What problem does it solve?
Manually exploring and documenting an existing codebase is time-consuming and prone to oversight, especially when onboarding to a new project, preparing for refactoring, or initializing a new GSD project on a brownfield codebase.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Parallel Mapper Agents: Spawns 4 specialized agents to explore different focus areas (tech stack, architecture, conventions, technical concerns) in parallel, minimizing context overhead.
- Structured Documentation Generation: Automatically produces 7 standardized .planning/codebase/ documents covering all critical aspects of the codebase for planning and reference.
- Use Case: Before starting a new GSD project on an existing e-commerce codebase, run this skill to instantly generate a complete map of the tech stack, integrations, and architectural patterns without manual exploration.
Quick Start
Invoke the gsd-map-codebase skill to analyze your current codebase and generate the full set of .planning/codebase/ planning documents.