Find Unused Python Code Before Cleanup Refactors With Vulture

---
name: "Find unused Python code before cleanup refactors with Vulture"
slug: "find-unused-python-code-before-cleanup-refactors-with-vulture"
description: "Run a dead-code pass on Python repositories before refactors so agents can flag unused functions, classes, imports, and variables instead of deleting blindly."
github_stars: 4521
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/jendrikseipp/vulture"
author: "jendrikseipp"
publisher_type: "individual"
category: "Code Quality & Review"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "jendrikseipp/vulture"
  github_stars: 4521
---

# Find unused Python code before cleanup refactors with Vulture

Run a dead-code pass on Python repositories before refactors so agents can flag unused functions, classes, imports, and variables instead of deleting blindly.

## Prerequisites

Python 3, pip, Vulture CLI

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- $ pip install vulture
- make some modifications.
- make it harder to read.

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [![PyPI Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/vulture.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/vulture)
- Vulture finds unused code in Python programs. This is useful for
- Due to Python's dynamic nature, static code analyzers like Vulture are

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- cleaning up and finding errors in large code bases. If you run Vulture
- $ vulture myscript.py # or
- $ python3 -m vulture myscript.py

- Source: https://github.com/jendrikseipp/vulture
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jendrikseipp/vulture/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://github.com/jendrikseipp/vulture

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/find-unused-python-code-before-cleanup-refactors-with-vulture/)