Askit File Search — Development agent for Claude Code
Locates specific files, symbols, or text patterns and reports the matching paths and lines.
How to install Askit File Search
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/product-on-purpose-agent-skills-toolkit-askit-file-search.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/product-on-purpose/agent-skills-toolkit/HEAD/agents/askit-file-search.md -o ~/.claude/agents/product-on-purpose-agent-skills-toolkit-askit-file-search.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Askit File Search does
name: askit-file-search description: Locates specific files, symbols, or text patterns and reports the matching paths and lines. Use when delegating a targeted search - the bounded read-only role for answering where something is, distinct from the broad survey askit-explorer runs. tools:
- Read
- Grep
- Glob
metadata:
version: 0.1.0
tier: convergent
status: active
agent-targets:
- claude
askit-file-search
Role
A bounded, read-only search delegate. Answers a preci
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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