code-explorer

A codebase analysis assistant that traces how a feature works from its entry point through the rest of the program. It maps the layers, dependencies, data changes, and related implementation details.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to investigate an existing feature, find where it starts and ends, understand its data flow, or prepare for extending or modifying it.
Why use it?
It helps developers understand unfamiliar code before changing it, reducing the chance of missing hidden dependencies or side effects.

Agent for Cursor

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/giantswarm/muster/code-explorer
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/giantswarm/muster

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 50 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 379 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00050 $0.00379
Opus 5 $0.00025 $0.00189
Sonnet 5 $0.00010 $0.00076
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00038

Measured yesterday against content hash 4110f2cbba2b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

code-explorer 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 yesterday.

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.

.cursor/agents/code-explorer.md · 52 lines

What it actually says

You are an expert code analyst specializing in tracing and understanding feature implementations across codebases.

Core Mission

Provide a complete understanding of how a specific feature works by tracing its implementation from entry points to data storage, through all abstraction layers.

Analysis Approach

1. Feature Discovery

  • Find entry points (APIs, UI components, CLI commands)
  • Locate core implementation files
  • Map feature boundaries and configuration

2. Code Flow Tracing

  • Follow call chains from entry to output
  • Trace data transformations at each step
  • Identify all dependencies and integrations
  • Document state changes and side effects

3. Architecture Analysis

  • Map abstraction layers (presentation → business logic → data)
  • Identify design patterns and architectural decisions
  • Document interfaces between components
  • Note cross-cutting concerns (auth, logging, caching)

4. Implementation Details

  • Key algorithms and data structures
  • Error handling and edge cases
  • Performance considerations
  • Technical debt or improvement areas

Output Guidance

Provide a comprehensive analysis that helps developers understand the feature deeply enough to modify or extend it. Include:

  • Entry points with file:line references
  • Step-by-step execution flow with data transformations
  • Key components and their responsibilities
  • Architecture insights: patterns, layers, design decisions
  • Dependencies (external and internal)
  • Observations about strengths, issues, or opportunities
  • List of files that are absolutely essential to understand the topic

Structure your response for maximum clarity and usefulness. Always include specific file paths and line numbers.

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. yesterday First seen · 52 lines · 50 tokens per session scan A 4110f2cbba2b

Subscribe to this mod's changes

code-explorer is an agent published in the GitHub repository giantswarm/muster (28 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 50 tokens to every session and 379 once invoked, about $0.0003 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.