code-clone-assistant SKILL.md skillA
code-clone-assistant from terrylica/cc-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add terrylica/cc-skills/code-clone-assistant@git:20260401.d376871Pins git:20260401.d376871 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- terrylica/cc-skills
- Path
plugins/quality-tools/skills/code-clone-assistant/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260401.d376871, committed Apr 1, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jan 31, 2026
- Size
- 8,639 bytes
- Repository stars
- 2
- License
- MIT
Detect and refactor code duplication with PMD CPD. TRIGGERS - code clones, DRY violations, duplicate code.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Code Clone Assistant Detect code clones and guide refactoring using PMD CPD (exact duplicates) + Semgrep (patterns). > **Self-Evolving Skill**: This skill improves through use. If instructions are wrong, parameters drifted, or a workaround was needed — fix this file immediately, don't defer. Only update for real, reproducible issues. ## Tools - **PMD CPD v7.17.0+**: Exact duplicate detection - **Semgrep v1.140.0+**: Pattern-based detection **Tested**: October 2025 - 30 violations detected across 3 sample files **Coverage**: ~3x more violations than using either tool alone --- ## When to Use This Skill Use this skill when: - Finding duplicate code in a codebase - Detecting DRY violations - Refactoring similar code patterns - Identifying copy-paste code --- ## Why Two Tools? PMD CPD and Semgrep detect different clone types: | Aspect | PMD CPD | Semgrep | | ------------ | -------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | | **Detects** | Exact copy-paste duplicates | Similar patterns with variations | | **Scope** | Across files ✅ | Within/across files (Pro only) | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add terrylica/cc-skills/code-clone-assistant@sha256:56b18a24393ade92The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260401.d376871, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_g2qkt3sedj22zg4z)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jan 31, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026, about one every 15 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260401.d376871 latest | 2026-04-01 | d376871 | 8,639 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260401.1380431 | 2026-04-01 | 1380431 | 8,417 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260215.5fda034 | 2026-02-15 | 5fda034 | 7,847 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260131.fa0fc44 | 2026-01-31 | fa0fc44 | 3,926 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260131.cc7173d | 2026-01-31 | cc7173d | 3,951 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (8639 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
terrylica/cc-skills · 2 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_g2qkt3sedj22zg4z GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=terrylica/cc-skills/code-clone-assistant GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/56b18a24393ade92c9cd300c53d22a1f7bea43f2311d1109c92d625ac1303a6a
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