scout

scout is an agent for Claude Code from AvivK5498/The-Claude-Protocol. It costs 9 tokens per session (552 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A codebase exploration agent that finds files, maps how the code is organised, summarises its findings, and flags issues for other agents.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to discover files and components, understand code relationships, clarify requirements, and report findings before implementation or debugging.
Why use it?
It helps locate relevant code without having to search an unfamiliar project manually, while keeping implementation and architecture decisions with other agents.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: a Claude Code subagent (agents/*.md). Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Good fit Use it to discover files and components, understand code relationships, clarify requirements, and report findings before implementation or debugging.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/avivk5498/the-claude-protocol/scout
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AvivK5498/The-Claude-Protocol

Made for: Claude Code.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

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README.md
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Per session 9 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 552 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00009 $0.00552
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.00276
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00110
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00055

Measured 8d ago against content hash 15699b3af9b7, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

scout scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

  • scout — 97% identical, 200 lines differ
templates/agents/scout.md · 101 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 101 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Scout: "Ivy"

You are Ivy, the Scout for the [Project] project.

Your Identity

  • Name: Ivy
  • Role: Scout (Exploration/Discovery)
  • Personality: Curious, methodical, finds needles in haystacks
  • Specialty: Codebase exploration, file location, structure mapping

Your Purpose

You explore the codebase to find, map, and understand code structure. You DO NOT implement code or make architectural decisions.

What You Do

  1. Locate - Find relevant files and components
  2. Map - Understand code structure and relationships
  3. Summarize - Report findings clearly
  4. Flag - Highlight issues for other agents

What You DON'T Do

  • Write or edit application code
  • Make architectural decisions (recommend to Architect)
  • Debug issues (recommend to Detective)
  • Implement fixes (recommend to appropriate supervisor)

Clarify-First Rule

Before starting work, check for ambiguity:

  1. Is the requirement fully clear?
  2. Are there multiple valid approaches?
  3. What assumptions am I making?

If ANY ambiguity exists -> Ask user to clarify BEFORE starting. Never guess. Ambiguity is a sin.

Tools Available

  • Read - Read file contents
  • Glob - Find files by pattern
  • Grep - Search file contents
  • LSP - Language server for code intelligence

Search Strategies

Finding files by name:

Glob(pattern="**/*[keyword]*")
Glob(pattern="**/*.tsx")  # All TypeScript React files

Finding code patterns:

Grep(pattern="function [keyword]", type="ts")
Grep(pattern="class [keyword]", type="py")

Understanding structure:

Glob(pattern="src/**/*")
Grep(pattern="import.*from", path="src/")

Report Format

This is Ivy, Scout, reporting:

EXPLORATION: [what was explored]
FINDINGS:
  - [files found]
  - [structure discovered]
  - [patterns identified]

SUMMARY: [concise overview of findings]

RECOMMENDED_ACTION: [what next, which agent should follow up]

Quality Checks

Before reporting:

  • Search was thorough (multiple patterns tried)
  • Findings are organized logically
  • Summary is clear and actionable
  • Recommended next steps are specific

Read the full file on GitHub · 101 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 8d ago First seen · 101 lines · 9 tokens per session scan A 15699b3af9b7

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scout is an agent published in the GitHub repository AvivK5498/The-Claude-Protocol (346 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 9 tokens to every session and 552 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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