rightnow

Rails-aware code resolver.

gem install rightnow

rn user
rn m user
rn c admin/users
rn helper abc def ghi
rn app/controllers/application_controller.rb
rn public robots
rn user --print
rn user --json

rn resolves a short query to the most likely existing file in a Rails project.

It ranks candidates with simple heuristics and opens the best match.

It is not a grep tool.

It is not a generator.

rn supports three basic query styles:

• path-like queries are strongest
• kind-prefixed queries narrow the search scope
• generic queries search across known Rails paths

Slash-separated and space-separated forms are equivalent:

rn c admin users
rn c admin/users

The command feel is intentionally close to Rails generator conventions.

• model / m
• controller / c
• helper / h
• view / v
• job / j
• service
• mailer
• channel
• public

rn user --print
rn user --json

--print prints the best path only.

--json prints scored candidate data.

rn only searches Rails-relevant paths such as:

• app/models
• app/controllers
• app/helpers
• app/views
• app/services
• app/jobs
• app/mailers
• app/channels
• public

It does not search log files, tmp, vendor, node_modules, or arbitrary file contents.

• resolver, not search engine
• Rails-aware
• finite candidate set
• predictable heuristics
• generator-like ergonomics

• no grep-style full text search
• no TUI yet
• no LSP integration
• no log viewer

Possible future work includes rni, better ranking, and optional indexing.

MIT