Code Smell Detector — Development skill for Claude Code
Scan the codebase for code smells — duplication, complexity, dead code, and poor naming.
How to install Code Smell Detector
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/samarth0211-claude-skills-free-code-smell-detector/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/samarth0211-claude-skills-free-code-smell-detector && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Samarth0211/claude-skills-free/HEAD/skills/code-smell-detector.md -o ~/.claude/skills/samarth0211-claude-skills-free-code-smell-detector/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Code Smell Detector does
Scan the codebase for code smells — duplication, complexity, dead code, and poor naming.
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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