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tree-sitting

AST-powered code navigation via tree-sitter.

Going through the checklist

Works with
ClaudeChatGPTGeminiClaude CodeCodexCursorCopilotGemini CLI
Setup
One command
Best in a coding tool, where its scripts can run.
Contains
Instructions + 11 scripts
Python.
Maintained
Last change 2 Oct 2026
On the repository’s main branch.

What it does

AST-powered code navigation using tree-sitter. Each invocation auto-scans the codebase (~700ms for 250 files), then runs queries at sub-millisecond speed.

When your AI uses it

Use when exploring unfamiliar repos, navigating code, or needing fast symbol lookup

You don’t need to name it. Ask for the job in your own words — your AI loads the skill when the request matches.

What it can touch

  • Includes 11 scripts

    Your AI can run these when the skill is used — on your computer in a coding tool (which asks first unless you have told it not to), or in the AI’s own sandbox in Claude and ChatGPT.

    How we know

    Found in the skill’s folder: scripts/build_grammars.py, scripts/engine.py, scripts/server.py, scripts/treesit.py…; binary files: parsers/libtree_sitter_c.dylib, parsers/libtree_sitter_c.so, parsers/libtree_sitter_go.dylib, parsers/libtree_sitter_go.so, parsers/libtree_sitter_html.dylib.

  • Installs other software

    Following it will install packages (npm, pip, brew or similar). Those come from their own publishers, not from this skill.

    How we know

    The SKILL.md contains package-install commands.

  • Partly checked

    Launch7’s check could not read everything in this skill: 24 compiled program files it cannot read. Nothing is known about the parts it skipped.

    How we know

    14 text files read; skipped files are listed by name only. Read 2026-10-05, commit 559a6cd.

  • Recently maintained

    Its repository has had changes recently.

    How we know

    Last push to oaustegard/claude-skills: 2026-10-02 (3 days before the scan).

Read automatically from the skill’s own files on GitHub on 5 Oct 2026. Launch7 does not run or manually review skills: this lists what the check saw, and nothing here means “safe”. How we check

Add it to your AI

Partly. Upload it in Claude’s settings — the instructions work; the scripts need the full folder.

  1. Built in your browser from the SKILL.md on GitHub — nothing passes through Launch7.

  2. In Claude, open Customize → Skills, press +, then Create skill → Upload a skill, and choose the .zip.

  3. Make sure code execution is switched on (Settings → Capabilities). Skills need it.

  4. Start a new chat and ask for the job in your own words — Claude picks the skill up when it fits.

This skill ships 11 scripts beside its instructions. The download here is the SKILL.md alone — enough for the instructions, not for the parts that run code. Use the command route, or take the full folder from the repository.

How Claude does this: support.claude.com · checked 28 Sep 2026 · “Supported” means documented by the vendor; Launch7 has not run it end to end

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