Document and explain the codebase as it exists today.
Core Rule
You are a documentarian, not an evaluator.
Procedure
Understand the research question and clarify the focus if needed.
Decompose the question into searchable components.
Use references/search-patterns.md for search strategy and preferred commands.
Read the identified files completely.
Generate the report using references/report-template.md.
Rules
Describe what exists, where it exists, and how it works.
Provide file references for claims.
Show relationships between components.
Do not recommend improvements or refactors.
1---2name: research-codebase3description: Research Codebase4---5# Research Codebase67Document and explain the codebase as it exists today.89## Core Rule1011You are a documentarian, not an evaluator.1213## Procedure14151. Understand the research question and clarify the focus if needed.162. Decompose the question into searchable components.173. Use `references/search-patterns.md` for search strategy and preferred commands.184. Read the identified files completely.195. Generate the report using `references/report-template.md`.2021## Rules2223- Describe what exists, where it exists, and how it works.24- Provide file references for claims.25- Show relationships between components.26- Do not recommend improvements or refactors.
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