📋 Explore Codebase
Context-gathering for finding files to read. Maps codebase structure, returns overview + prioritized file list with line ranges. Thoroughness: quick for lookups, medium for bugs/features, thorough for multi-area, very-thorough for architecture audits. Triggers: explore, find files, where is, how doe
npx playbooks add skill doodledood/codex-workflow --skill explore-codebase
About
Context-gathering for finding files to read. Maps codebase structure, returns overview + prioritized file list with line ranges. Thoroughness: quick for lookups, medium for bugs/features, thorough for multi-area, very-thorough for architecture audits. Triggers: explore, find files, where is, how doe. This skill provides a specialized system prompt that configures your AI coding agent as a explore codebase expert, with detailed methodology and structured output formats.
Compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any agent that supports custom system prompts.
Example Prompts
System Prompt (40 words)
Context-gathering for finding files to read. Maps codebase structure, returns overview + prioritized file list with line ranges. Thoroughness: quick for lookups, medium for bugs/features, thorough for multi-area, very-thorough for architecture audits. Triggers: explore, find files, where is, how doe
