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exploring_dependency_sources

Category: Science & Research  ·  Sub-category: science-misc  ·  Last updated:
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Reads and searches source code across ALL scopes: external library dependencies, plugins (buildscript), and Gradle Build Tool internal source code; use whenever you need to UNDERSTAND an API — its shape, signature, parameters, overloads, or implementation — before writing any code that calls it; covers project dependencies (via project/configuration/source set scope), plugins (via `sourceSetPath=":buildscript"`), and Gradle internals (via `gradleSource: true`). Prefer this over the REPL for all API research; reading source is instantaneous and complete. Do NOT use for project source code (use grep/tilth), Gradle documentation (use `gradle_docs` via the `gradle` skill), or Maven Central discovery (use `managing_gradle_dependencies`).

From the source SKILL.md

Explores, navigates, and analyzes the internal logic, APIs, and symbol implementations of external libraries, Gradle plugins, and the Gradle Build Tool itself with absolute precision using high-performance, indexed searching.

What this skill does

exploring_dependency_sources is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the science-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/exploring-dependency-sources/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: use whenever you need to UNDERSTAND an API — its shape, signature, parameters, overloads, or implementation — before writing any code that calls it; covers project dependencies (via project/configuration/source set scope), plugins (via `sourceSetPath=":buildscript"`), and Gradle internals (via `gradleSource: true`). Prefer this over the REPL for all API research; reading source is instantaneous and complete.

Who uses this skill

The exploring_dependency_sources Claude Code skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. 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/exploring-dependency-sources
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/exploring-dependency-sources/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/exploring-dependency-sources/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/exploring-dependency-sources/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

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

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