Skill guide

Codebase exploration

Understand where behavior lives and how data, configuration, and ownership connect across a repository.

Answer a specific repository question by tracing entry points, calls, state changes, and relevant tests. The explanation connects verified facts to their source locations and makes unresolved links explicit.

Package version 0.1.0-beta.7

Included with Faye Coding Assistant

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When to use

Use this when the deliverable is a repository map, behavior trace, explanation, or impact analysis before a change.

What to provide

The repository and the question you need answered.
A feature, symbol, route, configuration key, or directory that can bound the investigation.

Expected results

A concise map of responsibilities and execution or data flow.
Source evidence, relevant constraints, and clearly identified unknowns.

Example requests

Try this request

Codex

$codebase-exploration Trace how a plugin manifest becomes a website detail page. Identify the input files, generated outputs, and the code that owns the page URL.

Grok

/codebase-exploration Trace how a plugin manifest becomes a website detail page. Identify the input files, generated outputs, and the code that owns the page URL.

Antigravity

/codebase-exploration Trace how a plugin manifest becomes a website detail page. Identify the input files, generated outputs, and the code that owns the page URL.

Requirements and limits

Before you start

Read access to the relevant repository and project instructions.

Scope and limitations

The workflow remains read-only and avoids commands that generate builds, dependencies, or caches.
It does not add an unsolicited implementation plan.
Repository reading that merely supports another task stays within that task.

Technical source

The hosted file belongs to the package version shown on this page.

plugins/faye-coding-assistant/skills/codebase-exploration

Open source file

Supporting material

Supporting files

Read-only coding analystDefines a bounded analysis role for exploration, diagnosis, review, planning, suite assessment, and handoff.