diff --git a/build/PHPStan/Build/ApiPhpDocEntrypointProvider.php b/build/PHPStan/Build/ApiPhpDocEntrypointProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2862d7485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/PHPStan/Build/ApiPhpDocEntrypointProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+namespace PHPStan\Build;
+
+use PhpParser\Node\Expr\MethodCall;
+use PHPStan\Analyser\Scope;
+use PHPStan\Reflection\MethodReflection;
+use PHPStan\Reflection\ParametersAcceptorSelector;
+use PHPStan\Type\Type;
+use PHPStan\Type\TypeCombinator;
+use ShipMonk\PHPStan\DeadCode\Provider\SimpleMethodEntrypointProvider;
+
+final class ApiPhpDocEntrypointProvider extends SimpleMethodEntrypointProvider
+{
+
+	public function isEntrypointMethod(\ReflectionMethod $method): bool
+	{
+		$reflectionClass = $method->getDeclaringClass();
+		$methodName = $method->getName();
+
+		if ($this->isApiClass($reflectionClass)) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		do {
+			if ($this->isApiMethod($reflectionClass, $methodName)) {
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			foreach ($reflectionClass->getInterfaces() as $interface) {
+				if ($this->isApiClass($interface)) {
+					return true;
+				}
+
+				if ($this->isApiMethod($interface, $methodName)) {
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+
+			$reflectionClass = $reflectionClass->getParentClass();
+		} while ($reflectionClass !== false);
+
+		return false;
+    }
+
+	private function isApiClass(\ReflectionClass $reflection): bool
+	{
+		$phpDoc = $reflection->getDocComment();
+		if ($phpDoc !== false && str_contains($phpDoc, '@api')) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	private function isApiMethod(\ReflectionClass $reflectionClass, string $methodName): bool
+	{
+		if (!$reflectionClass->hasMethod($methodName)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$phpDoc = $reflectionClass->getMethod($methodName)->getDocComment();
+		if ($phpDoc !== false && str_contains($phpDoc, '@api')) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/build/phpstan.neon b/build/phpstan.neon
index 95526db694..062a43a56c 100644
--- a/build/phpstan.neon
+++ b/build/phpstan.neon
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ includes:
 	- ../vendor/phpstan/phpstan-phpunit/extension.neon
 	- ../vendor/phpstan/phpstan-phpunit/rules.neon
 	- ../vendor/phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules/rules.neon
+	- ../vendor/shipmonk/dead-code-detector/rules.neon
 	- ../conf/bleedingEdge.neon
 	- ../phpstan-baseline.neon
 	- ../phpstan-baseline.php
@@ -91,6 +92,10 @@ parameters:
 			path: ../src/Diagnose/PHPStanDiagnoseExtension.php
 		- '#^Parameter \#1 \$offsetType of class PHPStan\\Type\\Accessory\\HasOffsetType constructor expects PHPStan\\Type\\Constant\\ConstantIntegerType\|PHPStan\\Type\\Constant\\ConstantStringType#'
 		- '#^Short ternary operator is not allowed#'
+
+		- '#^Unused .*?Factory::create$#' # likely used in DIC
+		- '#^Unused .*?::__construct$#' # disable dead construct analysis, DIC services might not be autowired
+
 	reportStaticMethodSignatures: true
 	tmpDir: %rootDir%/tmp
 	stubFiles:
@@ -111,3 +116,7 @@ services:
 		class: PHPStan\Internal\ContainerDynamicReturnTypeExtension
 		tags:
 			- phpstan.broker.dynamicMethodReturnTypeExtension
+	-
+		class: PHPStan\Build\ApiPhpDocEntrypointProvider
+		tags:
+			- shipmonk.deadCode.entrypointProvider
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 2614dcf584..1b3685b0d6 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 		"phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules": "^1.6",
 		"phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5.4",
 		"shipmonk/composer-dependency-analyser": "^1.5",
+		"shipmonk/dead-code-detector": "dev-master",
 		"shipmonk/name-collision-detector": "^2.0"
 	},
 	"config": {
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index c0f104e2b7..6974f2cff9 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "674f9ec5e66603e465b9ef2aaa90189a",
+    "content-hash": "c3be42ae2bb62bce3d8c4ddd8efcdea4",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "clue/ndjson-react",
@@ -6469,6 +6469,75 @@
             },
             "time": "2024-08-08T08:12:32+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "shipmonk/dead-code-detector",
+            "version": "dev-master",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/shipmonk-rnd/dead-code-detector.git",
+                "reference": "fc01208e573c00ab89cfa41d23c893fdb8d56d9a"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/shipmonk-rnd/dead-code-detector/zipball/fc01208e573c00ab89cfa41d23c893fdb8d56d9a",
+                "reference": "fc01208e573c00ab89cfa41d23c893fdb8d56d9a",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": "^7.4 || ^8.0",
+                "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.11.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "doctrine/orm": "^2.19 || ^3.0",
+                "editorconfig-checker/editorconfig-checker": "^10.3.0",
+                "ergebnis/composer-normalize": "^2.28",
+                "nette/application": "^3.1",
+                "nette/component-model": "^3.0",
+                "nette/utils": "^3.0 || ^4.0",
+                "phpstan/phpstan-phpunit": "^1.1.1",
+                "phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules": "^1.2.3",
+                "phpstan/phpstan-symfony": "^1.4",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5.20",
+                "shipmonk/composer-dependency-analyser": "^1.6",
+                "shipmonk/name-collision-detector": "^2.0.0",
+                "shipmonk/phpstan-rules": "^3.1",
+                "slevomat/coding-standard": "^8.15.0",
+                "symfony/contracts": "^2.5 || ^3.0",
+                "symfony/event-dispatcher": "^5.4 || ^6.0 || ^7.0",
+                "symfony/http-kernel": "^5.4 || ^6.0 || ^7.0",
+                "symfony/routing": "^5.4 || ^6.0 || ^7.0"
+            },
+            "default-branch": true,
+            "type": "phpstan-extension",
+            "extra": {
+                "phpstan": {
+                    "includes": [
+                        "rules.neon"
+                    ]
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "ShipMonk\\PHPStan\\DeadCode\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "description": "Dead code detector to find unused PHP code via PHPStan extension.",
+            "keywords": [
+                "PHPStan",
+                "dead code",
+                "static analysis",
+                "unused code"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/shipmonk-rnd/dead-code-detector/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/shipmonk-rnd/dead-code-detector/tree/master"
+            },
+            "time": "2024-10-24T08:20:54+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "shipmonk/name-collision-detector",
             "version": "2.1.1",
@@ -6581,7 +6650,8 @@
     "aliases": [],
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "stability-flags": {
-        "jetbrains/phpstorm-stubs": 20
+        "jetbrains/phpstorm-stubs": 20,
+        "shipmonk/dead-code-detector": 20
     },
     "prefer-stable": true,
     "prefer-lowest": false,