Rycen7822 ast-grep
When to Use
Use when the task needs AST-aware structural search instead of plain text grep, such as finding function definitions, call shapes, imports, decorators, or missing child nodes.
Do Not Use When
Do not use for ordinary keyword, filename, documentation, or broad repository text search.
Required Inputs
Target language, structural pattern, repository path, and a small validation snippet when possible.
Workflow
- Narrow the candidate files if the repository is large.
- Write an ast-grep pattern or rule.
- Run ast-grep on a small target.
- Expand only after validating the match shape.