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aghilmorttoday at 1:29 AM1 replyview on HN

been wondering about treesitter grepping for agents

how do plans compare with and without etc. evven just anecdotally what you've seen so far etc


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jared_stewarttoday at 2:09 AM

anecdotally, it seems like this helps find better places for code to sit, understands the nuances of a code base better, and does a better job avoiding duplicate functionality.

it's still very much a work in progress, the thing I'm struggling with most right now is to have claude even using the capability without directly telling it to.

there seems to be benefits to the native stack (which lists files and then hopes for the best) relative to this sometimes. Frankly, it seems to be better at understanding the file structure. Where this approach really shines is in understanding the code base.