ripgrep

Prefer rg over grep for text search, and prefer rg --files over find | grep when the real task is path discovery.

Verified locally against ripgrep 15.1.0 on April 10, 2026. The skill is repo-agnostic, but the examples assume a Unix-like shell and an rg binary in PATH.

Decision Tree

What kind of search do you need?

• Search file contents for text, symbols, regexes, or literals

  • Start with rg
  • Read references/commands.md

• Find filenames or paths without reading file contents

  • Start with rg --files [path]
  • Then filter that list with a second rg if needed
  • Read references/patterns.md