File Search

A comprehensive wrapper around ripgrep, fd, ast-grep, and friends that gives Claude the right search tool for each job. Instead of falling back to grep or find, you get structural code search with ast-grep, PDF and archive search with ripgrep-all, and proper file finding with fd. The documentation is exceptionally detailed, with separate guides for each tool and clear decision trees for when to use what. The best practice guidance is sharp: start narrow, batch independent queries as parallel tool calls instead of chaining them with shell operators, and remember that ripgrep's type flags don't map one to one with fd's extensions. If you work in large codebases or need to search beyond plain text files, this is the search skill to install.

Install to Claude Code

npx -y skills add netresearch/file-search-skill --skill file-search --agent claude-code