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Unified codebase intelligence. Handles all questions about structure, logic, risk, and dependencies. Combines natural-language Q&A with deterministic lookups and pre-edit blast radius checks.

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$ npx -y skills add wednesday-solutions/ai-agent-skills --skill codebase-intel --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/codebase-intel

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The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

Unified codebase intelligence. Handles all questions about structure, logic, risk, and dependencies. Combines natural-language Q&A with deterministic lookups and pre-edit blast radius checks.

SKILL.md

codebase-intel.SKILL.md
name: codebase-intel
description: Unified codebase intelligence. Handles all questions about structure, logic, risk, and dependencies. Combines natural-language Q&A with deterministic lookups and pre-edit blast radius checks.
permissions:
  allow:
    - Bash(wednesday-skills query *)
    - Bash(wednesday-skills blast *)
    - Bash(wednesday-skills fill-gaps *)
    - Read(.wednesday/codebase/MASTER.md)
    - Bash(git log *)
    - Bash(git diff *)

Codebase Intelligence Specialist

This skill provides a comprehensive understanding of the project's structure, intent, and risk. Use it for everything from high-level architecture questions to detailed impact analysis before editing code.

When to use

1. Codebase Discovery & Q&A

  • "What does `tokenService` do?" (Summaries)
  • "Where is the payment logic located?" (Role/Path mapping)
  • "Show me an overview of the architecture." (Stats & Entry points)
  • "Who last touched this file?" (Git history)
  • "Find circular dependencies or dead code." (Structural audit)

2. Risk Assessment (Before Editing)

  • "Is it safe to change this function signature?"
  • "What is the blast radius of this file?"
  • "What will break if I delete this constant?"

3. Graph Maintenance

  • If a query returns "not mapped" or coverage is low.
  • If you notice missing dependencies in the graph.

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How to use — by task type

🔍 Discovery & Q&A

1. **File Summary**: `Bash(wednesday-skills query getFileSummary <file_path>)`

  • Returns: Role, Summary, Risk Score, and Blast Radius.

2. **Architecture Stats**: `Bash(wednesday-skills query getCodebaseStats)`

  • Use `getHighConfidenceEntryPoints` to identify the best starting files.

3. **Advanced Lookups**:

  • `Bash(wednesday-skills query getHighRiskFiles 70)` — find critical technical debt.
  • `Bash(wednesday-skills query getCircularDependencies)` — find architectural smells.
  • `Bash(wednesday-skills query getAllDeadCode)` — find unreachable modules.

4. **Context**: `Read .wednesday/codebase/MASTER.md` for danger zones and primary data flows. 5. **History**: `Bash(git log --follow --oneline -20 -- <file>)` for authorship.

⚠️ Pre-Edit Safety Check (Mandatory)

Before modifying any file, you MUST perform these checks: 1. **Check Risk**: `Bash(wednesday-skills query getFileSummary <file_path>)`

  • **Score 0–30**: Proceed directly.
  • **Score 31–60**: Inform dev of the risk, proceed with care.
  • **Score 61–80**: List direct dependents and transitive count; ask confirmation.
  • **Score 81–100**: **STOP**. Require explicit dev approval before touching.

2. **Blast Radius**: `Bash(wednesday-skills blast <file_path>::<symbol_optional>)`

  • Review direct/transitive callers. Use this for cross-language impact (Go/Py/JS).

🛠 Graph Maintenance & Gaps

If you hit "not mapped" or detect a missing link: 1. **Gap Check**: `Bash(sqlite3 .wednesday/graph.db "SELECT file_path, meta FROM nodes WHERE file_path LIKE '%<file>%'")`

  • Check `meta` for `gaps.eventEmitter`, `gaps.dynamic`, etc.

2. **Fill Gaps**: `Bash(wednesday-skills fill-gaps --file <file> --min-risk 50)`

  • *Rule*: Only edges with confidence > 0.70 are added automatically.

3. **Annotations**: If gaps persist, ask dev to add `// @wednesday-skills:connects-to <symbol> → <file>`. 4. **Refresh**: `Bash(wednesday-skills analyze --incremental)` after adding annotations.

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🚫 Never

  • **Guess**: If data is missing, report "Not mapped" and suggest `wednesday-skills map --full`.
  • **Skip Checks**: Never edit a file with risk > 80 without explicit dev confirmation.
  • **Token Bloat**: Do NOT read raw source files to answer structural questions.
  • **Add Unreliable Edges**: Never manually add edges with confidence below 0.70.

📄 Source Citation

Always end with the source:

  • `graph.db` — Structural/Summary data
  • `MASTER.md` — Architectural context
  • `git log` — History/Authorship
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