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