brokk-bifrost-searchtools

Fast, structured code search and analysis for Python, backed by a native Rust extension. This is the Python distribution of bifrost, the Tree-sitter-backed analyzer suite that powers Brokk.

It gives you one in-process client that talks straight to the Rust analyzer (no subprocess, no MCP server) and returns typed results plus ready-to-render text. It understands Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust, Go, Python, C++, C#, PHP, and Scala.

Install: pip install brokk-bifrost-searchtools
Import as: bifrost_searchtools

What it does

Index a project once, then ask fast structural questions:

Symbol search: find classes, functions, and fields by name pattern.
Locations and sources: jump to a symbol's definition or pull its source.
Summaries: get a signature-level outline of a file or directory.
Usages and call graph: scan references to a symbol, or build the whole-workspace caller/callee graph (feed it to PageRank for a code map).
Most-relevant files: rank the files most related to one or more seed files.
Semantic search: find code by meaning, using ONNX embeddings and a cross-encoder reranker (opt-in).

Quick start

from bifrost_searchtools import SearchToolsClient

with SearchToolsClient("/path/to/project") as client:
    # Signature-level outline of a file
    print(client.get_summaries(["src/main.py"]).render_text())

    # Find symbols by name pattern
    for file in client.search_symbols(["parse_*"], limit=10).files:
        print(file.path)

    # Rank the files most related to a seed file
    print(client.most_relevant_files(["src/main.py"]).render_text())

The client indexes on first use, keeps the index warm for the session, and watches the filesystem so later queries see your edits. Every result has typed fields plus a render_text() helper.

For a runnable end-to-end demo, examples/searchtools_demo.py declares its dependency inline (PEP 723), so uv fetches the package and runs it with no manual install:

uv run examples/searchtools_demo.py --root /path/to/repo Calculator compute

API overview

SearchToolsClient(root, library_path=None, render_line_numbers=True, manual=False) exposes:

Method	Purpose
`search_symbols(patterns, *, include_tests=False, limit=20)`	Find symbols by name pattern.
`get_symbol_locations(symbols, *, kind_filter=...)`	Resolve symbols to definition sites.
`get_symbol_ancestors(symbols, *, kind_filter=...)`	Walk the enclosing type/scope chain.
`get_symbol_sources(symbols, *, kind_filter=...)`	Pull full source for symbols.
`get_definition_by_location(path, *, line=..., column=...)`	Resolve a reference at a known file location.
`get_definition_by_reference(symbol, *, context=..., target=...)`	Resolve a copied reference inside a symbol source block.
`get_type_by_location(path, *, line=..., column=...)`	Resolve the type of an expression or identifier at a known file location.
`get_summaries(targets)`	Signature-level outline of files / classes / directories.
`list_symbols(file_patterns)`	Skim the symbols declared in matching files.
`scan_usages(symbols, *, include_tests=False, paths=None)`	Find references to a symbol.
`rename_symbol(path, *, line=..., column=..., new_name=...)`	Return a non-mutating edit plan for a symbol rename.
`usage_graph(*, include_tests=False, paths=None)`	Whole-workspace caller/callee graph; each edge carries its `{path, line}` call sites.
`most_relevant_files(seed_files, *, limit=20, ...)`	Rank files related to seed files.
`semantic_search(query, *, k=10)`	Meaning-based code search (opt-in).
`semantic_search_status()`	Report whether the semantic index is ready.
`refresh()`	Force a full re-index (recovery escape hatch).
`update_paths(paths)`	Incrementally re-analyze specific paths (with `manual=True`).
`activate_workspace(path)` / `get_active_workspace()`	Switch / read the active workspace root.
`get_file_contents(file_paths)`	Read whole files by path.
`find_filenames(patterns, *, limit=None)`	Find files by path glob.
`search_file_contents(patterns, *, file_path=None, context_lines=None, case_insensitive=False)`	Grep contents with context.
`find_files_containing(patterns, *, limit=None, case_insensitive=False)`	Find files whose contents match.
`list_files(directory_path="", *, max_entries=None)`	List files under a directory.
`get_git_log(*, file_path=None, limit=None)`	Recent commits (optionally for one path).
`get_commit_diff(revision, *, max_files=None, lines_per_file=None)`	Unified diff for a commit.
`search_git_commit_messages(pattern, *, limit=None)`	Regex search over commit messages.
`jq(file_path, filter_expr, *, max_files=None, matches_per_file=None)`	Run a jq filter over JSON files.
`xml_skim(file_path, *, max_files=None)`	Summarize XML element structure.
`xml_select(file_path, xpath, *, output=XmlSelectOutput.TEXT, attr_name=None, max_files=None)`	Evaluate an XPath over XML files.
`compute_cyclomatic_complexity(file_paths, *, threshold=None)`	Per-function cyclomatic complexity.
`compute_cognitive_complexity(file_paths, *, threshold=None)`	Per-function cognitive complexity.
`report_comment_density_for_code_unit(fq_name, *, max_lines=None)`	Comment density for one symbol.
`report_comment_density_for_files(file_paths, *, max_top_level_rows=None, max_files=None)`	Comment density per file.
`report_exception_handling_smells(file_paths, *, min_score=None, max_findings=None, options=None)`	Suspicious exception handlers.
`report_test_assertion_smells(file_paths, *, min_score=None, max_findings=None, options=None)`	Low-value test assertions.
`report_structural_clone_smells(file_paths, *, min_score=None, max_findings=None, options=None)`	Structural code clones.
`report_long_method_and_god_object_smells(file_paths, *, max_findings=None, max_files=None, options=None)`	Oversized functions / god objects.
`report_dead_code_and_unused_abstraction_smells(*, file_paths=None, fq_names=None, min_score=None, max_findings=None, options=None)`	Likely dead code (Rust).
`report_secret_like_code(*, max_findings=None, max_commits=None, include_history_only=False, include_low_confidence=False)`	Secret-looking strings in files / history.
`analyze_git_hotspots(*, since_days=None, since_iso=None, until_iso=None, max_commits=None, max_files=None)`	Churn × complexity hotspots.

Pass render_line_numbers=False to drop line numbers from rendered text while keeping the structured line metadata on the result objects.

The git tools return a GitTextResult (.text), the slopcop tools return a CodeQualityReport (.report), and the rest return structured dataclasses from bifrost_searchtools.models. The per-rule tuning knobs on the smell reports are passed through options (keys map 1:1 to the Rust tool arguments).

Semantic search

semantic_search(...) searches code by meaning rather than name and returns the three retrieval legs directly: function-oriented vector and BM25 rankings over function-level chunks, plus a file-oriented co-edit ranking. It searches code, not prose.

It is opt-in. Set BIFROST_SEMANTIC_INDEX=auto to enable background indexing; the models load via ONNX and download from the HuggingFace hub on first use. The main bifrost README lists every environment override.

License

LGPL-3.0-or-later. See LICENSE.md.

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