Skill Repo Discovery — Development skill for Claude Code
Starting work on an unfamiliar repository or codebase.
How to install Skill Repo Discovery
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/rand-cc-polymath-skill-repo-discovery/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/rand-cc-polymath-skill-repo-discovery && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rand/cc-polymath/HEAD/skills/skill-repo-discovery.md -o ~/.claude/skills/rand-cc-polymath-skill-repo-discovery/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Skill Repo Discovery does
name: skill-repo-discovery description: Starting work on an unfamiliar repository or codebase
Repository Skill Discovery
**Scope**: Analyzing repositories to identify which existing skills are most useful for the codebase **Lines**: ~380 **Last Updated**: 2025-10-18
When to Use This Skill
Activate this skill when:
- Starting work on an unfamiliar repository or codebase
- Onboarding to a new project and need to understand required skills
- Performing codebase audit to identify s
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