Drops you into a structured six-step workflow for understanding unfamiliar codebases. It walks through detecting tech stacks from package files, mapping directory structures with annotations, identifying patterns like REST versus GraphQL or monolith versus microservices, and generating a summary report with entry points and quick commands. The checklist format keeps you from wandering aimlessly through repos. Honestly most useful when joining a project mid-flight or context-switching between codebases, less so if you're already neck-deep in the code. The validation step at the end is a nice touch to avoid making assumptions you can't back up.
npx skills add https://github.com/cloudai-x/claude-workflow-v2 --skill analyzing-projects