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exploring-codebases

First-encounter codebase orientation. Chains tree-sitting (structural inventory) and featuring (feature synthesis) into an EDA workflow for unfamiliar repositories. Use when someone says "explore this repo", "what does this do", "I just cloned this", "help me understand this codebase", or when starting work on an unfamiliar repository. This is the divergent "what's here?" skill — for targeted "where is X?" queries, use searching-codebases instead.

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Updated 4/8/2026
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Installation and usage

First-encounter codebase orientation. Chains tree-sitting (structural inventory) and featuring (feature synthesis) into an EDA workflow for unfamiliar repositories. Use when someone says "explore this repo", "what does this do", "I just cloned this", "help me understand this codebase", or when starting work on an unfamiliar repository. This is the divergent "what's here?" skill — for targeted "where is X?" queries, use searching-codebases instead.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use exploring-codebases