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dang ◴[] No.45161889[source]
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1. ayhanfuat ◴[] No.45157793[source]
Isn't Claude Code's selling point that it doesn't use embeddings?
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2. joshuanapoli ◴[] No.45157827[source]
I don’t think that “Claude Code” is relevant to this semantic grep tool.
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3. Runonthespot ◴[] No.45157907[source]
bear in mind that Claude Code by default uses grep - if you watch you'll see if it's looking for something it doesn't know the name of, it flails around with different patterns. Try this tool, tell CC to take a look using ck --help and take it for a spin.

CC in my case likes it so much, it started using it to debug the repo rather than grep and suggesting its own additions

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4. Runonthespot ◴[] No.45158011{3}[source]
Note that it’s grep AND semantic - so Claude can start with a grep strategy and if it finds nothing can switch to semantic, and since it’s local and fast, it keeps in sync easily enough
5. brookst ◴[] No.45158059{3}[source]
How do you tell CC to use it? Just as an entry in Claude.md?
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6. Runonthespot ◴[] No.45158165{4}[source]
To start with just tell it- but yes Claude.md works too.

“We have a new grep semantic hybrid tool installed called ck - check it out using ck --help and take it for a spin”

7. dsiegel2275 ◴[] No.45160582[source]
Why would "not using embeddings" be a selling point? Some of the most effective IR systems use embeddings (bi-encoders, cross-encoders)