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trace-mcp
Use trace-mcp tools for code navigation, impact analysis, and framework-aware queries instead of Read/Grep/Glob/Bash. Activate whenever the agent needs to explore, understand, or modify a codebase that has trace-mcp indexed.
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# trace-mcp — Code Intelligence Routing
trace-mcp is a framework-aware code intelligence MCP server. It exposes 182 tools that return semantic, structured results over a cross-language dependency graph. When trace-mcp is available, it is almost always cheaper and more accurate than native file tools.
## When to Use
Activate this skill whenever you need to:
- Find a function, class, method, route, component, or any symbol
- Understand a file, module, or feature before editing
- Determine what breaks if you change something
- Trace a request flow, call graph, or data flow
- Audit architecture, dead code, tests, or security
**Do not use** `Read`, `Grep`, `Glob`, or shell `ls`/`find`/`cat`/`head`/`tail` for exploring source code (`.ts`, `.js`, `.py`, `.php`, `.go`, `.rb`, `.java`, etc.). Use trace-mcp tools instead. Native tools stay allowed only for non-code files (`.md`, `.json`, `.yaml`, configs) or immediately before an `Edit` on a known file.