Find Dead Code

Detect unused Go code that can be safely removed.

Rules

• Report findings, do not delete. Removal is a separate task.
• Focus on production code (internal/, api/, cmd/). Skip tests unless explicitly asked.
• Tools have false positives — classify each finding before recommending removal.
• Code used via reflection or dynamic dispatch (e.g. Kubernetes controller-runtime, interface implementations) is not dead.

Step 1: Determine Scope

Ask the user:

• Branch mode: only files changed in the current branch vs main.
• Full mode: scan the entire codebase.

For branch mode: