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ishandutta2007 (@ishandutta2007) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Understand Project Yylo by ishandutta2007

Name: Understand Project Yylo
Author: ishandutta2007

Understand Project Yylo

Inspects a repository's architecture, dependencies, and validation loops before planning or implementing a requested change, so agent edits stay grounded in how the product actually works. Antigravity port of the YYLO understand-project skill.

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Use this skill when

The user asks to change, extend, or fix a product feature and the codebase is unfamiliar or only partially known.
Planning work that must respect existing architecture, conventions, and test loops.
You need a bounded architecture briefing (entry points, dependency paths, validation commands) before proposing an implementation.

Do not use

For trivial one-line edits in a file that is already open and understood.
As a substitute for reading the specific code you are about to edit — this skill frames the investigation, it does not replace it.
To delay delivery with unbounded exploration; every investigation step must trace back to the requested goal.

Instructions

1. Read the project's own instructions first

Read AGENTS.md, GEMINI.md, and CLAUDE.md at the repository root (whichever exist) before touching code; they define the working contract.
Check repository status (current branch, dirty files, recent commits) so the working state is known, not assumed.

2. Map only what the goal needs

Trace the entry points, modules, and runtime paths relevant to the requested change. Do not enumerate the whole tree.
Use bounded parallel investigation (parallel subagent probes) when independent questions justify it; keep each probe scoped to exactly one question.
Identify the dependency boundaries the change crosses: internal modules, external packages, network, and storage.

3. Find the validation loops

Identify how the project verifies itself: unit tests, integration tests, linters, type checks, and build steps.
Run the cheapest loop that covers the area you will touch, and record the baseline result before any edit is made.

4. Read the related work items

If the project tracks tasks or specs (Kanban board, issue tracker, docs/specs), read the items related to the goal.
Discover the layout from the repository's own instructions; do not assume a fixed path for task metadata.

5. Deliver the briefing

Summarize for the user: the architecture as it affects the goal, dependencies and their versions, validation loops with baseline status, and any constraint found in the project instructions.
Only then move on to planning or implementing the change.

Source

Ported for Google Antigravity from understand-project-yylo in the YYLO skills repository. YYLO (yylo-dev/yylo) is a command-line orchestrator for coding agents.

---name: understand-project-yylodescription: Inspects a repository's architecture, dependencies, and validation loops before planning or implementing a requested change, so agent edits stay grounded in how the product actually works. Antigravity port of the YYLO understand-project skill.license: MIT---## Use this skill when- The user asks to change, extend, or fix a product feature and the codebase is unfamiliar or only partially known.- Planning work that must respect existing architecture, conventions, and test loops.- You need a bounded architecture briefing (entry points, dependency paths, validation commands) before proposing an implementation.## Do not use- For trivial one-line edits in a file that is already open and understood.- As a substitute for reading the specific code you are about to edit — this skill frames the investigation, it does not replace it.- To delay delivery with unbounded exploration; every investigation step must trace back to the requested goal.## Instructions### 1. Read the project's own instructions first- Read `AGENTS.md`, `GEMINI.md`, and `CLAUDE.md` at the repository root (whichever exist) before touching code; they define the working contract.- Check repository status (current branch, dirty files, recent commits) so the working state is known, not assumed.### 2. Map only what the goal needs- Trace the entry points, modules, and runtime paths relevant to the requested change. Do not enumerate the whole tree.- Use bounded parallel investigation (parallel subagent probes) when independent questions justify it; keep each probe scoped to exactly one question.- Identify the dependency boundaries the change crosses: internal modules, external packages, network, and storage.### 3. Find the validation loops- Identify how the project verifies itself: unit tests, integration tests, linters, type checks, and build steps.- Run the cheapest loop that covers the area you will touch, and record the baseline result before any edit is made.### 4. Read the related work items- If the project tracks tasks or specs (Kanban board, issue tracker, docs/specs), read the items related to the goal.- Discover the layout from the repository's own instructions; do not assume a fixed path for task metadata.### 5. Deliver the briefing- Summarize for the user: the architecture as it affects the goal, dependencies and their versions, validation loops with baseline status, and any constraint found in the project instructions.- Only then move on to planning or implementing the change.## SourcePorted for Google Antigravity from [understand-project-yylo](https://github.com/yylo-dev/yylo-skills) in the YYLO skills repository. YYLO ([yylo-dev/yylo](https://github.com/yylo-dev/yylo)) is a command-line orchestrator for coding agents.

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