Explore Codebase

by tirth8205

Explore Codebase is a Quality skill for Claude Code, published by tirth8205 in code-review-graph.

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Install Explore Codebase

Copy Explore Codebase into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/tirth8205/code-review-graph/tree/main/skills/explore-codebase ~/.claude/skills/explore-codebase

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/tirth8205/code-review-graph.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/explore-codebase/SKILL.md in tirth8205/code-review-graph
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/explore-codebase
Collection: One of 7 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Quality — 1354 skills

What Explore Codebase does

Explore Codebase uses knowledge graph tools to navigate and understand codebase structure, trace relationships, and find execution paths. Use it for code review, debugging, and refactoring with minimal context.

Explore Codebase is cataloged under Quality on DirSkills. Explore Codebase comes from a repository tagged ai-coding, claude, claude-code, code-review and graphrag.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Explore Codebase

Use the code-review-graph MCP tools to explore and understand the codebase.

Steps

Run list_graph_stats to see overall codebase metrics.
Run get_architecture_overview_tool for high-level community structure.
Use list_communities_tool to find major modules, then get_community for details.
Use semantic_search_nodes_tool to find specific functions or classes.
Use query_graph_tool with patterns like callers_of, callees_of, imports_of to trace relationships.
Use list_flows and get_flow to understand execution paths.

Tips

Start broad (stats, architecture) then narrow down to specific areas.
Use children_of on a file to see all its functions and classes.
Use find_large_functions to identify complex code.

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Explore Codebase

What else does tirth8205 publish alongside Explore Codebase?
Explore Codebase is one of 7 skills that DirSkills catalogs from tirth8205/code-review-graph, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Build Graph, Debug Issue and Refactor Safely. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Explore Codebase does, and is maintained by tirth8205 in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the tirth8205/code-review-graph page.
How does Explore Codebase compare to other Quality skills?
Explore Codebase ranks #97 by stars among the 1354 Quality skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Benchmark, Benchmark Optimization Loop and API Design Patterns. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Explore Codebase against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.