Similar Code

Find semantically similar code across the codebase using vector search (armyknife searchx). Use when looking for similar implementations, duplicate code, or existing patterns. Requires symbols.db.

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File contents

  • Always use actual code as query input, not natural language descriptions
  • Prerequisite: symbols.db must exist at project root (built via armyknife searchx index)

Workflow

  1. User provides code as argument (e.g., /similar-code <pasted code>)
  2. Run the search command:
armyknife searchx query '<code>' --limit 10 --database symbols.db
  1. Present results as a table (symbol, kind, file, line, similarity)
  2. Read top matches to show code context

Interpreting Results

Similarity Meaning
0.8+ Very similar (likely same pattern or implementation)
0.6-0.8 Related (similar structure or purpose)
<0.6 Weak match

Limitations

Input Type Result Quality
Actual code Good (designed for code-to-code similarity)
Natural language Poor (embedding model is code-focused)

Code is embedded using embeddinggemma:300m (768-dim) via Ollama.

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Frequently asked questions

npx skillmds add majiayu000/similar-code