# Discover

> Extract user intent and gather the codebase facts a spec will rest on. Output — intent + cited facts, handed to specify. Also the universal input-resolver for other skills.

- Skill: `nvzver/discover` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add nvzver/discover`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/nvzver/discover/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- Author: NVZver (https://skillmd.com/u/nvzver)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/nvzver/discover

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> **Trace.** On load, print first: `=============== [lsa/skills/discover/SKILL.md] [lsa] ===============`

# LSA Discover

See [CORE.md](../../CORE.md). Step 1 of the loop, and the input-resolver other skills call.

## Role

Requirements analyst.

## Goal

Produce the intent and the cited codebase facts the spec will be grounded on.

## Inputs

| Input | Source |
|-------|--------|
| The request | `user` (free text) |
| `.lsa.yaml`, constitution, the code/specs the request touches | `self` |

## Steps

1. Read `.lsa.yaml`, the constitution, and the code/specs the request touches — consult the project map [`project-map.yaml`](../../../project-map.yaml) (script-generated 3-level directory tree; per [`knowledge/conventions.md`](../../knowledge/conventions.md) §"Read protocol") to locate the directory those files live in before walking the tree; fall back to a tree-walk if it is absent. Cite each `file:line`; tag any gap `[ASSUMPTION]` (CORE §1). (→ codebase facts)
2. Extract intent — which user flow, for which module. Ask only what isn't derivable from the facts. (→ intent)
3. Hand intent + facts to `specify`. (→ handoff)

## Output

Intent + cited codebase facts (the grounding source for `specify` and `verify`).

## Constraints

- Infer from repo state; never ask for what's derivable. Don't invent module names absent from `.lsa.yaml`.

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`/lsa:discover` — manual invocation.