codebase-orientation
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Maps an unfamiliar or large codebase before implementation by locating entry points, ownership, execution paths, conventions, tests, dependencies, change hotspots, and unresolved questions. Use when onboarding to a repository, scoping a cross-cutting change, preparing a handoff or reusable CodeTour, explaining a subsystem, or when the agent is guessing where behavior lives. Not for diagnosing one reproduced failure or designing a new architecture before the current system is understood.
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npx skills add thiientv/godmode --skill codebase-orientation -a claude-code
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