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magequery

magequery reads a Magento 2 codebase and tells you how it is wired: module load order, DI resolution (preferences, plugins, virtual types, constructor arguments), events, cron, routes, config across scopes, and the admin permission tree, among others. Every result cites the file and line it came from.

bin/magento and magerun boot the whole framework on every call, which takes one to three seconds. magequery parses the source XML and PHP directly and reimplements Magento's config-merge and DI rules, so it runs in milliseconds and works on a checkout that was never set up. It needs no database, no setup:di:compile, and no working PHP install.

Some commands can also read live data. Point them at the database from env.php (with --db, or as a dedicated live command) to read products, orders, indexer status, the scope tree, and similar runtime state. These commands report a clear error when the database is unreachable. The static commands never touch it.

Install

Prebuilt binaries (Linux x64 gnu/musl and arm64 gnu, macOS arm64/x64, Windows x64) are attached to every GitHub Release and mirrored to cresset infrastructure.

Or build from source. This needs a Rust toolchain, a C compiler, and CMake (the last two for the bundled MySQL client used by the live commands):

Point it at a store with --root <path-to-magento>, or run it from inside the Magento root (the default is the current directory).

Without installing (bgx)

bougie's bgx (like npx) runs magequery in an isolated, globally-cached environment without adding it to your project. Everything after the package is forwarded straight to magequery:

GitHub Action

Use the reusable magequery action in a Magento project's workflow after Bougie has installed the Magento source and its modules. It runs magequery doctor by default, which fails on broken configuration references or structural cycles. Static commands do not start Magento or need a database.

Pass any other magequery command through args; for example, modules --check fails when the modules on disk disagree with app/etc/config.php. The action downloads the latest published magequery binary for the runner platform by default, and can pin it independently:

Examples

di is the main command. It shows how the object manager assembles a type: the concrete class, the merged constructor arguments, and the plugin chain, each with its source.

doctor checks every merged config reference against what exists on disk. It reports broken references, cycles, and wiring that looks forgotten, and exits non-zero only on errors, so you can run it in CI.

info prints a one-screen summary of the install. It reads the static config and fills in live values from the database when it can reach one.

Notes

Every result ends with a # file:line comment. It is written as a trailing comment so a copied line stays valid, and it points at the source that produced the fact.

The static commands parse source files only. They do not read var/cache or generated/, so they work on a fresh checkout. Commands that can also use live data take --db; a few commands, such as product, order, and stores, read the database directly.

DI, plugins, events, and routes vary by area. By default these commands show a collapsed diff: the global base plus the per-area differences. --area <name> shows a single area, and --all-areas expands every area in full.

--json works on every command and is never colored. The single-value commands (mode, base-url, maintenance) print a bare value for use in scripts. Color is on when writing to a terminal, respects NO_COLOR, and can be set with --color auto|always|never.

Commands

Grouped as magequery --help shows them.

Wiring (the object manager): di, preference, plugins, events, uses (reverse DI).

Entry points: routes, actions, webapi, cron, commands, graphql.

Data: schema, indexers, extension-attributes, catalog-attributes, fieldset, eav, product, product-links, price, category, order, customer, customer-groups, quote, invoice, shipment, creditmemo, order-statuses, sequences, sales-rule, catalog-rule, tax.

Frontend: layout, templates, widgets, email-templates, translations, ui-components, cms-page, cms-block.

Config and admin: config, system-config, acl, menu, admin-users, admin-roles, integrations.

Runtime (from env.php and live connections): db, redis, session, cache, lock, queue, url-rewrites, stores.

Project: info, mode, maintenance, base-url, admin-url, modules, deps, doctor, whatis, patches.

The grammar is magequery <command> [target] [flags]. Run magequery <command> --help for the details of each.

Shell completions

The completions subcommand prints a completion script to stdout. Add one line to your shell config:

magequery man prints a man page.

Agent skill

magequery ships a skill that teaches an AI coding agent when and how to use it on a Magento codebase, so the agent reaches for magequery on wiring questions instead of grepping or booting the framework. Install it into a project (or your home directory) with:

The skill subcommand emits the file from the installed binary, so it always matches your version. It is plain markdown with YAML frontmatter, so it drops into a Cursor rule or your own docs just as well.

Editor integration (LSP)

The binary doubles as a language server: magequery lsp speaks LSP over stdio. Inside the editor that gives you context-aware completions (classes, events, config paths, ACL ids), doctor findings as diagnostics while you type, go-to-definition and hover on class names in di.xml/events.xml/webapi.xml/system.xml/schema.graphqls (definition on an interface also jumps to the class its <preference> resolves to), find-references over the whole config graph (injections, virtual types, observers, cron, webapi, GraphQL, queues), layout navigation (templates through the theme-override chain, handles, block names), config outlines and workspace symbol search, code lenses on PHP classes (N plugin(s), wired in N config place(s)), and rename for ACL ids, event names, and block names across the config XML and PHP string literals (the identifiers a PHP server can't see; classes and config paths stay with your PHP server).

• VS Code — the extension in editors/vscode; it finds magequery on PATH or downloads the release binary itself.
• Zed — install magequery LSP from the Zed extension registry (source in editors/zed, registry id magequery-lsp); same binary resolution.
• Anything else — point your editor's LSP client at magequery lsp for PHP and XML files.

Open buffers overlay the checkout, so diagnostics and answers follow your unsaved edits as you type. The server complements a PHP language server rather than replacing one — magequery covers the XML config layer.

Scope

The target is Magento 2.4 Open Source. Adobe Commerce, Mage-OS, OpenMage, and similar forks often work but are not the supported target. Live commands need a readable app/etc/env.php, and a reachable connection for the database.

License

European Union Public Licence v1.2 (EUPL-1.2).