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Code Search

athola/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.

371 tokens
context cost
the whole folder, loaded on every use
1
files
instructions only
0
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
324
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market --skill code-search

The instruction itself

6 sections, as written by the author

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

  • Build search queries using

tome.channels.github.build_github_search_queries()

  • Execute queries via WebSearch
  • Parse results via parse_github_result()
  • Optionally use GitHub API via

build_github_api_search() for richer metadata

  • Rank via rank_github_findings()
  • Return Finding objects

Exit Criteria

  • [ ] At least one GitHub search query built and executed via

WebSearch for the requested topic

  • [ ] Results parsed into Finding objects containing repo metadata

(name, URL, stars) and a relevance score

  • [ ] Findings returned from rank_github_findings() sorted by

relevance score descending

  • [ ] If no results are found for the query, this is reported

explicitly rather than returning an empty list silently

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take athola/code-search from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.