Use when planning or designing features and need to understand current codebase state, find existing patterns, or verify assumptions about what exists; when design makes assumptions about file locations, structure, or existing code that need verification - prevents hallucination by grounding plans in reality
Quickly install investigating-a-codebase AI skill to your development environment via command line
Source: ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.
Understand current codebase state to ground planning and design decisions in reality, not assumptions. Find existing patterns, verify design assumptions, and provide definitive answers about what exists and where.
Why this matters: Prevents implementation plans based on wrong assumptions about codebase structure.
| Where is X | Glob likely names → Grep keywords → Read matches | | How does X work | Find entry point → Follow imports → Read implementation | | What patterns exist | Find examples → Compare implementations → Extract conventions | | Does X exist | Multiple searches → Definitive yes/no → Evidence |
Use when planning or designing features and need to understand current codebase state, find existing patterns, or verify assumptions about what exists; when design makes assumptions about file locations, structure, or existing code that need verification - prevents hallucination by grounding plans in reality Source: ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
npx skills add https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill investigating-a-codebaseUse when planning or designing features and need to understand current codebase state, find existing patterns, or verify assumptions about what exists; when design makes assumptions about file locations, structure, or existing code that need verification - prevents hallucination by grounding plans in reality Source: ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill investigating-a-codebase Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw
https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins