diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index a747650..e107478 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: saber
 Type: Package
 Title: Context Engineering for Large Language Model Agents
-Version: 0.7.1
+Version: 0.7.1.1
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Troy", "Hernandez", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            email = "troy@cornball.ai",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 06f0aae..0564b2d 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# saber 0.7.1.1
+
+## Changes
+
+- `fn_graph()` now accepts `cache_dir`, mirroring `blast_radius()` and
+  `symbols()`. The default is unchanged. The example and tinytest pass
+  `tempdir()` so R CMD check no longer leaves files under
+  `tools::R_user_dir("saber", "cache")`.
+
 # saber 0.7.1
 
 ## Changes
diff --git a/R/fn_graph.R b/R/fn_graph.R
index ac458cb..a879163 100644
--- a/R/fn_graph.R
+++ b/R/fn_graph.R
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 #'   functions called from other packages. Default \code{FALSE}.
 #' @param ... Passed through to \code{\link{graph_svg}} (e.g.,
 #'   \code{width}, \code{height}, \code{iterations}, \code{seed}).
+#' @param cache_dir Directory for the underlying \code{\link{symbols}}
+#'   cache. Pass \code{tempdir()} (or any non-default path) when running
+#'   examples / tests to avoid writing to the user's persistent cache.
+#'   Name-only argument — must be passed by name.
 #' @return Character vector of SVG lines. Write with \code{writeLines()}.
 #' @examples
 #' d <- file.path(tempdir(), "fngdemo")
@@ -22,11 +26,12 @@
 #' writeLines("add <- function(x, y) x + y", file.path(d, "R", "add.R"))
 #' writeLines("double <- function(x) add(x, x)",
 #'            file.path(d, "R", "double.R"))
-#' svg <- fn_graph(d)
+#' svg <- fn_graph(d, cache_dir = tempdir())
 #' writeLines(svg, tempfile(fileext = ".svg"))
 #' @export
-fn_graph <- function(project_dir, include_external = FALSE, ...) {
-    idx <- symbols(project_dir)
+fn_graph <- function(project_dir, include_external = FALSE, ...,
+                     cache_dir = file.path(tools::R_user_dir("saber", "cache"), "symbols")) {
+    idx <- symbols(project_dir, cache_dir = cache_dir)
     defs <- idx$defs
     calls <- idx$calls
 
diff --git a/inst/tinytest/test_fn_graph.R b/inst/tinytest/test_fn_graph.R
index 73e84ef..027f2b6 100644
--- a/inst/tinytest/test_fn_graph.R
+++ b/inst/tinytest/test_fn_graph.R
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ writeLines(c("Package: demo", "Version: 0.1.0"), file.path(d, "DESCRIPTION"))
 writeLines("add <- function(x, y) x + y", file.path(d, "R", "add.R"))
 writeLines("double <- function(x) add(x, x)", file.path(d, "R", "double.R"))
 
-svg <- fn_graph(d)
+svg <- fn_graph(d, cache_dir = tempdir())
 expect_true(is.character(svg))
 expect_true(any(grepl("^<svg", svg)))
 # Tooltips carry name + file:line + visibility + degree
diff --git a/man/fn_graph.Rd b/man/fn_graph.Rd
index 011fa31..babf2a4 100644
--- a/man/fn_graph.Rd
+++ b/man/fn_graph.Rd
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 \alias{fn_graph}
 \title{Code intelligence: function call graph}
 \usage{
-fn_graph(project_dir, include_external = FALSE, ...)
+fn_graph(project_dir, include_external = FALSE, ...,
+         cache_dir = file.path(tools::R_user_dir("saber", "cache"), "symbols"))
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{project_dir}{Path to the project directory (an R package root).}
@@ -13,6 +14,11 @@ functions called from other packages. Default \code{FALSE}.}
 
 \item{...}{Passed through to \code{\link{graph_svg}} (e.g.,
 \code{width}, \code{height}, \code{iterations}, \code{seed}).}
+
+\item{cache_dir}{Directory for the underlying \code{\link{symbols}}
+cache. Pass \code{tempdir()} (or any non-default path) when running
+examples / tests to avoid writing to the user's persistent cache.
+Name-only argument — must be passed by name.}
 }
 \value{
 Character vector of SVG lines. Write with \code{writeLines()}.
@@ -34,6 +40,6 @@ writeLines(c("Package: demo", "Version: 0.1.0"),
 writeLines("add <- function(x, y) x + y", file.path(d, "R", "add.R"))
 writeLines("double <- function(x) add(x, x)",
            file.path(d, "R", "double.R"))
-svg <- fn_graph(d)
+svg <- fn_graph(d, cache_dir = tempdir())
 writeLines(svg, tempfile(fileext = ".svg"))
 }