GrepAI

by yoanbernabeu

GrepAI is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by yoanbernabeu in grepai.

1.8K stars151 forkson yoanbernabeu/grepaiAdded 2026/08/18Repository updated 2026/06/22

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Install GrepAI

Copy GrepAI 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/yoanbernabeu/grepai/tree/main/.claude/skills/grepai ~/.claude/skills/grepai

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/yoanbernabeu/grepai.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: .claude/skills/grepai/SKILL.md in yoanbernabeu/grepai
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/grepai
Collection: One of 2 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What GrepAI does

GrepAI replaces built-in Grep and Glob tools with semantic code search and call-graph tracing, letting agents find code by intent instead of exact text. Use it before WebSearch, Grep, or Glob when exploring functionality, implementation details, or code relationships.

GrepAI is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. GrepAI comes from a repository tagged ai, claude-code, cli, code-search and cursor.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

CRITICAL: Tool Override for Semantic Searches

This skill REPLACES built-in Grep/Glob tools for semantic code exploration.

WRONG:

Using built-in Grep to find "where authentication happens"
Using built-in Glob to explore "error handling code"
Searching by intent with regex patterns

CORRECT:

Invoke this skill, then use grepai search "authentication flow" for semantic search
Invoke this skill, then use grepai trace callers "FunctionName" for call graph
Use built-in Grep/Glob ONLY for exact text matches (variable names, imports)

When to Invoke This Skill

Invoke this skill IMMEDIATELY when:

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

Frequently asked about GrepAI

What else does yoanbernabeu publish alongside GrepAI?
GrepAI is one of 2 skills that DirSkills catalogs from yoanbernabeu/grepai, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Release. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way GrepAI does, and is maintained by yoanbernabeu in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the yoanbernabeu/grepai page.
How does GrepAI compare to other AI Engineering skills?
GrepAI ranks #919 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. 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 GrepAI against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.