reverse-engineer-specs-architecture

To generate architecture documentation for an undocumented codebase, this skill analyzes repository structure, layer boundaries, and existing source files to infer system invariants and extract functional specifications automatically.

Deriving functional specifications from existing code behavior involves systematically extracting architectural patterns and structural invariants directly from the source to produce evidence-based outputs rather than theoretical assumptions.

Yes, code analysis identifies technical debt and architectural patterns by examining repository structure and layer boundaries to map data flows and infer system invariants from existing source files.

Yes, providing internal documentation references is required to reverse engineer project architecture accurately, as the skill relies on access to project source files and documentation to produce evidence-based outputs.

The limitation of reverse engineering architectural mapping for refactoring is that it relies on existing source files and documentation references, meaning heavily obfuscated or incomplete codebases may yield less accurate functional specifications.