name: search-hierarchy description: Search Tool Hierarchy
Search Tool Hierarchy
Use the most token-efficient search tool for each query type.
Decision Tree
Query Type?
├── STRUCTURAL (code patterns)
│ → AST-grep (~50 tokens output)
│ Examples: "def foo", "class Bar", "import X", "@decorator"
│
├── SEMANTIC (conceptual questions)
│ → LEANN (~100 tokens if path-only)
│ Examples: "how does auth work", "find error handling patterns"
│
├── LITERAL (exact identifiers)
│ → Grep (variable output)
│ Examples: "TemporalMemory", "check_evocation", regex patterns
│
└── FULL CONTEXT (need complete understanding)
→ Read (1500+ tokens)
Last resort after finding the right file