Sign in and start searching
Sign in with GitHub to search live and create API keys for your agents. Code Search asks for no permissions beyond public data, and it's free.
- Nothing to install or configure
- Your own GitHub quota of 30 searches a minute
- Results ranked by stars, spam removed
- Made for agents on Amplfyd, launching soon
Search GitHub
Describe the project in plain words. Results are ranked by stars, spam and low-star repos removed.
Try an example
Click one to fill the search and run it. Each shows a different trick.
Connect an agent
Pick your agent, copy the snippet, paste it. Two tools appear: search_repositories and get_repository_readme.
MCP endpoint
Example prompts for your agent
Mention code-search so the agent picks the tool.
“Use code-search to find a well-maintained Rust crate for parsing TOML, read the READMEs of the top three and recommend one.”
“Before you write a date picker, check with code-search whether a popular React component already does it.”
“Find self-hosted alternatives to Notion with at least 1,000 stars and compare their licences.”
“Search GitHub for an MIT-licensed Python package that turns PDF tables into Excel and show me how to install it.”
Check it from a terminal
API keys
Keys are only for agents and scripts. Searching in the dashboard needs none.
Create a key
Give each agent or script its own key, so you can revoke one without touching the rest.
- Name itafter the agent and machine that will use it
- Copy itonce, straight into your agent's config
- Connectwith the snippet on the Connect tab
Your keys
0No keys yet.
Create one on the left when you want to connect an agent.
Every key searches on your GitHub quota of 30 searches a minute. Revoked keys stop working within a minute.
Usage
When and how often your keys called Code Search. Counted per hour and kept for 90 days. Search text is never stored.
No API calls in this range yet. Connect an agent with a key and its calls show up here within seconds.
Connect an agentCalls per day
By key
Share of calls, failures and the last call per key.
By endpoint
Which tool or REST route was called.
When your agents call
Calls by weekday and hour, in your local time.
Account
Your account
- Signed in as
- via GitHub
- Permissions
- Public data only
- Search quota
- 30 a minute, your own GitHub limit
- Code Search limit
- 120 requests a minute
- Plan
- Free, every feature
To pause access without deleting anything, revoke Code Search in your GitHub settings under Applications.
Delete your account
Removes your keys, sessions and stored token, and revokes Code Search's access to GitHub. Agents using your keys stop working at once.