What problem does it solve? Inheriting or auditing an unfamiliar codebase is slow and error-prone: reading files linearly produces summaries, not understanding. This Skill replaces ad-hoc exploration with a repeatable protocol that traces how code actually behaves, so you can predict what breaks when something changes. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Archetype Detection: Classifies the repo (frontend, backend API, data pipeline, serverless, library, IaC, CLI, ML system) from signature files and selects a matching exploration strategy. - Vertical Slice Tracing: Follows a single value or record from input to output — render-site traces for frontends, data lineage maps for pipelines, request lifecycles for APIs. - Smell Detection & Risk Profile: Scans for 13+ architectural smells (god objects, hidden schemas, drifting duplicates, shared utility SPOFs) and synthesizes actionable risk statements with explicit unknowns. - Use Case: You inherit a serverless pipeline with no documentation. Trigger the skill to classify it, trace one record through all stages, map inter-stage contracts, and receive a data lineage map plus a prioritized risk report. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to explore this repository and produce an architecture map with a risk profile.
