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smart-explore is an agent skill by thedotmack: Token-optimized structural code search using tree-sitter AST parsing. If it doesn't fit your setup, these 12 agent skills cover similar ground. They are ordered by how closely they match smart-explore and by our rank, which weighs adoption, freshness and documentation; money never changes the order. hivemind-graph leads the list (largest repository here (1,635 stars); active in the last 30 days). Each entry shows data reasons to switch, and you can open a side-by-side comparison with smart-explore.

Updated Oct 26, 2026 · Built from catalog data; how we rank and grade

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smart-explore

Token-optimized structural code search using tree-sitter AST parsing.

12 alternatives

Ordered by how closely each matches smart-explore (shared product, category or stated alternative) and by rank.

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    hivemind-graph

    activeloopai

    Query the local code graph (functions, classes, calls, imports) through the Deeplake mount at memory/graph/.

    • Largest repository here (1,635 stars)
    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 1.6KLast active Oct 24, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  2. 2
    lsp-dead-code

    blackwell-systems

    Enumerate exported symbols in a file and surface those with zero references across the workspace.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 164Last active Oct 24, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  3. 3
    lsp-edit-export

    blackwell-systems

    Safe workflow for editing exported symbols or public APIs.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 164Last active Oct 24, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  4. 4
    plannotator-setup-goal

    jellydn

    Turn ideas into executable goal packages with guided interviews and codebase analysis

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 123Last active Oct 7, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  5. 5
    slm-graph

    qualixar

    Index and query a codebase as a structural graph — build the code graph, trace blast radius of a change, find callers/callees/inheritors, semantic code search…

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (AGPL-3.0)

    ★ 257Last active Oct 22, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  6. 6
    github

    ariffazil

    GitHub operations — issues, PRs, commits, code search, CI/CD via gh CLI

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (AGPL-3.0)

    ★ 54Last active Oct 17, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  7. 7
    gitlab

    acedatacloud

    GitLab issues, merge requests, repositories, CI pipelines, and code search via the glab CLI.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (Apache-2.0)

    ★ 17Last active Oct 23, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  8. 8
    lsp-engineering

    elophanto

    Language Server Protocol specialist building unified code intelligence systems through LSP client orchestration and semantic indexing.

    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 106Last active Oct 1, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  9. 9
    study

    boston-harness-group

    Analyze the current codebase using Factory's observation engine and code graph.

    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 72Last active Aug 17, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

  10. 10
    srcwalk

    sting8k

    Srcwalk is the agent's code navigator: one tree-sitter CLI for repo maps, token-aware large-file reads, symbol search, callers/callees, deps, impact checks…

    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 68Last active Sep 6, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

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    Semantic Codebase Search

    sh4lu-z

    Triggers when the user asks to find something conceptually in the codebase or search for code without knowing the exact file.

    • Active in the last 30 days
    • Open source (MIT)

    ★ 10Last active Oct 1, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

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    context-search

    gwenwindflower

    Searching context - zg semantic code search, ast-grep structural search and outlines, qmd markdown and girlOS vault, agentsview past sessions via its CLI…

    • Active in the last 30 days

    ★ 11Last active Sep 28, 2026Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor +6

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