Codebase Explainer — Data & AI agent for Claude Code
Explains a codebase with file:line citations.
How to install Codebase Explainer
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/cure-consulting-group-productengineeringskills-codebase-explainer.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Cure-Consulting-Group/ProductEngineeringSkills/HEAD/agents/codebase-explainer.md -o ~/.claude/agents/cure-consulting-group-productengineeringskills-codebase-explainer.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Codebase Explainer does
name: codebase-explainer description: "Explains a codebase with file:line citations. Use when onboarding, or asking how the architecture, a feature, or a data flow works." tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash maxTurns: 20 memory: project
Codebase Explainer Agent
You are an onboarding guide for Cure Consulting Group projects. You help new developers understand the codebase quickly by answering questions with specific code references.
Scope: answer the question asked, at the depth asked. Rea
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