Ripgrep Search

About

Optimize code exploration by leveraging advanced ripgrep techniques that deliver files, line numbers, and surrounding context in a single call. This skill streamlines the search process within Claude, reducing token overhead and turn counts by providing clear criteria for choosing between structured tools and raw bash commands. It includes a comprehensive guide for handling complex patterns, pipe compositions, and file filtering, ensuring developers can find exactly what they need in the most efficient manner possible while maintaining context efficiency.

Key Features

• 3 GitHub stars
• One-shot search patterns providing line numbers and context lines
• Pipe composition patterns for counting, sorting, and limiting search results
• Advanced flag support for fixed strings, inverted matches, and word boundaries
• File type filtering and performance optimization for large-scale repositories
• Strategic tool selection between structured Grep and raw Bash(rg) commands

Use Cases

• Executing complex searches using word boundaries or negative matching to filter out noise
• Optimizing search efficiency to conserve context window space during long coding sessions
• Finding specific implementation details across a large repository without multiple search attempts