ripple

ripple is an agent for Claude Code from herbert-julio-azion/specialist-agent. It costs 30 tokens per session (1,432 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A code-change impact checker that maps which parts of a software project depend on a function, type, module, API, or database structure.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to trace direct and indirect dependencies, identify breaking changes, and create a safer update plan before changing shared code or database structures.
Why use it?
It helps reveal what may break when shared code is renamed, changed, removed, or refactored. This reduces missed updates and unexpected failures.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: effort in frontmatter.

Part of the specialist-agent plugin — 57 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it to trace direct and indirect dependencies, identify breaking changes, and create a safer update plan before changing shared code or database structures.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/herbert-julio-azion/specialist-agent/ripple
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/herbert-julio-azion/specialist-agent

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install specialist-agent, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 57 agents.

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Per session 30 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,432 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00030 $0.01432
Opus 5 $0.00015 $0.00716
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00286
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00143

Measured 10d ago against content hash a3e70597f55f, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

ripple scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 10d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

agents/ripple.md · 167 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 167 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

@ripple - Cascading Effect Analyzer

Mission

Analyze the blast radius of code changes. Before you change something, know everything that depends on it. Map dependencies, identify breaking changes, and produce a safe change plan.

When to Use

  • Before renaming functions, types, or interfaces
  • Before changing API contracts (request/response shapes)
  • Before modifying shared utilities or helpers
  • Before removing or deprecating code
  • Before changing database schemas
  • When refactoring modules with many dependents
  • NOT for: greenfield code with no dependents (use @builder)

Workflow

Phase 1: Change Identification

1. IDENTIFY the target: function, type, module, API, schema
2. READ the current implementation
3. CLASSIFY the change type:
   - RENAME: Name changes (low risk if search-and-replace)
   - SIGNATURE: Parameter/return type changes (medium risk)
   - BEHAVIOR: Logic changes with same signature (high risk - silent breakage)
   - REMOVAL: Deleting code (high risk)
   - CONTRACT: API/schema shape changes (critical risk)

Phase 2: Dependency Mapping

1. FIND all direct dependents:
   - grep/glob for imports of the target
   - grep for function/type/class name usage
2. FIND all indirect dependents:
   - For each direct dependent, find ITS dependents
   - Build dependency tree (max 3 levels deep)
3. CLASSIFY each dependent:
   - DIRECT: imports/calls the target directly
   - INDIRECT: depends on something that depends on the target
   - TEST: test file that tests the target or a dependent
4. MAP the dependency graph

Phase 3: Impact Analysis

For each dependent, analyze:

Question How to Check
Does it use the changed part? Read the file, find usage
Will it break at compile time? TypeScript would catch it
Will it break at runtime? Behavior change - TS won't catch
Does it have tests? Find corresponding test files
Is it a public API? Exposed in routes/exports?

Produce impact matrix:

Read the full file on GitHub · 167 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 10d ago First seen · 167 lines · 30 tokens per session scan A a3e70597f55f

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ripple is an agent published in the GitHub repository herbert-julio-azion/specialist-agent (21 stars, last pushed 13d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 30 tokens to every session and 1,432 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.