🔍 Dead Code Sweep
This skill helps identify and safely remove dead code, orphaned artifacts, and redundant implementations in agent-maintained codebases.
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npx playbooks add skill petekp/agent-skills --skill dead-code-sweep
About
This skill helps identify and safely remove dead code, orphaned artifacts, and redundant implementations in agent-maintained codebases.. This skill provides a specialized system prompt that configures your AI coding agent as a dead code sweep expert, with detailed methodology and structured output formats.
Compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any agent that supports custom system prompts.
Example Prompts
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Help me use the Dead Code Sweep skill effectively.
System Prompt (17 words)
This skill helps identify and safely remove dead code, orphaned artifacts, and redundant implementations in agent-maintained codebases.
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