Documentation

Wirecheck answers one question: what depends on this credential, MCP server, or integration, and what happens if I change it? These pages cover the CLI and how to wire that question into a coding agent's workflow.

Start here

• CLI reference: auth, status, impact, unknowns, compare, verify
• Claude Code guide: stop Claude Code from removing something it doesn't understand
• Codex guide: the same loop via CLI/JSON instead of a native integration
• AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md instructions: generic instructions for any coding agent

The loop

This is the shape every workflow below follows: a coding agent (or you) about to touch a dependency, checking first, then confirming after:

Agent is about to change/remove a dependency
        ↓
wirecheck preflight <name> --json
        ↓
Known dependants, UNKNOWNs, evidence, affected repos, freshness
        ↓
Agent makes the change
        ↓
Agent reports remaining known/unresolved references before calling the task done

Wirecheck never returns a safe_to_remove field. Zero known dependants with one or more UNKNOWN relationships is not a green light; it means something, and the agent should say so rather than proceed as if it were confirmed safe.