semantic-search:search

semantic-search:search is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from adam-hanna/semantic-search-mcp. It costs 25 tokens per session (219 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A natural-language code search command that looks for related code by meaning instead of requiring exact words. It returns matching files, line numbers, snippets, and relevance scores.

In plain words
What is it for?
Finding areas such as authentication logic or database connections, with optional filters for programming language, file pattern, or code element type.
Why use it?
It helps locate code when you know what it does but not its exact names or wording. This can make unfamiliar codebases easier to explore.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Finding areas such as authentication logic or database connections, with optional filters for programming language, file pattern, or code element type.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/adam-hanna/semantic-search-mcp/semantic-search-search
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add adam-hanna/semantic-search-mcp --skill semantic-search-search
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/adam-hanna/semantic-search-mcp

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

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README.md
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Your own site
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Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.

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Your own site · 80×15
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Per session 25 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 219 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 $0.00025 $0.00219
Opus 5 $0.00013 $0.00110
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00044
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00022

Measured 12d ago against content hash bc85c6dfcbbc, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

semantic-search:search 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 12d 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.

src/semantic_search_mcp/skills/semantic-search:search/SKILL.md · 35 lines

What it actually says

Search the codebase using natural language.

Action

  1. Take the user's query (everything after /semantic-search:search)
  2. Call mcp__semantic-search__search_code with:
    • query: the user's search terms
    • max_results: 10 (default, adjust if user specifies)
  3. Present results clearly showing:
    • File path and line numbers
    • Code snippet
    • Relevance score

Examples

User: /semantic-search:search authentication middleware → Search for "authentication middleware"

User: /semantic-search:search database connection pooling → Search for "database connection pooling"

Optional Filters

If user specifies filters, pass them:

  • language: "python", "typescript", etc.
  • file_pattern: glob pattern like "**/*_test.py"
  • chunk_type: "function", "class", "method"
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. 12d ago First seen · 35 lines · 25 tokens per session scan A bc85c6dfcbbc

Subscribe to this mod's changes

semantic-search:search is a skill published in the GitHub repository adam-hanna/semantic-search-mcp (5 stars, last pushed 8mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 25 tokens to every session and 219 once invoked, about $0.0001 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 2026-08-31.

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