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code-search

Searches GitHub for existing implementations, libraries, or patterns. Use when finding code examples or prior art on a topic during a research session.

Stars
294
Source
athola/claude-night-market
Updated
2026-05-30
Slug
athola--claude-night-market--code-search
View on GitHubRaw SKILL.md

// install — copy + paste into any project

mkdir -p .claude/skills && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/athola/claude-night-market/HEAD/plugins/tome/skills/code-search/SKILL.md -o .claude/skills/code-search.md

Drops the SKILL.md into .claude/skills/code-search.md. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any agent that loads SKILL.md files from .claude/skills/.

Code Search

When To Use

  • Finding existing implementations or libraries on GitHub
  • Part of a /tome:research session or standalone search

When NOT To Use

  • Searching local codebase (use Grep or Explore agent)
  • Academic literature (use /tome:papers)

Search GitHub for implementations of a given topic.

Usage

Invoked as part of /tome:research or standalone.

Workflow

  1. Build search queries using tome.channels.github.build_github_search_queries()
  2. Execute queries via WebSearch
  3. Parse results via parse_github_result()
  4. Optionally use GitHub API via build_github_api_search() for richer metadata
  5. Rank via rank_github_findings()
  6. Return Finding objects