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 "generated": "2026-10-24",
 "id": "arihantdeva-heimdall--find-prior-solution-across-repos",
 "repo": "ArihantDeva/heimdall",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/ArihantDeva/heimdall",
 "repo_slug": "arihantdeva-heimdall",
 "title": "Find a solution you already built in another repo",
 "page_title": "How to find a solution you already built in another repo with Heimdall",
 "summary": "Run one ranked search across every project to see if you already solved the problem.",
 "who": "A developer with many side projects who is about to write code that may already exist in an older repository.",
 "problem": "Searching for past work with grep, find and ls across many folders takes minutes and often points to the wrong repo.",
 "outcome": "A ranked list of matching paths across all indexed projects, each with a verdict, so you can reuse the work or skip the rebuild.",
 "steps": [
  "`npm i -g @arihantdeva/heimdall`",
  "`heimdall init --harness claude-code`",
  "`heimdall setup`",
  "`heimdall doctor`",
  "`heimdall search \"<topic>\"` (inferred, check the README)"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the heimdall CLI from the ArihantDeva/heimdall repo, run `heimdall search \"<topic>\"` before writing new code for <topic>. Report each hit as a line with its verdict (STRONG, WEAK, REBUILT, STALE or REMOVED) and its path. Expected output is a ranked list of paths; check that each STRONG path exists on disk before reusing it.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code",
  "codex",
  "cursor"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README says `npm i -g` builds the graft backend during install only when prerequisites are present, and the first build takes a few minutes, so search will not work until setup completes.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "javascript",
 "requirements": [
  "Node.js with npm, to run `npm i -g @arihantdeva/heimdall`",
  "macOS or a Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora or Amazon Linux machine, with the build prerequisites listed in the README for the graft backend",
  "git, because llama.cpp is cloned at first build",
  "A supported agent harness: pi, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, or opencode"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": true,
 "score": 1.0,
 "evidence": [],
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