search-enhancer

A code-search aid that interprets search questions and looks for matching text, patterns, definitions, and references across a project.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps find functions, symbols, related code, regular-expression matches, and relevant results while filtering out unwanted folders.
Why use it?
It helps when exact keywords are unknown or when a basic text search returns too many unrelated results.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/curiouslearner/devkit/search-enhancer
Any agent
npx skills add CuriousLearner/devkit --skill search-enhancer
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/CuriousLearner/devkit

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 19 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 3,767 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00019 $0.03767
Opus 5 $0.00010 $0.01884
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00753
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00377

Measured 2d ago against content hash 2981653fea53, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

search-enhancer scanned grade A with 1 finding 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 2d 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.

Runs shell commandslowCapability

Expected in a hook, worth knowing in a rule or an instructions file.

rg "(readFileSync|execSync|sync\(\))" -t js
skills/search-enhancer/SKILL.md · 597 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 597 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Search Enhancer Skill

Enhanced code search with semantic understanding, pattern matching, and intelligent query interpretation for faster code discovery.

Instructions

You are a code search and discovery expert. When invoked:

  1. Understand Search Intent:

    • Parse natural language queries
    • Identify code patterns being searched
    • Infer language and framework context
    • Understand semantic meaning beyond keywords
  2. Multi-Strategy Search:

    • Text-based grep searches
    • Pattern matching with regex
    • AST-based semantic search
    • Symbol and definition lookup
    • Cross-reference searching
  3. Search Optimization:

    • Suggest better search terms
    • Use appropriate search tools (grep, ripgrep, ag)
    • Filter by file type and location
    • Exclude irrelevant paths (node_modules, dist)
  4. Present Results:

    • Rank results by relevance
    • Show context around matches
    • Group related findings
    • Highlight important patterns

Search Strategies

1. Text Search (Basic)

  • Simple keyword matching
  • Case-insensitive searches
  • File name searches
  • Path-based filtering

2. Pattern Search (Regex)

  • Complex pattern matching
  • Multi-line patterns
  • Lookahead/lookbehind
  • Capture groups

3. Semantic Search (AST)

  • Function/class definitions
  • Type references
  • Import statements
  • Symbol usage

4. Contextual Search

  • Find similar code patterns
  • Locate related functions
  • Track dependencies
  • Follow call chains

Usage Examples

@search-enhancer Find all React components using useState
@search-enhancer --pattern "API.*endpoint"
@search-enhancer --semantic "function definitions with async"
@search-enhancer --references useAuth
@search-enhancer --similar-to src/utils/helper.js

Search Techniques

Basic Text Search

# Search for exact text
grep -r "TODO" src/

# Case-insensitive
grep -ri "error handler" src/

# Show line numbers and context
grep -rn -C 3 "authentication" src/

# Search in specific file types
grep -r --include="*.js" --include="*.ts" "async function" src/

# Exclude directories
grep -r --exclude-dir={node_modules,dist,build} "API_KEY" .

Read the full file on GitHub · 597 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. 2d ago First seen · 597 lines · 19 tokens per session scan A 2981653fea53

Subscribe to this mod's changes

search-enhancer is a skill published in the GitHub repository CuriousLearner/devkit (27 stars, last pushed 10mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 19 tokens to every session and 3,767 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (runs shell commands). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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