Agent Skills: jscpd

Finds duplicate code blocks and analyzes duplication metrics across files. Use when identifying copy-pasted code, measuring technical debt, or preparing for refactoring.

UncategorizedID: knoopx/pi/jscpd

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Skill Metadata

Name
jscpd
Description
Finds duplicate code blocks and analyzes duplication metrics across files. Use when identifying copy-pasted code, measuring technical debt, or preparing for refactoring.

jscpd

Copy-paste detector for JavaScript, TypeScript, and many other languages.

Quick Start

# With ignore patterns
bunx jscpd --ignore "**/node_modules/**,**/dist/**" <path>

Common Options

| Option | Description | | ------------------ | ---------------------------------------- | | --min-tokens N | Minimum tokens for duplicate detection | | --min-lines N | Minimum lines for duplicate detection | | --threshold N | Fail if duplication % exceeds threshold | | --ignore "glob" | Ignore patterns (comma-separated) | | --reporters type | Output format: console, json, html | | --output path | Output directory for reports | | --silent | Suppress console output |

Workflow

  1. Run jscpd to find duplicates
  2. Review the reported duplicates
  3. Refactor to eliminate duplication
  4. Re-run to verify cleanup

Related Skills

  • maintenance: Refactoring and technical debt management
  • design: DRY principle violations
  • ast-grep: Structural refactoring of duplicated patterns