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investigating-a-codebase

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Ground plans with codebase insight.

Software Engineering#architecture#documentation#codebase#verification#patterns#tracing#investigate
Authorbrmatola
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

Understand and validate the current codebase state to ground planning decisions in reality, preventing hallucinations about what exists or how it is structured. This Skill helps teams confirm file existence, architecture patterns, and component relationships before committing to design choices.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Verify existence and location of entry points, modules, and configuration.
  • Trace imports, references, and component relationships to map architecture.
  • Provide definitive answers about patterns and structures to support design decisions.
  • Use cases include verifying that authentication flows exist, locating API surface, and confirming directory layouts.

Quick Start

To start, describe a design assumption or feature you'd like to validate and ask the Skill to locate and report concrete evidence from the codebase.

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Required Modules

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Components

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Name: investigating-a-codebase
Download link: https://github.com/brmatola/gremlins/archive/main.zip#investigating-a-codebase

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