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Codegraff: 40× leaner file tools for your coding agent

Codegraff launched CodeDB Pro, a tool that reduces token usage for coding agents by up to 97% while maintaining evaluation scores, using structural file reads and symbol-safe editing. The product targets engineering teams using AI coding assistants like Claude Code and Cursor, offering per-seat licenses starting at $99/year.

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Codegraff: 40× leaner file tools for your coding agent
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CodeDB Pro cuts that token bill ~97%.

Free graff

is already SOTA on Terminal-Bench. CodeDB Pro keeps the exact same eval scores and gets there in a fraction of the tokens. Your agents just stop dumping whole files into context.

curl -fsSL https://codegraff.com/install.sh | bash

macOS arm64 + Linux x86_64 · zero runtime deps

tokens this task

18,400

5 tool calls · 8.4s wall-clock · Claude / Codex native

same task, same result · hover to

Engineering teams shipping with Codegraff

tokens saved · last 30d

ops · last 7d

per op · codedb p50

outline / lookup

counters from activated installs · speed numbers from bench/ on github · hyperfine, n=10, macOS arm64

The token ledger

One real file, measured three ways. Default tools dump the raw text. codedb, the free engine, reads it structurally. CodeDB Pro lands the exact symbol and edits in kilobytes. The red bar is what you pay for today.

Understand a 2,300-line file

29× leaner than the raw dump

865 tok

with CodeDB Pro

Search the whole codebase

codedb’s search engine ships inside Pro

built in

with CodeDB Pro

Edit one function

Pro only · codedb reads, it doesn’t edit

1.9 KB

with CodeDB Pro

measured · codedb-pro 0.2.9 · same 2,318-line file · "built in" = Pro ships codedb's search engine

How CodeDB Pro works

codedb picks the right file

Most agent failures aren't bad reasoning, they're the agent looking at the wrong file. codedb is graff's retrieval layer: a local index of symbols, outlines, and call paths the agent queries before it acts. SOTA on Terminal-Bench, free, open-source.

CodeDB Pro gets there in ~97% fewer tokens

Same eval scores, a fraction of the footprint. outline returns 47 tokens where a raw read pulls 2,103. symbol lookups land the exact function, never the whole file.

Then Pro edits, symbol-safe

The one thing the free engine can't do. Symbol-safe patches write 1.9 KB where default tools rewrite 169 KB. Immune to line drift, concurrent agents, and mid-session file growth.

What CodeDB Pro adds

Scope mode context, not noise

ripgrep can't do thisEvery match returns its enclosing function. Not a line. Not a file. The exact block your agent needs to act on.

zigrep -S 'validateInput' src/

Structural read 47 tokens vs 2,103

outline firstoutline gives the full symbol map of a file. Then symbol pulls exactly the function, never the whole file.

zigread outline src/main.zig

Symbol-safe patching no line drift

edit by nameEdit by function name, not line numbers. Survives upstream diffs, concurrent agents, and mid-session file growth.

zigpatch --symbol parseToken src/auth.zig

Batch ops 10 reads in 7ms

0.7ms per opPersistent daemon. No fork/exec per call. Reads, searches, diffs, and edits run in parallel over one stdio pipe.

codedb-pro batch [read, search, diff, edit]

Benchmark · same query

6.4× faster

hyperfine · 4.7 GB repo · macOS arm64 · n=10

Pricing

$99/year is one seat. The ledger above is one real file: 25,324 tokens of raw dump down to 865, edits in kilobytes not hundreds. Every week you wait, that gap is tokens you already pay for, spent re-reading files.

Individual

1 seat · $99/seat · all tools, all editors

Team

2 seats · $80/seat · save $38 vs 2 solo seats

Team Plus

5 seats · $69.80/seat · save $146 vs 5 solo seats

Stripe checkout link by email · same-day

Engineering org · 10+ seats

Volume pricing, invoiced annually, MSA on request. One-day turnaround on quotes.

Refund within 14 days · License keys by email · No subscription auto-renew lock-in

Run graff provider login codegraff

and you get instant access to the frontier set. No API keys to manage, no provider accounts to create. Credits start at $10, top up from the dashboard.

CodeDB Pro. One install per engineer. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf. Per-seat licenses, by email.

curl -fsSL https://codegraff.com/install.sh | bash
codedb-pro activate CGPRO-XXXX-XXXX engineer@company.com
codedb-pro mcp register --client claude-code

Runs locally · your code never leaves the machine · uninstall and your agent falls back to its built-in tools

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