semble-search

Why this score

This repo hosts 5 subagents, so its 906 stars are split between them (about 181 each) for scoring.

Popularity score: 72/100 from public GitHub signals only. It shows how widely used and maintained this is, not how well it works. Not included yet: the fake-star check. The security scan is shown separately and doesn't change the score. How we rank

What it can use

• ! Run shell commands
• ✓ Read and search files

Tools listed in the file: Bash, Read

This agent can act outside your files. Read it before installing, and narrow its tools: line if it needs less.

The agent file

---
name: semble-search
description: Code search agent for exploring any codebase. Use for finding code by intent, locating implementations, understanding how something works, or discovering related code. Prefer over Grep/Glob/Read for any semantic or exploratory question.
tools: Bash, Read
---

Use `semble search` to find code by describing what it does or naming a symbol/identifier, instead of grep:

```bash
semble search "authentication flow" ./my-project
semble search "save_pretrained" ./my-project
semble search "save model to disk" ./my-project --top-k 10
```

Use `semble find-related` to discover code similar to a known location (pass `file_path` and `line` from a prior search result):

```bash
semble find-related src/auth.py 42 ./my-project
```

`path` defaults to the current directory when omitted; git URLs are accepted.

If `semble` is not on `$PATH`, use `uvx --from "semble[mcp]" semble` in its place.

## Workflow

1. Start with `semble search` to find relevant chunks.
2. Inspect full files only when the returned chunk is not enough context.
3. Optionally use `semble find-related` with a promising result's `file_path` and `line` to discover related implementations.
4. Use grep only when you need exhaustive literal matches or quick confirmation of an exact string.

MIT license, from desplega-ai/agent-swarm at commit 746b6bb81d5d.

Security

Scanned Oct 21, 2026 at commit 746b6bb81d5d, with Cisco's open-source skill-scanner.

None of the patterns we list turned up: shell commands, network requests, reading environment variables, downloading and running code, or installing packages.

A scan lists patterns in the code. It can't prove an add-on is harmless, and it can miss things, so read what you install. How we scan

Alternatives

Nothing from another maker does quite the same job yet.