dead-code-removal SKILL.md skillA

This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

dead-code-removal from yeaight7/agent-powerups is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add yeaight7/agent-powerups/dead-code-removal@git:20260606.0d81f34

Pins git:20260606.0d81f34 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
yeaight7/agent-powerups
Path
plugins/codebase-maintenance/skills/dead-code-removal/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20260606.0d81f34, committed Jun 6, 2026
First version recorded
May 2, 2026
Size
2,533 bytes
Repository stars
8
License
Apache-2.0

Use when unused functions, classes, exports, or files need to be identified and safely deleted.

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

## Purpose

Dead code increases maintenance overhead and confuses developers. Verify a symbol is truly unused across the entire repository, then delete it outright — never comment it out.

## When to Use

- A symbol, file, or export looks unused
- A feature removal or migration left orphaned helpers behind
- A coverage or lint report flags unreachable code

## Inputs

- The candidate symbols/files to remove
- The repo's test and type-check commands

## Workflow

1. **Verify unused — search the entire repository.** Do not assume code is dead just because the current file doesn't use it:

   ```bash
   grep -rn "symbolName" . --include="*.ts" --include="*.tsx"    # all references
   grep -rn "from ['\"].*module-name" src/                       # import sites
   git log -3 --oneline -- path/to/suspect-file                  # recent touches
   ```

   Ecosystem tools can shortcut the inventory when available (e.g., knip or ts-prune for TypeScript exports, vulture for Python).

2. **Check for dynamic invocation.** Be wary of dynamically invoked code — reflection, dependency injection by string name, ORM mappers, route tables, config-driven dispatch:

   ```bash
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add yeaight7/agent-powerups/dead-code-removal@sha256:b5fa170a06bed18e

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260606.0d81f34, 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.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between May 2, 2026 and Jun 6, 2026, about one every 17 days. Its first recorded version is graded B and its latest A.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260606.0d81f34 latest2026-06-06 0d81f34 2,533 BA view · diff
git:20260502.ad38d3a2026-05-02 ad38d3a 1,016 BA view · diff
git:20260502.ba79d692026-05-02 ba79d69 138 BB view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2533 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

GitHub

yeaight7/agent-powerups · 8 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-09-27 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vbrik2pze7varyux
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=yeaight7/agent-powerups/dead-code-removal
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b5fa170a06bed18e385dcf6eb625c6977ae13b0b0ba8036de833ea9b18a29484

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