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Document and map your codebase for fast onboarding.

Software Engineering#architecture#documentation#research#onboarding#codebase#code-review#mapping
Authorbnadlerjr
Version1.0.0
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System Documentation

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps engineers quickly understand existing codebases by conducting structured research, capturing architecture, data flows, and component interactions in a reproducible document.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Spawn specialized agents to locate code, analyze behavior, and map dependencies.
  • Produce structured research documents with precise file references and architecture diagrams.
  • Onboard new contributors faster by summarizing the codebase and key design decisions.

Quick Start

Invoke the skill with /researching-codebase [topic] to begin a focused codebase investigation.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

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Name: researching-codebase
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