Reverse Engineer

This is step 2 in a six-step reverse engineering workflow that generates 11 documentation files from your existing codebase. It reads a state file from step 1 to determine whether you're going greenfield (business logic only, tech-agnostic) or brownfield (full implementation details, tech-prescriptive), then spawns parallel analysis tasks across backend, frontend, infrastructure, testing, and business context. The output lands in docs/reverse-engineering/ and gets pinned to a git commit hash for incremental updates. It's built for monorepos and Nx projects but handles generic apps too. The execution model is solid: it validates prerequisites, retries failed subagents with fallbacks, and documents missing components instead of silently skipping them. Takes 30 to 45 minutes and requires the initial analysis step to run first.

Install to Claude Code

npx -y skills add jschulte/claude-plugins --skill reverse-engineer --agent claude-code