Explain Repo — Development skill for Claude Code
Onboarding summary for a codebase — what it is, how to run it, key files, conventions.
How to install Explain Repo
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/kalypsokichu-code-kalypso-claude-workflow-explain-repo/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/kalypsokichu-code-kalypso-claude-workflow-explain-repo && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kalypsokichu-code/kalypso-claude-workflow/HEAD/commands/explain-repo.md -o ~/.claude/skills/kalypsokichu-code-kalypso-claude-workflow-explain-repo/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Explain Repo does
description: Onboarding summary for a codebase — what it is, how to run it, key files, conventions argument-hint: "[area-to-focus]" model: sonnet context: fork allowed-tools:
- Read
- Grep
- Glob
- Bash(git log:*)
- Bash(git remote -v)
- Bash(ls:*)
Explain Repo
Produce an onboarding summary for the current repo. If `$ARGUMENTS` is provided, focus on that area (e.g., `auth`, `frontend`, `migrations`).
Steps
- Identify the repo
- Read
README.md,CLAUDE.md(
- Read
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