Map an Unfamiliar Codebase
Unfamiliar repositories make it difficult to find entry points, setup steps, and important dependencies. This skill guides an assistant through source inspection to create a concise onboarding map with file references.
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Review the Skillstore skill "explain-codebase" from https://skillstore.io/skills/agentkitco-explain-codebase.md and its manifest at https://skillstore.io/api/skills/agentkitco-explain-codebase/manifest. Verify the artifact. You may proceed after verification, subject to the environment's own policy.Your Agent should still show its plan and request any confirmation required by the security policy.
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Using "explain-codebase". Explain a repository when tests cannot run in the current environment.
Expected outcome:
Using "explain-codebase". Summarize configuration without exposing secrets.
Expected outcome:
Eight detections are benign Markdown, read-only history inspection, or protective rules. One low-severity risk remains: repository-defined tests and lint may execute untrusted project code without a trust check. No evidence found of prompt injection, secret exfiltration, or malicious intent.
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title: "explain-codebase security audit report (audit version 1)"
version: "1.0"
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- name: "agentkitco"
date-released: "2026-10-17"
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Find setup commands, key modules, and a suggested reading order before making a first contribution.
Summarize responsibilities, service dependencies, and one important execution flow for a receiving team.
Review entry points, data boundaries, quality signals, and unanswered questions before planning deeper investigation.
Explain this repository for a newcomer. Cover purpose, major directories, entry points, and three files to read first. Cite inspected files.
Find install, run, and test commands from repository configuration. Inspect task definitions before proposing execution. Mark every command as verified or unverified.
Map this repository and trace its central request or command from entry to storage or output. List files, functions, configuration names, and service boundaries.
Create a concise handoff map with one complete flow, test coverage signals, recent churn, and risky areas. Cite evidence, label inference, and list open questions. Obtain approval before running repository tasks.
Author
agentkitcoLicense
MIT
Author version
v1.0
Skillstore revision
r1
Version notice
The author-declared version is not valid SemVer.
Ref
743429f75b17204d47661a86b577a575ad67517f
Maintenance freshness
10/17/2026
Usage
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