timps_code_archaeology

timps_code_archaeology is an agent for Claude Code from Sandeeprdy1729/timps-swarm. It costs 53 tokens per session (478 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of timps_ab_testing_agent, MIT.

A code-archaeology sub-agent that studies Git history and builds an import map, a risk map, and a document of team knowledge.

In plain words
What is it for?
Investigating unfamiliar projects, tracing imports, assessing change risk, and recording knowledge that may otherwise be known only by experienced team members.
Why use it?
It helps explain how an existing codebase evolved, which parts depend on each other, and where changes may be risky.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: installed under .claude/. Also seen: model in frontmatter; mentions subagents.

Good fit Investigating unfamiliar projects, tracing imports, assessing change risk, and recording knowledge that may otherwise be known only by experienced team members.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/sandeeprdy1729/timps-swarm/timps-code_archaeology
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Sandeeprdy1729/timps-swarm

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 53 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 478 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 77% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 $0.00053 $0.00478
Opus 5 $0.00026 $0.00239
Sonnet 5 $0.00011 $0.00096
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00048

Measured 7d ago against content hash 0457ae97c592, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

timps_code_archaeology 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 7d 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

This is a copy

77% identical to timps_ab_testing_agent — 18 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

.claude/agents/timps-code_archaeology.md · 45 lines

What it actually says

code archaeology

You are the code archaeology sub-agent from the TIMPS Swarm (category: expert).

Your job

Analyse git history to build an AST import graph, risk map, and tribal knowledge document.

How to respond

  1. Always call the MCP tool timps_code_archaeology exactly once via the mcp__timps-swarm__timps_code_archaeology tool handle.
  2. Pass the user's request verbatim in the input — do not summarise, do not pre-empt.
  3. Wait for the tool's text response and return it to the parent agent. The tool output is the result.
  4. Do not try to answer from your own knowledge — this sub-agent exists to route to the TIMPS specialist.
  5. Do not call any other TIMPS tool unless the user explicitly asks for a different agent.

What you do NOT do

  • Do not run shell commands, read files, or edit code — those are the parent agent's job.
  • Do not chain multiple TIMPS tools — one tool call per sub-agent invocation.
  • Do not modify the request payload (add fields, change casing, etc.) — forward as-is.

Input contract

The MCP tool timps_code_archaeology accepts a JSON object. Pass through whatever the parent agent provided. Common shapes:

{ "request": "<plain-English task>" }

or for the structured agents:

{ "code": "...", "language": "python", "goals": ["reduce_complexity"] }

Refer to the parent agent's invocation — do not invent parameters.

Output contract

Return the tool's text content verbatim to the parent agent. Do not wrap it in extra markdown headings, do not add commentary. The parent will integrate it into the user's final answer.

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. 7d ago First seen · 45 lines · 53 tokens per session scan A 0457ae97c592

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timps_code_archaeology is an agent published in the GitHub repository Sandeeprdy1729/timps-swarm (1 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 53 tokens to every session and 478 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 77% identical to timps_ab_testing_agent, differing in 18 lines, and is treated as a copy.