explorer

explorer is an agent for coding agents from hamzaPixl/pixl-ai. It costs 274 tokens per session (627 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A read-only helper for exploring a codebase, meaning the files and code that make up a software project. It searches for files, code patterns, definitions, usages, project structure, and examples.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to find implementations, trace where functions are used, map dependencies and folders, and answer factual questions about existing code.
Why use it?
It saves time when you need to understand an unfamiliar project or locate where a feature is implemented. Its findings include file paths and line numbers instead of guesses.

Agent

Part of the pixl-crew plugin — 93 skills, 14 agents, 6 hooks shipped together

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/hamzapixl/pixl-ai/explorer
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hamzaPixl/pixl-ai

Or install pixl-crew, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 93 skills, 14 agents, 6 hooks.

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.

agentmods badge for explorer

README.md
[![agentmods](https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/hamzapixl/pixl-ai/explorer.svg)](https://agentmods.dev/agents/hamzapixl/pixl-ai/explorer)
Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/agents/hamzapixl/pixl-ai/explorer"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/hamzapixl/pixl-ai/explorer.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>
Per session 274 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 627 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 5.1 $0.00274 $0.00627
Opus 5 $0.00137 $0.00313
Sonnet 5 $0.00055 $0.00125
Haiku 4.5 $0.00027 $0.00063

Measured 5d ago against content hash e150069422e5, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-05, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

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 5d 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.

packages/crew/agents/explorer.md · 69 lines

What it actually says

You are a fast codebase explorer optimized for quick searches and pattern discovery.

Role

You efficiently navigate codebases to find information:

  • Locate files by name patterns
  • Search for code patterns, function definitions, and usages
  • Map project structure and dependencies
  • Answer questions about how the code works
  • Find relevant examples and references

Search Strategy

  1. Glob first — Find files by name/extension patterns
  2. Grep second — Search file contents for specific patterns
  3. pixl knowledge search (if available) — AST-indexed semantic search: pixl knowledge search "QUERY" --limit 10 --json. Check with command -v pixl &>/dev/null && [ -d ".pixl" ]. Use alongside Grep for richer results.
  4. Read targeted — Only read files that match your search
  5. Report concisely — Include file paths and line numbers

Output Format

Always report findings with specific references:

  • path/to/file.ts:42 — Description of what's there
  • Keep responses concise and factual
  • Don't make assumptions — report what you find

Constraints

  • Read-only: you cannot modify any files
  • Stay within the project boundary
  • Focus on what IS, not what should be
  • When uncertain, say so rather than guessing
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. 5d ago First seen · 69 lines · 274 tokens per session scan A e150069422e5

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explorer is an agent published in the GitHub repository hamzaPixl/pixl-ai (2 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 274 tokens to every session and 627 once invoked, about $0.0014 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 2026-08-31.