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> Published: 2026-08-03 04:35:30+00:00

# Automated PR Review — Know What Breaks Before You Push

N3MO is a code review automation tool that parses your repository's ASTs and builds a call graph to trace the transitive blast radius of any pull request change instantly.

**Benchmark:** Indexed TensorFlow in 14.06 minutes (14,611 files, 79,523 symbols, 480,851 edges)

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## Powerful Features for Automated Code Review

Stop guessing what your pull requests will break. N3MO builds a relational knowledge graph of your codebase to empower engineering teams with precise impact analysis.

```
Transitive Blast Radius

Traces call links recursively to arbitrary depth, showing you direct and indirect downstream
                            impacts of any refactor or deletion. Find hidden dependencies that standard search tools
                            miss.

Root: auth.py
Transitive Depth: 5
DB Resolution: Scope-Aware

SELECT symbol, file_path FROM callers WHERE
                                    target = 'db_pool';
> Found 12 matching transitive callers across 4
                                    service layers.
```

### 27 Languages*

Powered by GitHub's Tree-sitter. We parse Python, TS/JS, Java, Go, Rust, C++, Ruby, PHP, and
more locally.

*Tree-sitter parsing supported for
27 languages. Deep semantic call graph mapping currently optimized for Python, JS/TS,
and Java.

### Native MCP Server

Integrate N3MO directly into Cursor, Claude Desktop, or Windsurf. Allow AI agents to trace structures without hallucinations.

```
GitHub Webhook

Enforce codebase size-aware checkpoints on every Pull Request, posting a comprehensive impact
                            markdown report directly to PR comments in under 2 seconds.

 github-actions bot
                                commented on PR #124
                            

◈ N3MO Impact Check: PASSED
                                • Modifying auth_user affects 3 downstream components.
                                • Transitive blast radius: High Impact (8 caller nodes).
```

## Who is N3MO Built For?

A concise breakdown of our ideal user profiles.

### Staff Engineers

Architects managing large, legacy monoliths who need a reliable way to map sprawling dependencies before initiating major refactors.

### Code Reviewers

Senior developers acting as gatekeepers on PRs who want automated, mathematically-proven impact analysis instead of relying entirely on unit tests.

### AI Code Agents

Autonomous coding bots like Claude and Cursor that require a precise, deterministic knowledge graph to avoid hallucinating file structures.

## How It Works: A Practical Scenario

Step-by-step instructions on catching breaking changes.

### Install the GitHub Webhook

Navigate to your repository settings and grant N3MO read access to your source code. You don't need to configure CI/CD pipelines or write custom workflows.

### Open a Pull Request

A junior developer opens a PR modifying a seemingly isolated utility function, `format_date()`. Unbeknownst to them, this function is indirectly used by the core billing service.

### Review the Impact Report

Within 2 seconds, N3MO intercepts the webhook, parses the entire AST, and posts a comment on the PR detailing the exact downstream services that depend on `format_date()`. You catch the breaking change before it hits production.

## Native MCP Server Integration

Give AI agents like Cursor and Claude deterministic structural context instead of random file chunks.

### Claude Desktop

Automatically configure N3MO as an MCP tool for Claude to map blast radius before it writes code.

``` bash
$ cd /path/to/project
$ n3mo mcp install
Cursor IDE

Add N3MO directly to Cursor settings to enable instant
                            transitive impact queries during refactoring.

Go to Settings -> Models -> MCP
Type: command
Command: n3mo mcp start
```

## Plans & Pricing

Scale N3MO's PR impact check capabilities dynamically to fit the size of your team's codebases.

### No seat-based pricing. Ever.

N3MO prices by repositories, not users, so your entire engineering team can collaborate without buying additional licenses. Each repository receives continuous indexing, dependency analysis, PR impact detection, and code intelligence. Start free with local MCP — upgrade only when you want automated PR checks across your team.

### Standard Plan

For solo devs and small projects

- Up to
**1 repo** -
**30,000** LOC per repo -
**30,000*** max total LOC - Real-time PR Impact Analysis
- Interactive Dependency Graph
- Community support

### Pro Plan

For small teams (2–5 devs)

Includes 15-Day Free Trial

- Up to
**3 repos** -
**100,000** LOC per repo -
**300,000*** max total LOC - Everything in Standard Plan
- Multi-repo dashboard
- Email & community support

### Team Basic

For growing teams (6–20 devs)

- Up to
**5 repos** -
**200,000** LOC per repo -
**1,000,000*** max total LOC - Everything in Pro
- Slack notifications & RBAC
- Priority SLA support

### Team Pro

For advanced engineering teams

- Up to
**7 repos** -
**500,000** LOC per repo -
**3,500,000*** max total LOC - Everything in Team Basic
- Custom webhooks
- Advanced Org RBAC

### Enterprise

For large orgs (20+ devs)

-
**Unlimited** repos -
**Unlimited** LOC - Everything in Team Pro
- Self-hosted & Offline JWT
- SSO/SAML & Audit logs
- Dedicated Success Engineer

**Fair use applies. Repository limits are intended for typical engineering teams. Extremely large
monorepos may count against your codebase quota. Contact us for larger
deployments.*

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### Why repositories instead of seats?

### Frequently Asked Questions

#### What counts as a repository?

Any GitHub repository that you connect to N3MO and actively analyze using our webhook integrations.

#### Can I invite unlimited teammates?

Yes! Once a repository is indexed, anyone on your team can view PR impact reports and use the interactive graph without needing their own license.

#### What is a monorepo?

A single repository containing multiple distinct projects or services. Monorepo support on the Team plan ensures we index all nested dependencies properly.

#### What happens if I exceed the limit?

You'll get a heads-up before any repo stops syncing, with a one-click upgrade — no PRs are ever silently blocked without warning.

## Local CLI Reference

N3MO is fully functional locally right from your terminal.

### 1. Installation

Install the N3MO CLI package directly from PyPI.

```
pip install n3mo
```

### 2. Setup Database & Crawler

Spin up N3MO's PostgreSQL docker container and verify local variables in one command.

```
n3mo setup
```

### 3. Index the Workspace

Index AST structures and build the relational call links inside Postgres.

```
n3mo index
```

### 4. Run Impact Queries

Trace the impact chain and launch the orbital interactive visualizer in your local browser.

```
n3mo impact "symbol_name" --graph
```

──────────────────────────────────────────────────

Target: authenticate_user

──────────────────────────────────────────────────

◉ Direct Callers (3 symbols)

▸ login_endpoint api/auth.py:12

▸ refresh_token api/token.py:23

▸ validate_session middleware/auth.py:89

◎ Ripple Effects (5 symbols)

╰─▸ POST /login routes.py:67

╰─▸ admin_login admin/views.py:34

╰─▸ require_auth decorators.py:12

╰─▸ dashboard_view views/dashboard.py:8

╰─▸ settings_view views/settings.py:22

──────────────────────────────────────────────────

Total impacted: 8 references │ depth ≤ 3

## Privacy and Code Governance

We believe code should be analyzed where it lives. N3MO is designed from the ground up to respect security boundaries and data governance rules:

##### Zero Stored Source Code

For SaaS users, N3MO analyzes code entirely in-memory on highly secure, ephemeral GitHub runners. We extract only the structural graph metadata, and the runner is instantly destroyed. We never store your raw source code.

##### Zero-Trust Deployments

Enterprise users run the N3MO CLI natively inside their own private, air-gapped CI/CD pipelines. In this mode, your code literally never leaves your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).

[N3MO Privacy Policy](https://github.com/RajX-dev/N3MO/blob/main/PRIVACY.md).
