diff --git a/apps/cli/main.ts b/apps/cli/main.ts
index 4869881..1a214d3 100644
--- a/apps/cli/main.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/main.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { isatty } from "node:tty";
 import { basename, dirname, join, resolve } from "node:path";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import type { ClaimAnchorAuditResult, RepoRef } from "../../libs/knowledge-graph/service.js";
+import type { GraphObjectType } from "../../libs/knowledge-graph/schema.js";
 import { envVarSource, loadRepoEnv, type LoadedRepoEnv } from "../../libs/env/load-local-env.js";
 import {
   ensureGreplicaConfig,
@@ -189,6 +190,20 @@ const cliCommands = [
     handler: withCommandContext(runGraphReadCommand),
     showInTopLevelHelp: true,
   },
+  {
+    key: "graphGet",
+    path: ["graph", "get"],
+    usage: "graph get <type> <id>",
+    handler: runGraphGetCommand,
+    showInTopLevelHelp: true,
+  },
+  {
+    key: "graphTraverse",
+    path: ["graph", "traverse"],
+    usage: "graph traverse <type> <id> [--depth <n>]",
+    handler: runGraphTraverseCommand,
+    showInTopLevelHelp: true,
+  },
   {
     key: "graphContext",
     path: ["graph", "context"],
@@ -472,6 +487,36 @@ async function runGraphReadCommand(args: string[], getContext: CommandContextPro
   printSection("Edges", graph.edges, (item) => `${field(item, "from_type")}:${field(item, "from_id")} -[${field(item, "kind")}]-> ${field(item, "to_type")}:${field(item, "to_id")}`);
 }
 
+function runGraphGetCommand(args: string[]): void {
+  const type = requireGraphObjectType(args[0], usage("graphGet"));
+  const id = requireFile(args[1], usage("graphGet"));
+  const { repo, service } = createCommandContext();
+  const obj = service.lookupObject(repo, type, id);
+  if (obj === undefined) {
+    console.log(`No ${type} found with id '${id}'`);
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+    return;
+  }
+  console.log(JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2));
+}
+
+function runGraphTraverseCommand(args: string[]): void {
+  const type = requireGraphObjectType(args[0], usage("graphTraverse"));
+  const id = requireFile(args[1], usage("graphTraverse"));
+  const depth = parseGraphTraverseDepth(args);
+  const { repo, service } = createCommandContext();
+  const graph = service.traverseGraph(repo, type, id, depth);
+  console.log(`Traversal from ${type}:${id} (depth=${depth}):`);
+  printSection("Components", graph.components, (item) => `${named(item)} ${anchor(item)}`.trim());
+  printSection("Flows", graph.flows, named);
+  printSection("Claims", graph.claims, (item) => `${field(item, "kind")}: ${field(item, "text")}`);
+  printSection("Sources", graph.sources, (item) => `${field(item, "kind")}: ${field(item, "title") || field(item, "ref")}`);
+  printSection("Edges", graph.edges, (item) => `${field(item, "from_type")}:${field(item, "from_id")} -[${field(item, "kind")}]-> ${field(item, "to_type")}:${field(item, "to_id")}`);
+}
+
+async function runGraphContextCommand(args: string[]): Promise<void> {
+  const output = parseGraphContextOutput(args);
+  const query = args.filter((arg) => arg !== "--debug").join(" ").trim();
 async function runGraphContextCommand(args: string[], getContext: CommandContextProvider): Promise<void> {
   const options = parseGraphSelectionArgs(args, new Set(["--json", "--debug"]));
   const output = options.json || args.includes("--debug") ? "json" : "markdown";
@@ -1250,6 +1295,34 @@ function requireFile(file: string | undefined, usage: string): string {
   return file;
 }
 
+function requireGraphObjectType(value: string | undefined, usage: string): GraphObjectType {
+  const validTypes = ["component", "flow", "claim", "edge", "source"] as const;
+  if (value === undefined || !validTypes.includes(value as GraphObjectType)) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid graph object type '${value}'. Expected one of: ${validTypes.join(", ")}.\n${usage}`);
