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To trace API flows across a FastAPI and Next.js monorepo, this Skill maps backend route handlers, service-level calls, and frontend API usages end-to-end. It uses ripgrep and portable shell scripts to locate symbols and connect data flows across directories.

Searching for components and API endpoints in a full-stack codebase is done by executing portable ripgrep, ack, and grep wrappers. These scripts locate functions, classes, types, and routes across both Python backend and Next.js frontend directories to accelerate code discovery.

Yes, you need ripgrep installed to trace code symbols and data flows, along with a POSIX shell environment and access to repository files. The Skill's scripts also leverage dependencies like ack, grep, git, tree, sed, and find to perform code searches.

You can use this to find where a specific schema is defined and used in your Python backend by running the included trace scripts. The scripts audit schema definitions and map their usage throughout the FastAPI services to accelerate debugging.

Codebase navigation works by providing architecture pointers and document references for FastAPI and Next.js entry points. It instantly maps code symbols, API endpoints, and data flows so engineers can understand project architecture and orient themselves without reading every file.

Using ripgrep and grep for tracing code in a monorepo requires a POSIX shell environment and specific text search dependencies to function properly. It focuses on static symbol and route matching rather than runtime execution tracing, so dynamic data flows may not be fully captured.