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Code by guaardvark — Agent Skill

Name: Code
Author: guaardvark

Code

Code intelligence over repositories Guaardvark has indexed: semantic code search, exact-text search, file listing, PageRank repository map, import dependency graph, reading one class or function, analysis and generated rewrites, plus the System Mapper and self-improvement status. Use when the user asks where something is implemented, how modules depend on each other, or wants an architecture map of an indexed repo.

guaardvark Updated Sep 21, 2026

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Code intelligence with Guaardvark (MCP tools)

tool	use
`list_code_repositories`	which folders are marked as repositories (gives the folder id)
`search_codebase`	semantic search over the indexed project: "where is thinking enabled per model"
`search_code`	case-insensitive regex across files
`list_code_files`	directory listing to orient
`read_code`	a whole file with line numbers
`read_ast_node`	one class or function by name from a Python file
`get_repository_map`	PageRank-ranked architectural map for a folder id
`get_dependency_graph`	file-level import graph for a folder id
`analyze_code`	structure, patterns, improvement notes for a file
`codegen`	a complete modified version of a file from instructions (writes a new file)
`verify_change`	confirm text now exists in a file after an edit
`map_codebase`	run the System Mapper: stats plus ranked findings
`self_improvement_status`	can the self-improvement engine run (lock, flag, already running)
`swarm_status`	the coding swarm (see the swarm skill)

Pattern

list_code_repositories → folder id.
get_repository_map for the shape, search_codebase for the question.
Read the exact code (read_code / read_ast_node) before answering; quote file and line.
Edits: make them with your own editor tools in the user's checkout; verify_change afterwards.

Rules

These tools read Guaardvark's index, which can lag the working tree; when it matters, read the file from disk too.
map_codebase and self_improvement_status are read-only here. Dispatching a fix to the self-improvement engine is done in the Studio, on purpose.

---name: codedescription: Code intelligence over repositories Guaardvark has indexed: semantic code search, exact-text search, file listing, PageRank repository map, import dependency graph, reading one class or function, analysis and generated rewrites, plus the System Mapper and self-improvement status. Use when the user asks where something is implemented, how modules depend on each other, or wants an architecture map of an indexed repo.---# Code intelligence with Guaardvark (MCP tools)| tool | use ||---|---|| `list_code_repositories` | which folders are marked as repositories (gives the folder id) || `search_codebase` | semantic search over the indexed project: "where is thinking enabled per model" || `search_code` | case-insensitive regex across files || `list_code_files` | directory listing to orient || `read_code` | a whole file with line numbers || `read_ast_node` | one class or function by name from a Python file || `get_repository_map` | PageRank-ranked architectural map for a folder id || `get_dependency_graph` | file-level import graph for a folder id || `analyze_code` | structure, patterns, improvement notes for a file || `codegen` | a complete modified version of a file from instructions (writes a new file) || `verify_change` | confirm text now exists in a file after an edit || `map_codebase` | run the System Mapper: stats plus ranked findings || `self_improvement_status` | can the self-improvement engine run (lock, flag, already running) || `swarm_status` | the coding swarm (see the swarm skill) |## Pattern1. `list_code_repositories` → folder id.2. `get_repository_map` for the shape, `search_codebase` for the question.3. Read the exact code (`read_code` / `read_ast_node`) before answering; quote file and line.4. Edits: make them with your own editor tools in the user's checkout; `verify_change` afterwards.## Rules- These tools read Guaardvark's index, which can lag the working tree; when it matters, read the file from disk too.- `map_codebase` and `self_improvement_status` are read-only here. Dispatching a fix to the self-improvement engine is done in the Studio, on purpose.

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