Ripgrep Search

SkillSearch

Search the repository fast with ripgrep, honoring gitignore rules and skipping binary files. Use when you need to find code patterns, symbols, or text across many files.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Ripgrep Search skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by stbenjam/skillsaw in tests/fixtures/openclaw-merge-keys/rg-search/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Use rg to search the working tree. It respects .gitignore by default and is dramatically faster than grep -r.

Common invocations

  • rg 'pattern' — search all tracked text files
  • rg -n 'pattern' src/ — include line numbers, limit to a directory
  • rg -t py 'def main' — restrict to a file type
  • rg -l 'TODO' — list matching files only

Tips

Quote patterns to keep the shell from expanding them. Use -F for fixed strings when the pattern contains regex metacharacters.

Signals

GitHub stars
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Last commit
Sep 2026
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Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
rg-search
Source
github.com/stbenjam/skillsaw