What problem does it solve?
This Skill helps teams and orchestrators investigate proposed features, design options, and code changes before committing to implementation by producing concise, structured exploration and impact analysis.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Codebase Investigation: Read entry points, related files, and tests to identify affected areas and dependencies.
- Approach Comparison: Lay out multiple implementation options with pros, cons, and estimated effort.
- Persistence & Conventions: Save exploration artifacts according to engram, openspec, or hybrid conventions and create exploration.md when tied to a named change.
- Use Case: Used when an orchestrator asks for a pre-change analysis for a new feature, refactor, or ambiguous requirement so the team can decide the next steps.
Quick Start
Ask the skill to explore a topic, specify the artifact mode (engram | openspec | hybrid | none), and include an optional change name to save the exploration.