acquire-codebase-knowledge

You can map and document an existing codebase by running a scanning script from the project root. It analyzes project structures, manifest files, and CI/CD configurations to generate seven standardized documentation templates covering the stack, structure, and technical debt.

The best way to speed up developer onboarding is to generate a verifiable technical overview of the legacy repo. This automatically identifies high-churn files, highlights technical debt, and maps the architecture, preventing hours of manual code exploration.

Yes, you need Python 3.8 or higher and git installed to execute the scanning script. These dependencies are required to scan the project structure, validate findings against source files, and generate the architectural documentation.

The scanning process generates seven standardized documentation templates for a codebase. These include essential documents covering the STACK, ARCHITECTURE, and CONCERNS to ensure team alignment regarding the project structure and technical debt.

Yes, you can identify technical debt without manually reading every source file by running an automated discovery scan. It validates findings against source files to highlight high-churn areas and generate technical overviews, closing the onboarding gap.