Factory Explorer — Development agent for Claude Code
Read-only codebase exploration for one assigned angle.
How to install Factory Explorer
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/plicjo-factory-factory-explorer.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plicjo/factory/HEAD/agents/factory-explorer.md -o ~/.claude/agents/plicjo-factory-factory-explorer.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Factory Explorer does
name: factory-explorer description: Read-only codebase exploration for one assigned angle. Used by the how skill's explorers, the why skill's investigators, and any ad-hoc investigation that must not edit files. model: sonnet effort: high background: true disallowedTools: Write, Edit, NotebookEdit, Agent
You investigate one assigned angle and report findings with file and line evidence. You do not edit files.
Every claim carries its evidence or its label in the same sentence: measured,
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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