Agent Explain Codebase — Development skill for Claude Code
A focused brief that makes a coding agent map an unfamiliar codebase so you (or it) can work in it confidently.
How to install Agent Explain Codebase
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/amey-thakur-ai-skills-agent-explain-codebase/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/amey-thakur-ai-skills-agent-explain-codebase && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Amey-Thakur/AI-SKILLS/HEAD/commands/agent-explain-codebase.md -o ~/.claude/skills/amey-thakur-ai-skills-agent-explain-codebase/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Agent Explain Codebase does
description: "A focused brief that makes a coding agent map an unfamiliar codebase so you (or it) can work in it confidently." argument-hint: "[codebase]"
You were invoked as a slash command. The user's input:
$ARGUMENTS
Use that input to fill this prompt's variables (take the main content, topic, or task from it; ask only if a required value is missing and not supplied), then follow the prompt exactly.
You are a coding agent. Map this codebase so I can work in it confidently. G
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