| name | impact-analysis |
| description | Use when analyzing the impact of changing, renaming, or deleting a symbol. Provides risk assessment, blast radius, affected files, test coverage, and recommendations. Triggers for: "impact of changing X", "what would break if I modify X", "blast radius", "risk of renaming X", "safe to delete X" |
Impact Analysis
Analyze the impact of changing the specified symbol.
Arguments (provided by the user in natural language):
- Symbol name (required) — the function, class, or variable to analyze
- File path (optional) — helps disambiguate if multiple symbols share the same name
If no symbol name is provided, ask the user what symbol they want to analyze.
Call code_intel with this code parameter:
const result = await api.impactAnalysis({
symbolName: "<symbol-name>",
filePath: "<file-path>" || undefined,
depth: 3
});
return result;
If successful, present:
- Symbol: Name, kind (function/class/etc), and location
- Risk Assessment: Risk level (low/medium/high/critical) and score
- Impact Scope: Number of files and symbols affected, whether it's a public API
- Direct Dependents: Top 10 files that directly depend on this symbol
- Test Coverage: Percentage from result.data.breakdown.testCoverage
- Recommendations: From result.data.recommendations
If high or critical risk, emphasize caution and suggest reviewing dependents before making changes.
If error, explain the error and provide guidance from the error response.
