How do I install the Treesitter skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add majiayu000/treesitter-2 in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Treesitter skill do?

Parse and extract code symbols using tree-sitter. Use when you need to extract functions, classes, or understand code structure from files or code blocks. It is listed under AI & ML on SkillMD.

Is Treesitter safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Capability flags: docs only. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Treesitter?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Treesitter free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Treesitter?

majiayu000 (@majiayu000) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Treesitter by majiayu000 — Agent Skill

Name: Treesitter
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: majiayu000

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Treesitter Skill

Parse code files or snippets using tree-sitter to extract symbols (functions, classes, methods).

Quick Start

# Extract symbols from a file
.pi/skills/treesitter/run.sh symbols /path/to/file.py --json

# Extract with full source code
.pi/skills/treesitter/run.sh symbols /path/to/file.py --content --json

# Scan a directory
.pi/skills/treesitter/run.sh scan /path/to/dir --json

# Parse a code snippet (writes to temp file)
.pi/skills/treesitter/run.sh parse --language python --code "def foo(): pass" --json

Commands

Command	Description
`symbols <path>`	Extract functions/classes from a file
`scan <dir>`	Walk directory, summarize symbols per file
`parse --code "..." --language <lang>`	Parse a code snippet

Options

Option	Description
`--content`, `-c`	Include full source code of symbols
`--language`	Override auto-detected language
`--json`	Output JSON format
`--max-chunk-size`	Max chars for content chunks

Auto-Install

This skill uses uvx to automatically install treesitter-tools from git. No pre-installation required.

Integration with Distill

The distill skill can use treesitter to properly extract and parameterize code blocks from documents, storing them with their language and structure.

Supported Languages

Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, C, C++, Ruby, and more. Language is auto-detected from file extension or can be specified with --language.

Frequently asked questions

Treesitter