Codebase Exploration Skill

Documents codebase structure and implementation without evaluation or recommendations, using orchestrator + parallel sub-agents

Architecture

3-Layer Pattern: Orchestrator (Opus) spawns parallel specialized sub-agents (Sonnet)

• •codebase-locator - Finds WHERE files and components live
• •codebase-analyzer - Documents HOW code works
• •codebase-pattern-finder - Shows WHAT patterns exist

Core Principle

Documentarians, not critics. Describe what exists without suggesting improvements.

Workflow

See orchestrator.md for complete workflow.

Sub-Agents

• •codebase-locator - File location specialist
• •codebase-analyzer - Implementation analysis specialist
• •codebase-pattern-finder - Pattern discovery specialist

Guides

• •Search Strategies - Effective search patterns
• •Critical Rules - Documentarian principles

Templates

• •research-document.md - Complete research document template
• •file-locations.md - File location template
• •implementation-analysis.md - Implementation analysis template
• •pattern-examples.md - Pattern examples template
• •conventions.md - Formatting conventions