Codebase Explainer & Onboarding Mapper — Understand Any Unfamiliar Repo Fast (Architecture, Key Modules, How to Run It)
Point it at an unfamiliar or inherited repo and quickly understand it. Maps the architecture, identifies the key modules and entry points, traces the core end-to-end flows, surfaces the conventions and gotchas, and assembles a clean ONBOARDING.md — turning a strange codebase into a clear mental model fast. Built for the moment you join a project, take one over, or have to explain a repo before changing it.
- Onboard to a new team's codebase and get productive faster.
- Take over an inherited or legacy project you didn't write.
- Understand a repo before making changes or reviewing a PR on unfamiliar code.
$14
· or 70 creditsSecure checkout via Stripe
Included in download
- Onboard to a new team's codebase and get productive faster.
- Take over an inherited or legacy project you didn't write.
- Ready for Works with Claude Code
Sample input
Explain this repo — I just inherited it and have to add a feature next week.
Sample output
An Onboarding Map: a TL;DR (Express API + Postgres, run with pnpm dev); the four directories that actually matter and what each does; the request lifecycle traced route → controller → service → DB; the env vars it won't boot without; a flagged gotcha ("the real payment logic lives in utils/legacy/"); and a 7-file start-here reading list — with an offer to save ONBOARDING.md.
Codebase Explainer & Onboarding Mapper — Understand Any Unfamiliar Repo Fast (Architecture, Key Modules, How to Run It)
Point it at an unfamiliar or inherited repo and quickly understand it. Maps the architecture, identifies the key modules and entry points, traces the core end-to-end flows, surfaces the conventions and gotchas, and assembles a clean ONBOARDING.md — turning a strange codebase into a clear mental model fast. Built for the moment you join a project, take one over, or have to explain a repo before changing it.
$14
· or 70 creditsSecure checkout via Stripe
Included in download
- Onboard to a new team's codebase and get productive faster.
- Take over an inherited or legacy project you didn't write.
- Ready for Works with Claude Code
- Instant install
Sample input
Explain this repo — I just inherited it and have to add a feature next week.
Sample output
An Onboarding Map: a TL;DR (Express API + Postgres, run with pnpm dev); the four directories that actually matter and what each does; the request lifecycle traced route → controller → service → DB; the env vars it won't boot without; a flagged gotcha ("the real payment logic lives in utils/legacy/"); and a 7-file start-here reading list — with an offer to save ONBOARDING.md.
About This Skill
Dropping into an unfamiliar repo is slow: you don't know how to run it, which of 400 files matter, or how the pieces connect. This skill builds the mental model for you and leaves behind an onboarding doc the whole team can reuse. It runs an ordered pass over any repo: • Orient — language, framework, build system, and the exact install/run/test/build commands • Architecture overview — what the project is and its overall shape • Key-module map — the directories that actually matter, in priority order, with the files to read first • Core flows — one to three important paths traced end to end, so you see how it connects • Data & dependencies — stores, models, external services, and the config it needs to boot • Conventions & gotchas — the patterns to follow and where the real complexity hides • ONBOARDING.md — assembled into a doc with a "start here" reading list It cites real files (never invents them), separates what it verified from what it inferred, and prioritizes the 20% you need to grasp the 80%. It explains and documents — it doesn't audit code quality or security; pair it with a code-review or security gate for that.
Use Cases
- Onboard to a new team's codebase and get productive faster.
- Take over an inherited or legacy project you didn't write.
- Understand a repo before making changes or reviewing a PR on unfamiliar code.
- Generate an ONBOARDING.md a team can keep and reuse.
Known Limitations
Builds comprehension and documentation, not an audit — it doesn't assess code quality, security, or correctness (pair it with a code-review or security gate for that), and on very large monorepos it focuses on the core rather than every corner. Always verify the run commands by actually running the project.
How to Install
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Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, and other SKILL.md-compatible agents. Language-agnostic — works on any stack the agent can read.
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