+  }
+  return value as GraphObjectType;
+}
+
+function parseGraphTraverseDepth(args: string[]): number {
+  for (let index = 0; index < args.length; index += 1) {
+    const arg = args[index];
+    if (arg === "--depth") {
+      const value = args[index + 1];
+      if (value === undefined || value.startsWith("--")) throw new Error(`Missing value for --depth.\n${usage("graphTraverse")}`);
+      const depth = Number.parseInt(value, 10);
+      if (Number.isNaN(depth) || depth < 1) throw new Error(`Invalid --depth value '${value}'; expected a positive integer.\n${usage("graphTraverse")}`);
+      return depth;
+    }
+    if (arg.startsWith("--depth=")) {
+      const value = arg.slice("--depth=".length);
+      const depth = Number.parseInt(value, 10);
+      if (Number.isNaN(depth) || depth < 1) throw new Error(`Invalid --depth value '${value}'; expected a positive integer.\n${usage("graphTraverse")}`);
+      return depth;
+    }
+  }
+  return 1; // default depth
+}
+
 function parseRequiredOption(args: string[], name: string, usage: string): string {
   for (let index = 0; index < args.length; index += 1) {
     const arg = args[index];
diff --git a/libs/knowledge-graph/service.ts b/libs/knowledge-graph/service.ts
index 010b91b..801de6c 100644
--- a/libs/knowledge-graph/service.ts
+++ b/libs/knowledge-graph/service.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,19 @@ export class KnowledgeGraphService {
     };
   }
 
+  lookupObject(input: RepoRef, type: GraphObjectType, id: string): Component | Flow | Claim | Source | Edge | undefined {
+    this.requireRepo(input);
+    return this.repository.getObjectById(type, id);
+  }
+
+  traverseGraph(
+    input: RepoRef,
+    type: GraphObjectType,
+    id: string,
+    maxDepth: number = 1,
+  ): GraphReadResult {
+    const initialized = this.requireRepo(input);
+    return this.repository.getRelatedObjects(initialized.repo_id, type, id, maxDepth);
   private async validateNormalizedProposal(
     input: RepoRef,
     repoId: string,
diff --git a/libs/storage/sqlite/repository.ts b/libs/storage/sqlite/repository.ts
index 1b65410..9efd894 100644
--- a/libs/storage/sqlite/repository.ts
+++ b/libs/storage/sqlite/repository.ts
@@ -552,6 +552,151 @@ export class SqliteRepository implements GraphReadRepository {
     return deserializeEdges(rows);
   }
 
+  getObjectById(type: GraphObjectType, id: string): Component | Flow | Claim | Source | Edge | undefined {
+    const table = tableForType(type);
+    const row = this.db.prepare(`SELECT * FROM ${table} WHERE id = ?`).get(id) as Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
+    if (!row) return undefined;
+
+    switch (type) {
+      case "component": {
+        const comp = row as ComponentRow;
+        return { id: comp.id, name: comp.name, code_anchor: comp.code_anchor ?? undefined } as Component;
+      }
+      case "flow":
+        return row as Flow;
+      case "claim": {
+        const claim = row as ClaimRow;
+        return {
+          id: claim.id,
+          kind: claim.kind,
+          text: claim.text,
+          truth: claim.truth,
+          intent: claim.intent,
+          code_anchors: claim.code_anchors === null ? undefined : JSON.parse(claim.code_anchors) as Claim["code_anchors"],
+        } as Claim;
+      }
+      case "source":
+        return row as Source;
+      case "edge": {
+        const edge = row as EdgeRow;
+        return {
+          ...edge,
+          metadata: edge.metadata === null ? undefined : JSON.parse(edge.metadata) as Record<string, unknown>,
+        } as Edge;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  getEdgesForObject(type: GraphObjectType, id: string): Edge[] {
+    const rows = this.db
+      .prepare(
+        `SELECT * FROM edges WHERE (from_type = ? AND from_id = ?) OR (to_type = ? AND to_id = ?)`,
+      )
+      .all(type, id, type, id) as EdgeRow[];
+    return rows.map((row) => ({
+      ...row,
