TLDR CLI Reference
Token-efficient code analysis tool. Available on PATH as tldr.
Core Commands
bash
tldr tree [path] # File tree tldr structure [path] --lang <lang> # Code structure (codemaps) tldr search <pattern> [path] # Search files tldr extract <file> # Full file info tldr context <entry> --project . # LLM-ready context
Flow Analysis
bash
tldr cfg <file> <function> # Control flow graph tldr dfg <file> <function> # Data flow graph tldr slice <file> <func> <line> # Program slice tldr calls [path] # Cross-file call graph
Codebase Analysis
bash
tldr impact <func> [path] # Who calls this function? tldr dead [path] # Find dead code tldr arch [path] # Detect architecture layers tldr imports <file> # Parse imports tldr importers <module> [path] # Find who imports module
Quality
bash
tldr diagnostics <path> # Type check + lint tldr change-impact [files...] # Find affected tests
Supports: python, typescript, go, rust