file-search-skill

Name: file-search-skill Review
Item: file-search-skill
Rating: 2.0
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Development Poor

Works inClaude Code

Poor Scanned — metadata only

Reduces time spent navigating large codebases and locating relevant code patterns, enabling faster refactoring, debugging, and architectural analysis without…

Claude Code skill: Fast code and file search using ripgrep, ast-grep, fd, rga, tokei

Find all function calls to deprecated APIs across your entire codebase instantly
Locate files matching specific patterns to audit security configurations quickly
Search code syntax trees to refactor variable names consistently in large projects

42 starsFreeQuick setup

Below standard — Significant caveats apply. Not recommended without careful review of the security and evaluation sections.

Why it matters

Reduces time spent navigating large codebases and locating relevant code patterns, enabling faster refactoring, debugging, and architectural analysis without manual file traversal.

Best for

Engineering teams managing large monorepos or legacy systems requiring frequent code search and pattern matching across distributed files.

Works in

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Source

https://github.com/netresearch/file-search-skill

By netresearch

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Command

claude plugins install netresearch/file-search-skill

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

Auto-generated from the tool's public listing — not hands-on verified. Cross-check against the source repo's README before running.

First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Help me find all function calls to deprecated APIs across my entire codebase instantly

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars42Contributors4Last updated2026-10-30Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-10-30 · scanner v1

Community Pulse Quiet

No community discussions found yet. This doesn't mean the tool isn't good — it may be new or serve a niche use case.

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 40 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license no license.

Things to check

Scanned, not hands-on tested — this entry was auto-scanned from public metadata (GitHub metrics, license, security flags). No reviewer has run it, and no tool-specific limitations have been documented yet.

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

1/5

Versatility

2/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score2.05 / 5.00 PoorEvaluatedOct 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 40 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license no license.

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