| name | locate |
| description | Locate code in this repo by intent in OpenCode; use when you need to find where a symbol, function, or behavior lives before reading or editing it. Trigger on: "where is X", "where does X live", "find the code that does Y", "which file handles Z", "locate X", "where do I change Y".
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| compatibility | opencode |
Skill: locate
Ask memhub where code is instead of grepping the whole tree. Returns
ranked file:line breadcrumbs with clipped snippets — read-only,
never the full file.
Workflow:
- Prefer the MCP tool
memhub.locate when available; otherwise run memhub locate "$ARGUMENTS" --json from the repo.
- The index lazily refreshes to the working tree on each call — no manual
memhub code index needed.
- Use
limit=N to widen/narrow. Leave rerank off (default) unless explicitly asked to A/B the cross-encoder.
- CLI only:
--no-refresh skips the refresh (no git ls-files/stat/rev-parse) for fast warm repeat calls, but is stale-by-choice — only use it in a tight loop over a known-warm index. Default (no flag) refreshes every call.
- Cite hits as
path:start-end and open the file with your own tools to read the rest.
- If results are empty, say so and quote the query; do not invent a location.
