start-dev-graph

start-dev-graph is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from rm2thaddeus/Pixel_Detective. It costs 64 tokens per session (717 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A local service manager for Dev Graph, a development tool that uses Neo4j, an application programming interface, and optionally a user interface. It starts, stops, restarts, or checks the status of those parts.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to run the full Dev Graph stack, only the backend, only Neo4j, only the frontend, or a status or stop operation.
Why use it?
It removes the need to remember separate Docker, database, API, and frontend commands. It also checks required tools and files before starting.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to run the full Dev Graph stack, only the backend, only Neo4j, only the frontend, or a status or stop operation.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/rm2thaddeus/pixel_detective/start-dev-graph
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add rm2thaddeus/Pixel_Detective --skill start-dev-graph
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rm2thaddeus/Pixel_Detective

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 64 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 717 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00064 $0.00717
Opus 5.5 $0.00026 $0.00287
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00013 $0.00143
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00072

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 3d262abbe1c8, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

start-dev-graph scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 1 executable file (scripts/start_dev_graph.ps1), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/start-dev-graph/SKILL.md · 71 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 71 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Start Dev Graph

Use this skill to run Dev Graph locally with the right subset of services.

Quickstart

  • Full stack: powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File skills\\start-dev-graph\\scripts\\start_dev_graph.ps1 -Mode full
  • Backend only: powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File skills\\start-dev-graph\\scripts\\start_dev_graph.ps1 -Mode backend

Workflow

  1. Confirm repo root
  • Require developer_graph/api.py and start_dev_graph.ps1.
  • If missing, stop and ask for the correct working directory.
  1. Decide the requested mode
  • full: Neo4j + API + UI
  • backend: Neo4j + API only
  • services: just Neo4j
  • frontend: only Dev Graph UI
  • status: report what is running
  • stop: stop Docker services and list any remaining processes
  1. Docker preflight
  • Check Docker CLI and Docker Compose:
    • docker version
    • docker compose version
  • If Docker is installed but not running, say so and stop.
  1. Start sequence
  • full: run .\start_dev_graph.ps1
  • backend:
    • docker compose up -d neo4j
    • uvicorn developer_graph.api:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 --reload
  • services:
    • docker compose up -d neo4j
  • frontend:
    • cd tools/dev-graph-ui then npm run dev

When launching uvicorn or npm, use new terminal windows so the main session stays responsive.

  1. Status checks
  1. Stop sequence
  • docker compose down
  • Remind the user to close any uvicorn or npm windows still running.

Notes

  • Docker Compose service name is neo4j in docker-compose.yml.
  • The Windows batch script uses neo4j_db; do not copy that name here.
  • Do not redirect uvicorn output to dev_graph_api.log in the repo root. The app writes the same file and will raise a permission error.
  • The UI may choose port 3001 if 3000 is already in use; the script expects 3001.

Read the full file on GitHub · 71 lines

Files

What ships with it

1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 71 lines · 64 tokens per session scan A 3d262abbe1c8

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start-dev-graph is a skill published in the GitHub repository rm2thaddeus/Pixel_Detective (21 stars, last pushed 8mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 64 tokens to every session and 717 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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