Sourcegraph Skills

AI agent skills for searching and understanding codebases with Sourcegraph.

Installation

Claude Code

npx skills add sourcegraph-community/sourcegraph-skill --skill "searching-sourcegraph"

Or manually copy the .claude/skills/ directory to your project or ~/.claude/skills/.

Any Agent

The skills follow the Agent Skills open standard and can be used with any compatible AI agent.

Available Skills

searching-sourcegraph

Search Sourcegraph-indexed codebases for patterns, examples, and system understanding.

Use when:

• Implementing new features (find similar patterns first)
• Understanding unfamiliar code ("how does X work")
• Debugging issues (trace errors and recent changes)
• Finding examples of API usage

Tools used:

• sg_keyword_search - Exact pattern matching
• sg_nls_search - Semantic/concept search
• sg_deepsearch_read - Architectural understanding
• sg_find_references - Trace symbol usage
• sg_go_to_definition - Jump to implementations
• sg_read_file - Read file contents
• sg_diff_search - Find code changes
• sg_commit_search - Search commit history

Structure

.claude/skills/searching-sourcegraph/
├── SKILL.md                    # Main skill instructions
├── query-patterns.md           # Regex patterns reference
├── examples/
│   └── common-searches.md      # Real-world examples
└── workflows/
    ├── implementing-feature.md
    ├── understanding-code.md
    └── debugging-issue.md