Configuration - Graphify

Code-only extraction works without a provider key. These backend settings matter when you explicitly run semantic extraction or model-assisted CLI workflows.

Semantic backends

`--backend`	Main configuration	Optional package extra
`claude`	`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`; optional `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL`, `ANTHROPIC_MODEL`	`anthropic`
`gemini`	`GEMINI_API_KEY` or `GOOGLE_API_KEY`	`gemini`
`openai`	`OPENAI_API_KEY`; optional `OPENAI_BASE_URL`, `OPENAI_MODEL`	`openai`
`deepseek`	`DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`	Use the client dependency required by your version.
`kimi`	`MOONSHOT_API_KEY`	`kimi`
`ollama`	Optional `OLLAMA_BASE_URL`, `OLLAMA_MODEL`	`ollama`
`bedrock`	Standard AWS credential chain	`bedrock`
`azure`	`AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY`, `AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT`, deployment setting	`openai`
`claude-cli`	Installed and authenticated Claude Code CLI	No separate model API key.

Set credentials in your shell, secret manager, or CI environment. Never commit them into the documentation or repository. Use a model available in your account or local runtime rather than assuming a particular model name.

Output and resource controls

Variable	Meaning
`GRAPHIFY_OUT`	Output directory, useful for separate worktrees.
`GRAPHIFY_MAX_WORKERS`	Structural extraction worker count.
`GRAPHIFY_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS`	Semantic model output cap.
`GRAPHIFY_API_TIMEOUT`	Backend request timeout in seconds.
`GRAPHIFY_MAX_RETRIES`	Retry count for rate-limited requests.
`GRAPHIFY_MAX_RETRY_DEPTH`	Limit recursive recovery of truncated chunks.
`GRAPHIFY_MAX_GRAPH_BYTES`	Override the graph file size guard; default is 512 MiB.
`GRAPHIFY_API_KEY`	Authentication for a shared graph MCP HTTP server.
`GRAPHIFY_TRIAGE_BACKEND` / `GRAPHIFY_TRIAGE_MODEL`	Backend and model for CLI PR triage.

Local query logging

The current implementation keeps query logging off by default.

Variable	Effect
`GRAPHIFY_QUERY_LOG_ENABLE=1`	Enable a local JSONL query log at `~/.cache/graphify-queries.log`.
`GRAPHIFY_QUERY_LOG=/path/to/log`	Enable logging to a chosen file.
`GRAPHIFY_QUERY_LOG_DISABLE=1`	Force logging off, overriding enable settings.
`GRAPHIFY_QUERY_LOG_RESPONSES=1`	Include full responses when logging is enabled.

Logs can contain questions and corpus paths. Full responses are opt-in. Keep access and retention appropriate to your source material.

Ignore rules

Use .graphifyignore to exclude dependency folders, build artifacts, or irrelevant content. See incremental updates for examples.