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Trelix grows from v1.0 to v2.7 in 13 days with knowledge graphs and agentic search

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Developer tool Trelix evolved rapidly from its initial release to v2.7.0 over just thirteen days, shipping seven minor versions that transformed it from a basic code-search tool into a broader platform. Key additions included a knowledge graph built on NetworkX with Louvain community detection, which groups codebase files into architectural modules and labels them using an LLM. Retrieval expanded from three legs to seven, incorporating research-backed techniques such as RAPTOR-style file summarization and HyDE hypothetical document embeddings. A notable silent bug was also fixed in v2.7.0, where AdaptiveRouter accepted a configuration parameter but ignored it entirely, defaulting to environment variables instead. Other features added during this period include federated multi-repo search, an agentic query loop, and a GitHub Actions bot for automated PR review.

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