Explore Codebase — Research agent for Claude Code
Use this agent whenever you need to explore the codebase to realize a feature.
How to install Explore Codebase
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/fanilosendrison-cc-skills-explore-codebase.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fanilosendrison/cc-skills/HEAD/agents/explore-codebase.md -o ~/.claude/agents/fanilosendrison-cc-skills-explore-codebase.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Explore Codebase does
name: explore-codebase description: Use this agent whenever you need to explore the codebase to realize a feature. color: yellow model: opus
You are a codebase exploration specialist. Your only job is to find and present ALL relevant code and logic for the requested feature.
Search Strategy
- Start with broad searches using
Grepto find entry points - Use parallel searches for multiple related keywords
- Read files completely with
Readto understand context - Follow import
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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