dead-code
Find unused functions and dead code in the codebase
Install / Use
npx skills add parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --skill dead-codeInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
Development & EngineeringSupported Platforms
Our assessment of dead-code
dead-code scores 75/100 on our quality scale, 1703rd of 2,717 Development & Engineering skills we index.
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 3,943 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated about 8 months ago. That is recent enough to be usable, but agent tooling moves fast, so check the instructions against your agent's current version.
- It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 94/100, with 1 caution from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
dead-code compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than dead-code; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dead-code (this skill)by parcadei | 75 | 3.9k | 8mo ago | SKILL.md |
| Agent-Reachby Panniantong | 100 | 85.7k | 12d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| headroomby headroomlabs-ai | 100 | 73.9k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| rufloby ruvnet | 100 | 73.4k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| ai-job-searchby MadsLorentzen | 100 | 44.1k | today | CLAUDE.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install dead-code?
- Run
npx skills add parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --skill dead-code. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does dead-code work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is dead-code safe to use?
- It is MIT-licensed and scores 94/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is dead-code still maintained?
- The repository was last updated about 8 months ago. That is recent enough to be usable, but agent tooling moves fast, so check the instructions against your agent's current version.
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.