Remove Dead Code

Remove Dead Code is a Quality skill for Claude Code, published by qdhenry in Claude-Command-Suite.

1.3K stars150 forkson qdhenry/Claude-Command-SuiteAdded 2026/08/20Repository updated 2026/03/01

ai-toolsanthropicclaude-codecli-toolscode-reviewdeveloper-toolsproductivitysecurity-auditslash-commandssoftware-developmentworkflow-automation

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Install Remove Dead Code

Copy Remove Dead Code 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/qdhenry/Claude-Command-Suite/tree/main/.claude/skills/remove-dead-code ~/.claude/skills/remove-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/qdhenry/Claude-Command-Suite.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: .claude/skills/remove-dead-code/SKILL.md in qdhenry/Claude-Command-Suite
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/remove-dead-code
Collection: One of 14 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Quality — 1354 skills

What Remove Dead Code does

Remove Dead Code safely identifies and removes dead code in TypeScript/JavaScript projects using multi-agent analysis with automatic backup branches. Use when cleaning up unused exports, orphaned files, dead imports, unreachable functions, or unused dependencies.

Remove Dead Code is cataloged under Quality on DirSkills. Remove Dead Code comes from a repository tagged ai-tools, anthropic, claude-code, cli-tools and code-review.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

<essential_principles>

Safety-first dead code removal. Every removal is protected by an automatic backup branch. Multi-agent analysis reduces false positives. No code is deleted without cross-validation.

1. Backup Before Everything

Before any modification, create a timestamped backup branch from the current HEAD. This is non-negotiable. The branch name format is backup/dead-code-removal/{timestamp}.

2. Parallel Scout + Validator Pattern

Multiple scout agents analyze different aspects of dead code in parallel. A validator agent then cross-checks all findings against the full codebase before anything is flagged for removal. Only code confirmed dead by both scouts AND validator gets removed.

3. Conservative by Default

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

Frequently asked about Remove Dead Code

What else does qdhenry publish alongside Remove Dead Code?
Remove Dead Code is one of 14 skills that DirSkills catalogs from qdhenry/Claude-Command-Suite, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Audit Env Variables, BigCommerce API and Claude Code Skill Builder. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Remove Dead Code does, and is maintained by qdhenry in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the qdhenry/Claude-Command-Suite page.
How does Remove Dead Code compare to other Quality skills?
Remove Dead Code ranks #700 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 Remove Dead Code against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.