Dead Code Detection

by parcadei

Dead Code Detection is a Quality skill for Claude Code, published by parcadei in Continuous-Claude-v3.

3.9K stars296 forkson parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3Added 2026/08/16Repository updated 2026/01/26

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Install Dead Code Detection

Copy Dead Code Detection into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3/tree/main/.claude/skills/dead-code ~/.claude/skills/dead-code

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .claude/skills/dead-code/SKILL.md in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/dead-code
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Quality — 1354 skills

What Dead Code Detection does

Dead Code Detection finds unused functions and dead code in the codebase using TLDR static analysis. Use it to identify and remove dead code to keep the codebase clean.

Dead Code Detection is cataloged under Quality on DirSkills. Dead Code Detection comes from a repository tagged agents, claude-code, claude-code-cli, claude-code-hooks and claude-code-mcp.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Dead Code Detection

Find unused functions and dead code using TLDR static analysis.

Quick Start

# Scan entire project
tldr dead .

# Scan specific directory
tldr dead src/

# Specify entry points (functions to exclude from analysis)
tldr dead . --entry main cli test_

# Specify language
tldr dead . --lang python
tldr dead . --lang typescript

Output Format

Dead code analysis:
  Total functions: 150
  Dead functions: 12

Unused functions:
  - old_helper (src/utils.py:42)
  - deprecated_func (src/legacy.py:15)
  - _unused_method (src/api.py:230)

Cross-Platform

Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux (including WSL).

# Windows (PowerShell)
tldr dead .

# Mac/Linux
tldr dead .

Entry Points

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Dead Code Detection

What else does parcadei publish alongside Dead Code Detection?
Dead Code Detection is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include AST-Grep Find, Agent Context Isolation and Agent Orchestration. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Dead Code Detection does, and is maintained by parcadei in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 page.
How does Dead Code Detection compare to other Quality skills?
Dead Code Detection ranks #350 by stars among the 1354 Quality skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Benchmark, Benchmark Optimization Loop and API Design Patterns. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Dead Code Detection against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.