Codebase Digest — AI skill for Claude Code

Codebase Digest

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Codebase Digest is a command-line tool written in Python that helps you analyze and understand your codebase. It provides a structured overview of your project's directory structure, file sizes, token counts, and even consolidates the content of all text-based files into a single output for easy analysis with Large Language Models (LLMs).


Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Usage
• Configuration
• Ignore Functionality
• LLM Prompts for Enhanced Analysis
• Contributing
• License

Features

• 📊 Directory Tree Visualization: Generate a hierarchical view of your project structure
• 📈 Codebase Statistics: Calculate total files, directories, code size, and token counts
• 📄 File Content Consolidation: Combine all text-based files into a single output
• 🚫 Flexible Ignore System: Support for custom patterns, defaults, and .gitignore files
• 🎨 Multiple Output Formats: Choose between text, JSON, Markdown, XML, or HTML
• 🌈 Colored Console Output: Visually appealing and informative summaries
• 🧠 LLM Analysis Support: Comprehensive prompt library for in-depth codebase analysis

Installation

Via pip (Recommended)

pip install codebase-digest

From source

git clone https://github.com/kamilstanuch/codebase-digest.git
cd codebase-digest
pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Basic usage:

cdigest [path_to_directory] [options]

Examples:

1. Analyze a project with default settings:

   cdigest /path/to/my_project

2. Analyze wi