# Agents Ide Usage

> Use agents-ide MCP tools for faster code exploration and manipulation Use when this capability is needed.

- Skill: `tomevault-io/agents-ide-usage` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tomevault-io/agents-ide-usage`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tomevault-io/agents-ide-usage/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: tomevault-io (https://skillmd.com/u/tomevault-io)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tomevault-io/agents-ide-usage

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Use agents-ide MCP tools for faster code exploration and manipulation.

## Guides

### Overview
- `overview.md` - Why use these tools over native alternatives

### Search & Structure
- `structure.md` - Get file/package structure with filtering
- `symbol_search.md` - Fuzzy search for symbols workspace-wide
- `code_search.md` - Grep + structure for semantic search

### Refactoring
- `rename.md` - Batch rename symbols across files
- `rename_local.md` - Rename local variables
- `move.md` - Move symbol and update imports
- `change_signature.md` - Change function params and update call sites
- `find_and_replace.md` - Batch find/replace with preview
- `toggle_comment.md` - Batch comment/uncomment

### Utilities
- `copy_paste.md` - Copy text ranges between files

### Code Quality
- `code_quality.md` - complexity, dead_code, duplicates, dependencies, loc, coupling

## Use Cases

Practical workflows combining multiple tools:

- `use_cases/quick_test_toggle.md` - Test with/without code using toggle_comment
- `use_cases/refactor_function.md` - Rename, change signature, move functions
- `use_cases/reduce_complexity.md` - Find and fix complex code
- `use_cases/clean_dead_code.md` - Find and remove unused code
- `use_cases/extract_duplicates.md` - Find duplicates and consolidate
- `use_cases/understand_codebase.md` - Explore unfamiliar code
- `use_cases/split_large_file.md` - Break large files into smaller ones
- `use_cases/break_complex_module.md` - Decompose complex modules
- `use_cases/api_migration.md` - Update function signatures across codebase
- `use_cases/batch_rename.md` - Rename symbols consistently

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