🔍 Project Understanding
This skill provides fast, token-budgeted views of a repo's architecture to help navigate unfamiliar codebases under tight contexts.
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npx playbooks add skill evil-skills/project-understanding --skill project-understanding
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This skill provides fast, token-budgeted views of a repo's architecture to help navigate unfamiliar codebases under tight contexts.. This skill provides a specialized system prompt that configures your AI coding agent as a project understanding 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.
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Help me use the Project Understanding skill effectively.
System Prompt (18 words)
This skill provides fast, token-budgeted views of a repo's architecture to help navigate unfamiliar codebases under tight contexts.
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