Ariadne FAQs

Question 1

Who benefits most from using Ariadne?

Accepted Answer

Backend engineers debugging complex features across services, new team members onboarding to large microservice codebases, code reviewers performing cross-service impact analysis, and AI coding assistants seeking structured architectural context.

Question 2

What is Ariadne and what problem does it solve?

Accepted Answer

Ariadne is a CLI tool and MCP server designed to generate cross-service API dependency graphs and enable semantic code navigation for microservice architectures. It helps engineers quickly understand how features span multiple services, avoiding manual 'grep' searches.

Question 3

How does Ariadne improve code navigation compared to traditional tools?

Accepted Answer

Unlike 'grep' which produces noisy, implementation-level results, or IDEs that stop at service boundaries, Ariadne focuses solely on the contract layer (GraphQL, REST, Kafka). This provides compact, noise-free, and cross-service insights into API chains.

Question 4

What types of services and protocols can Ariadne analyze?

Accepted Answer

Ariadne uses static analysis to scan GraphQL schemas, REST HTTP endpoints, Kafka topics and listeners, and frontend queries. It also supports custom scanners, allowing integration with any language or framework.

Question 5

Can Ariadne be integrated with AI coding assistants?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Ariadne integrates seamlessly as an MCP (Model Context Protocol) stdio server. This allows AI coding assistants like Claude Code or Cursor to access its 'query_chains' and 'expand_node' functionalities, providing them with a compact, structured view of your service dependency graph.

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