+      metadata: row.metadata === null ? undefined : (JSON.parse(row.metadata) as Record<string, unknown>),
+    }));
+  }
+
+  getRelatedObjects(
+    repoId: string,
+    seedType: GraphObjectType,
+    seedId: string,
+    maxDepth: number,
+  ): {
+    components: Component[];
+    flows: Flow[];
+    claims: Claim[];
+    sources: Source[];
+    edges: Edge[];
+  } {
+    const scopeIds = this.currentScopeIds(repoId);
+    const memberships = this.membershipsForScopes(scopeIds);
+    const allEdges = this.loadEdges(selectIds(memberships, "edge"));
+    const active = activeSubjectKeys(memberships, allEdges);
+
+    // Build index of edges by connected object for efficient traversal
+    const edgesByObject = new Map<string, Edge[]>();
+    for (const edge of allEdges) {
+      if (!active.has(subjectKey("edge", edge.id))) continue;
+      const fromKey = subjectKey(edge.from_type, edge.from_id);
+      const toKey = subjectKey(edge.to_type, edge.to_id);
+      if (!edgesByObject.has(fromKey)) edgesByObject.set(fromKey, []);
+      if (!edgesByObject.has(toKey)) edgesByObject.set(toKey, []);
+      edgesByObject.get(fromKey)!.push(edge);
+      edgesByObject.get(toKey)!.push(edge);
+    }
+
+    // BFS traversal from seed object
+    const visited = new Set<string>();
+    const collectedEdges = new Map<string, Edge>();
+    const collectedTypes = new Map<string, GraphObjectType>();
+
+    const queue: Array<{ type: GraphObjectType; id: string; depth: number }> = [
+      { type: seedType, id: seedId, depth: 0 },
+    ];
+    visited.add(subjectKey(seedType, seedId));
+
+    while (queue.length > 0) {
+      const current = queue.shift()!;
+      if (current.depth >= maxDepth) continue;
+
+      const edges = this.getEdgesForObject(current.type, current.id);
+      for (const edge of edges) {
+        if (!active.has(subjectKey("edge", edge.id))) continue;
+        if (!collectedEdges.has(edge.id)) {
+          collectedEdges.set(edge.id, edge);
+        }
+
+        // Determine neighbor
+        const neighborType = edge.from_type === current.type && edge.from_id === current.id
+          ? edge.to_type
+          : edge.from_type;
+        const neighborId = edge.from_type === current.type && edge.from_id === current.id
+          ? edge.to_id
+          : edge.from_id;
+        const neighborKey = subjectKey(neighborType, neighborId);
+
+        if (!visited.has(neighborKey) && neighborType !== "source") {
+          visited.add(neighborKey);
+          collectedTypes.set(neighborKey, neighborType);
+          queue.push({ type: neighborType, id: neighborId, depth: current.depth + 1 });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Collect all objects by type
+    const componentIds: string[] = [];
+    const flowIds: string[] = [];
+    const claimIds: string[] = [];
+    const sourceIds: string[] = [];
+
+    for (const [key, objType] of collectedTypes) {
+      const id = key.slice(key.indexOf(":") + 1);
+      switch (objType) {
+        case "component": componentIds.push(id); break;
+        case "flow": flowIds.push(id); break;
+        case "claim": claimIds.push(id); break;
+        case "source": sourceIds.push(id); break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Also include sources referenced by collected edges
+    for (const edge of collectedEdges.values()) {
+      if (edge.to_type === "source") sourceIds.push(edge.to_id);
+    }
+
+    return {
+      components: this.loadComponents(componentIds),
+      flows: this.loadFlows(flowIds),
+      claims: this.loadClaims(claimIds),
+      sources: this.loadSources([...new Set(sourceIds)]),
+      edges: [...collectedEdges.values()],
+    };
+  }
+
+  private loadByIds<T>(table: string, ids: string[]): T[] {
   private loadByIds<T>(repoId: string, table: string, ids: string[]): T[] {
     if (ids.length === 0) return [];
     return this.db.prepare(`SELECT * FROM ${table} WHERE repo_id = ? AND id IN (${placeholders(ids)})`).all(repoId, ...ids) as T[];