# Extract translation keys from code and maintain locale catalogs with i18next-parser

> Use i18next-parser when an agent needs to scan a codebase, find translation calls, and update locale resource files as part of localization maintenance. This is a bounded catalog-maintenance workflow, not a generic i18n platform listing.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/extract-translation-keys-from-code-and-maintain-locale-catal` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/extract-translation-keys-from-code-and-maintain-locale-catal`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/extract-translation-keys-from-code-and-maintain-locale-catal/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/extract-translation-keys-from-code-and-maintain-locale-catal

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# Extract translation keys from code and maintain locale catalogs with i18next-parser

Use i18next-parser when an agent needs to scan a codebase, find translation calls, and update locale resource files as part of localization maintenance. This is a bounded catalog-maintenance workflow, not a generic i18n platform listing.

## Prerequisites

Node.js, source code using i18next translation patterns

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- This project is no more maintained as of September 2025. Please use [i18next/i18next-cli](https://github.com/i18next/i18next-cli) instead that does everything you might need and more. Just run npx i18next-cli migrate-...
- yarn global add i18next-parser
- npm install -g i18next-parser
- yarn add -D i18next-parser

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- 9.x is tested on Node 18, 20 and 22.
- 8.x is tested on Node 16, 18 and 20.
- 7.x is tested on Node 14, 16 and 18.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- ### CLI
- You can use the CLI with the package installed locally but if you want to use it from anywhere, you better install it globally:
- i18next 'app/**/*.{js,hbs}' 'lib/**/*.{js,hbs}' [-oc]

- Source: https://github.com/i18next/i18next-parser
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/i18next/i18next-parser/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://www.i18next.com/how-to/extracting-translations

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/extract-translation-keys-from-code-and-maintain-locale-catalogs-i18next-parser/)