Does this require an external tool to be installed?

Yes, this skill requires claudemem version 0.3.0 or higher to be installed and indexed on your local machine to perform structural analysis.

What is the difference between callers and impact commands?

The 'callers' command shows immediate direct callers (1 level deep), while the 'impact' command identifies the entire transitive call tree to show every possible ripple effect.

Why does this skill forbid grep and find?

Developer Detective prioritizes structural AST analysis over text-based search to ensure 100% accuracy and avoid false positives from comments, strings, or unrelated code.

How do I know if my code index is up to date?

The skill includes a built-in freshness check that compares the index timestamp against modified files and prompts for a re-index if the data is stale.

Developer Detective

Name: Developer Detective
Author: involvex

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Developer Tools

Performs high-precision codebase investigations using AST-based structural analysis to trace data flows and analyze change impacts.

Developer Detective is a specialized code analysis skill that replaces unreliable text-based searches with precise Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) mapping. By leveraging claudemem v0.3.0, it allows developers to navigate complex repositories by identifying exact function callers, callees, and transitive dependencies. It is the essential tool for performing deep impact analysis, understanding architectural patterns, and tracing data movement through a system without the noise of traditional grep or glob searches.

Key Features

01Structural AST analysis using claudemem v0.3.0

02Automated index health and freshness verification

03Precise caller and callee tracing for data flow visualization

04Deep transitive impact analysis to predict ripple effects of changes

05Exact symbol definition and context mapping across files

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Use Cases

01Auditing internal and external integrations to find every usage point and dependency

02Tracing the implementation and data flow of a specific feature across a large-scale codebase

03Performing comprehensive impact analysis before refactoring critical shared functions

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add involvex/involvex-claude-marketplace developer-detective

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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