Visualization — `aic map`

Generate SVG visualizations of the codebase structure and commit history.

Subcommands

`aic map tree`

Produces a squarified treemap of the file hierarchy, sized by line count and coloured by top-level directory.

aic map tree                     # writes aic-treemap.svg
aic map tree -o treemap.svg      # custom output path

Flag	Default	Description
`-o`	`aic-treemap.svg`	Output file path
`--no-ai`	off	Skip AI cluster annotation (reserved)
`--theme`	`github-light`	Color theme

`aic map history`

Draws a vertical zigzag timeline of recent commits. Cards alternate left and right of a central line, with date circles on the spine, full commit messages (subject and body), and file-change dots coloured by directory.

aic map history                  # last 20 commits
aic map history -n 40            # last 40 commits

Flag	Default	Description
`-o`	`aic-timeline.svg`	Output file path
`-n`	`20`	Number of commits to include
`--theme`	`github-light`	Color theme

`aic map heat`

Renders a horizontal bar chart of files sorted by modification frequency, coloured on a cold-to-hot scale.

aic map heat                     # last 50 commits
aic map heat -n 200 -o heat.svg  # deeper history

Flag	Default	Description
`-o`	`aic-heatmap.svg`	Output file path
`-n`	`50`	Number of commits to analyze
`--theme`	`github-light`	Color theme

`aic map activity`

Generates a GitHub-style contribution grid from commit timestamps over the past 52 weeks.

aic map activity                 # last 500 commits
aic map activity -n 1000         # larger sample

Flag	Default	Description
`-o`	`aic-activity.svg`	Output file path
`-n`	`500`	Number of commits to load
`--theme`	`github-light`	Color theme

Themes

All map subcommands accept a --theme flag. Available themes:

Theme	Variant
`github-light`	Light (default)
`github-dark`	Dark
`classic-light`	Light
`classic-dark`	Dark
`solarized-light`	Light
`solarized-dark`	Dark
`monokai`	Dark
`dracula`	Dark

Theme definitions live in the themes/ directory as TOML files. Each theme controls background, text, border, accent, and gradient colours.

Configuration

Create a .aicommit-map file in the repository root to set defaults for all map subcommands:

theme = "dracula"
history_commits = 30
heat_commits = 100
activity_commits = 1000

Key	Default	Description
`theme`	`github-light`	Default color theme
`history_commits`	`20`	Default commit count for `aic map history`
`heat_commits`	`50`	Default commit count for `aic map heat`
`activity_commits`	`500`	Default commit count for `aic map activity`

CLI flags (--theme, -n) override the config file when specified.

Output

All subcommands produce standalone SVG files that open in any modern browser. The SVGs use the system font stack and look good at any zoom level.

Future

AI-annotated clusters: the tree subcommand will optionally pass file groupings to the configured AI provider to generate short descriptive labels for each cluster.

Visualization — aic map