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name: lizard
description: "Use when the user wants to measure cyclomatic complexity, find overly complex functions, audit code complexity, or generate a complexity report for a codebase."
---


# lizard

## When to use

See [references/when-to-use.md](references/when-to-use.md). Load only when this section is needed.

## Invocation

See [references/invocation.md](references/invocation.md). Load only when this section is needed.

## Patterns

See [references/patterns.md](references/patterns.md). Load only when this section is needed.

## Anti-patterns

See [references/anti-patterns.md](references/anti-patterns.md). Load only when this section is needed.

## Cross-refs

See [references/cross-refs.md](references/cross-refs.md). Load only when this section is needed.