ai-dev-standards: Agent for Claude Code

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explore is an agent for Claude Code from daffy0208/ai-dev-standards. It costs 0 tokens per session (2,329 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A configurable agent for quickly learning how a codebase is organized and how its main parts fit together. A codebase is the complete collection of files that make up a software project.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect folders, identify technologies and entry points, discover patterns, analyze dependencies, and create an overview of a project’s architecture.
Why use it?
It reduces the time needed to understand an unfamiliar project before making changes. Its quick, medium, and very thorough modes let you choose between speed and depth.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: installed under .claude/.

This is daffy0208/ai-dev-standards's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on ai-dev-standards itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything ai-dev-standards configures →

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Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to daffy0208/ai-dev-standards. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/daffy0208/ai-dev-standards/main/.claude/agents/explore.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/daffy0208/ai-dev-standards

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When invoked 2,329 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.
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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00000 $0.02329
Opus 5.5 $0.00000 $0.00932
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00000 $0.00466
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00233

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 970c38e65c19, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

explore 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 1mo 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.

.claude/agents/explore.md · 546 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 546 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Explore Agent

Fast, configurable codebase exploration agent for understanding project architecture and structure.

Overview

The Explore Agent is optimized for:

  • Initial codebase assessment
  • Architecture understanding
  • Pattern discovery
  • Rapid familiarization

Key Feature: Three thoroughness modes (quick, medium, very thorough)

Thoroughness Modes

Quick Mode

Speed: Fast (seconds to minutes) Depth: Surface-level overview

Best For:

  • Quick sanity checks
  • Initial repository assessment
  • Finding specific patterns
  • High-level architecture overview

What It Does:

  • Scans directory structure
  • Identifies main technologies
  • Maps key files and folders
  • Generates quick summary

Example:

Task: Get overview of React project structure
Mode: Quick
Time: 30 seconds
Output: Directory tree, tech stack, entry points

Medium Mode (Default)

Speed: Moderate (5-15 minutes) Depth: Balanced exploration

Best For:

  • General codebase exploration
  • Understanding project organization
  • Identifying major components
  • Balanced depth vs. speed

What It Does:

  • Comprehensive directory scan
  • File content sampling
  • Dependency analysis
  • Pattern identification
  • Architecture mapping

Example:

Task: Understand authentication flow
Mode: Medium
Time: 10 minutes
Output: Auth components, API endpoints, data flow, dependencies

Very Thorough Mode

Speed: Slow (30+ minutes) Depth: Deep, comprehensive analysis

Best For:

  • Complete system understanding
  • Pre-refactoring analysis
  • Security audits
  • Documentation generation
  • Complex system mapping

What It Does:

  • Reads all relevant files
  • Deep dependency analysis
  • Cross-reference mapping
  • Pattern correlation
  • Comprehensive reporting

Example:

Task: Map entire microservices architecture
Mode: Very Thorough
Time: 45 minutes
Output: Complete service map, API contracts, data flows, dependencies

When to Use Explore Agent

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Changes

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explore is an agent published in the GitHub repository daffy0208/ai-dev-standards (38 stars, last pushed 10mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 2,329 tokens. 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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