inside a git worktree (not the main checkout), redirect output to the main repository root. Worktrees managed by Claude Code are ephemeral — the data directory (`.ua/`, or legacy `.understand-anything/`) written there is destroyed when the session ends, taking the domain graph with it (issue #133). Detect a worktree by comparing `git rev-parse --git-dir` against `git rev-parse --git-common-dir`; in a normal checkout or submodule they resolve to the same path, in a worktree they differ and the parent of `--git-common-dir` is the main repo root.
```bash
COMMON_DIR=$(git -C "$PROJECT_ROOT" rev-parse --git-common-dir 2>/dev/null)
GIT_DIR=$(git -C "$PROJECT_ROOT" rev-parse --git-dir 2>/dev/null)
if [ -n "$COMMON_DIR" ] && [ -n "$GIT_DIR" ]; then
COMMON_ABS=$(cd "$PROJECT_ROOT" && cd "$COMMON_DIR" 2>/dev/null && pwd -P)
GIT_ABS=$(cd "$PROJECT_ROOT" && cd "$GIT_DIR" 2>/dev/null && pwd -P)
if [ -n "$COMMON_ABS" ] && [ "$COMMON_ABS" != "$GIT_ABS" ]; then
MAIN_ROOT=$(dirname "$COMMON_ABS")
if [ -d "$MAIN_ROOT" ] && [ "${UNDERSTAND_NO_WORKTREE_REDIRECT:-0}" != "1" ]; then
echo "[understand-domain] Detected git worktree at $PROJECT_ROOT"
echo "[understand-domain] Redirecting output to main repo root: $MAIN_ROOT"
echo "[understand-domain] (Set UNDERSTAND_NO_WORKTREE_REDIRECT=1 to keep PROJECT_ROOT as the worktree.)"
PROJECT_ROOT="$MAIN_ROOT"
fi
fi
fi
```
Use `$PROJECT_ROOT` (not the bare CWD) for every reference to "the current project" / `<project-root>` in subsequent phases.
**Resolve the data directory `$UA_DIR`.** All Understand-Anything artifacts live in the project's data directory. Resolve it once, now that `$PROJECT_ROOT` is known, and reuse `$UA_DIR` for every read and write in later phases:
```bash
UA_DIR="$PROJECT_ROOT/$([ -d "$PROJECT_ROOT/.understand-anything" ] && echo .understand-anything || echo .ua)"
```
This keeps the legacy `.understand-anything/` directory when it already exists (existing projects keep working with no migration) and uses the new `.ua/` otherwise. Because each phase may run in a fresh shell, carry `$UA_DIR` forward like `$PROJECT_ROOT`, re-resolving it with the line above if a later command block needs it.
**Important:** do **not** assume the plugin root is simply two directories above the skill path string. In many installations `~/.agents/skills/understand-domain` is a symlink into the real plugin checkout. Prefer runtime-provided plugin roots first (for Claude), then fall back to universal symlinks, skill symlink resolution, and common clone-based install paths.
Resolve the plugin root like this:
```bash
SKILL_REAL=$(realpath ~/.agents/skills/understand-domain 2>/dev/null || readlink -f ~/.agents/skills/understand-domain 2>/dev/null || echo "")
SELF_RELATIVE=$([ -n "$SKILL_REAL" ] && cd "$SKILL_REAL/../.." 2>/dev/null && pwd || echo "")
COPILOT_SKILL_REAL=$(realpath ~/.copilot/skills/understand-domain 2>/dev/null || readlink -f ~/.copilot/skills/understand-domain 2>/dev/null || echo "")
COPILOT_SELF_RELATIVE=$([ -n "$COPILOT_SKILL_REAL" ] && cd "$COPILOT_SKILL_REAL/../.." 2>/dev/null && pwd || echo "")
PLUGIN_ROOT=""
for candidate in \
"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}" \
"$HOME/.understand-anything-plugin" \
"$SELF_RELATIVE" \
"$COPILOT_SELF_RELATIVE" \
"$HOME/.codex/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin" \
"$HOME/.opencode/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin" \
"$HOME/.pi/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin" \
"$HOME/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin"; do
if [ -n "$candidate" ] && [ -f "$candidate/package.json" ] && [ -f "$candidate/pnpm-workspace.yaml" ]; then
PLUGIN_ROOT="$candidate"
break
fi
done
if [ -z "$PLUGIN_ROOT" ]; then
echo "Error: Cannot find the understand-anything plugin root."
echo "Checked:"
echo " - ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-<unset CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT>}"
echo " - $HOME/.understand-anything-plugin"
echo " - ${SELF_RELATIVE:-<unresolved path derived from ~/.agents/skills/understand-domain>}"
echo " - ${COPILOT_SELF_RELATIVE:-<unresolved path derived from ~/.copilot/skills/understand-domain>}"
echo " - $HOME/.codex/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin"
echo " - $HOME/.opencode/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin"
echo " - $HOME/.pi/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin"
echo " - $HOME/understand-anything/understand-anything-plugin"
echo "Make sure the plugin is installed correctly."
exit 1
fi
```
Use `$PLUGIN_ROOT` for every reference to agent definitions in subsequent phases.
### Phase 1: Detect Existing Graph
1. Check if `$UA_DIR/knowledge-graph.json` exists
2. If it exists AND `--full` was NOT passed, check freshness before deriving from it:
- Read `project.gitCommitHash` from the graph metadata as `GRAPH_COMMIT_RAW`. Change to `$PROJECT_ROOT`, resolve it as a commit before using it in any Git diff, compare the resolved commit with `git rev-parse HEAD`, and inspect pTrust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- none-observed
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (0)
No findings outside the package's declared scope.
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
b5084b78e990full audit observations/trust-audit/skill/lum1104__understand-domain.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this skill has had.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | b5084b78e990 | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What does the Understand Domain skill do?
Graphs that teach > graphs that impress. Turn any code into an interactive knowledge graph you can explore, search, and ask questions about. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, and more.
Is Understand Domain safe to install?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean skill reads B.
What can Understand Domain access on my machine?
The audit observed no filesystem, network or shell use at all in its source.
Which assistants does Understand Domain work with?
Its documentation mentions claude-code, codex and copilot. That is what the text claims, not a compatibility test we ran.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (b5084b78e990), read on 2026-09-29. The repository is watched, and a new audit runs when it changes — this is the first audit.