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The analyze command runs audit rules on a previously crawled website without re-crawling.

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Usage

squirrel analyze [options]

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Options

OptionDescriptionDefault
--idCrawl ID to analyzeLatest crawl

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Examples

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Analyze Latest Crawl

squirrel analyze

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Analyze Specific Crawl

squirrel analyze --id a7b3c2d1

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Output

Analyzing latest crawl...

✓ Ran 87 rules in 2.3s

Analysis complete: a7b3c2d1
  Site: https://example.com
  Passed: 52 | Warnings: 18 | Failed: 17

Run 'squirrel report' to view results.

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Use Cases

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Iterate on Rule Configuration

# Crawl once
squirrel crawl https://example.com

# Test different rule configs
squirrel analyze
# Edit squirrel.toml
squirrel analyze

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Re-analyze After Code Changes

# While developing custom rules
squirrel analyze

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Separate Crawl and Analysis

# Crawl during off-hours
squirrel crawl https://example.com

# Analyze later
squirrel analyze

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Configuration

The analyze command respects rule settings from squirrel.toml: 
[rules]
enable = ["*"]
disable = ["ai/*", "content/quality"]

[rule_options]
# Rule-specific options
See Configuration for all options.

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Exit Codes

CodeMeaning
0Success
1Error (no crawl found, analysis failed, etc.)
  • crawl - Crawl website without analysis
  • audit - Crawl + analyze in one command
  • report - View analysis results
  • Configuration - Config file options