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Dead Code Expert

Category: General  ·  Sub-category: general-misc  ·  Last updated:
type:audit
This skill should be used when the user wants to find, audit, or remove dead code, unused imports, unused functions, unused variables, duplicate implementations, or simplify a codebase. Works across all programming languages. Relevant when the user says "find dead code", "remove dead code", "remove unused imports", "find duplicate code", "simplify this codebase", "find unused functions", "find unused code", "remove commented out code", "what code is unused", "find orphaned files", "detect duplicate implementations", "find unreachable code", "clean up this codebase", or "audit for unused code".

From the source SKILL.md

Find and eliminate dead code, duplicate implementations, and unnecessary complexity across any programming language. Every finding explains WHY the code is dead and the concrete cost of keeping it (cognitive overhead, build time, misleading developers, masking bugs).

What this skill does

Dead Code Expert is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/dead-code-expert/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Dead Code Expert Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 69,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/dead-code-expert
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/dead-code-expert/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/dead-code-expert/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/dead-code-expert/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/dead-code-expert/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\dead-code-expert\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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