pattern-finder

A code-search skill that finds examples of how a project already implements a feature. It points to relevant files and line numbers, then explains the existing approach.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when adding API endpoints, authentication, database queries, background jobs, file uploads, validation, error handling, or tests.
Why use it?
It helps you follow the project's established coding style instead of guessing or introducing a conflicting approach.

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/lis186/sourceatlas/pattern-finder
Any agent
npx skills add lis186/SourceAtlas --skill pattern-finder
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lis186/SourceAtlas

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 54 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 350 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. 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 $0.00054 $0.00350
Opus 5 $0.00027 $0.00175
Sonnet 5 $0.00011 $0.00070
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00035

Measured 2d ago against content hash 36019b418d60, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

pattern-finder 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 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.

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.

plugin/skills/pattern-finder/SKILL.md · 48 lines

What it actually says

Pattern Finder

When to Use

Trigger this skill when the user:

  • Asks how to implement a specific feature
  • Wants to see existing implementation examples
  • Needs to follow project conventions
  • Asks "how does this project do X"
  • Asks "show me examples of X"

Instructions

  1. Identify what pattern the user is looking for
  2. Run /sourceatlas:pattern "<pattern>" with the relevant pattern name
  3. Returns best example files with line numbers and implementation guide

Common Patterns

  • API endpoints: /sourceatlas:pattern "api endpoint"
  • Authentication: /sourceatlas:pattern "authentication"
  • Database queries: /sourceatlas:pattern "database query"
  • Background jobs: /sourceatlas:pattern "background job"
  • File uploads: /sourceatlas:pattern "file upload"
  • Error handling: /sourceatlas:pattern "error handling"
  • Validation: /sourceatlas:pattern "validation"
  • Testing: /sourceatlas:pattern "unit test"

What User Gets

  • Best example files with exact line numbers
  • Standard implementation flow
  • Key conventions to follow
  • Common pitfalls to avoid
  • Testing patterns

Example Triggers

  • "How do I add a new API endpoint?"
  • "Show me how authentication works here"
  • "Where can I find examples of database queries?"
  • "How does this project handle errors?"
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 · 48 lines · 54 tokens per session scan A 36019b418d60

Subscribe to this mod's changes

pattern-finder is a skill published in the GitHub repository lis186/SourceAtlas (47 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 54 tokens to every session and 350 once invoked, about $0.0003 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.

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