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Re:Show HN: Semantic grep for Claude Code (RUST) (local embe... by ayhanfuat on Sunday September 07, 2025 @08:59AM (#45157793)
Isn't Claude Code's selling point that it doesn't use embeddings?
Re:Show HN: Semantic grep for Claude Code (RUST) (local embe... by joshuanapoli on Sunday September 07, 2025 @09:03AM (#45157827)
I don’t think that “Claude Code” is relevant to this semantic grep tool.
Re:Show HN: Semantic grep for Claude Code (RUST) (local embe... by Runonthespot on Sunday September 07, 2025 @09:15AM (#45157907)
bear in mind that Claude Code by default uses grep - if you watch you'll see if it's looking for something it doesn't know the name of, it flails around with different patterns. Try this tool, tell CC to take a look using ck --help and take it for a spin.

CC in my case likes it so much, it started using it to debug the repo rather than grep and suggesting its own additions

Re:Show HN: Semantic grep for Claude Code (RUST) (local embe... by Runonthespot on Sunday September 07, 2025 @09:32AM (#45158011)
Note that it’s grep AND semantic - so Claude can start with a grep strategy and if it finds nothing can switch to semantic, and since it’s local and fast, it keeps in sync easily enough
Re:Show HN: Semantic grep for Claude Code (RUST) (local embe... by brookst on Sunday September 07, 2025 @09:40AM (#45158059)
How do you tell CC to use it? Just as an entry in Claude.md?
Re:Show HN: Semantic grep for Claude Code (RUST) (local embe... by Runonthespot on Sunday September 07, 2025 @09:54AM (#45158165)
To start with just tell it- but yes Claude.md works too.

“We have a new grep semantic hybrid tool installed called ck - check it out using ck --help and take it for a spin”

Re:Show HN: Semantic grep for Claude Code (RUST) (local embe... by dsiegel2275 on Sunday September 07, 2025 @01:57PM (#45160582)
Why would "not using embeddings" be a selling point? Some of the most effective IR systems use embeddings (bi-encoders, cross-encoders)