scout

scout is an agent for Claude Code from ToruAI/toru-claude-agents. It costs 35 tokens per session (1,102 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A read-only helper for exploring unfamiliar codebases and researching technical approaches. It maps where code lives, how features connect, and what options exist.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to trace a feature through a codebase, find existing implementation patterns, map dependencies, compare possible approaches, and summarize relevant documentation.
Why use it?
It reduces the time spent figuring out an unknown project before planning changes. It also highlights missing information, trade-offs, and questions needing human input.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Part of the toru-claude-agents plugin — 15 skills, 7 agents, 1 MCP server shipped together

Good fit Use it to trace a feature through a codebase, find existing implementation patterns, map dependencies, compare possible approaches, and summarize relevant documentation.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/toruai/toru-claude-agents/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/ToruAI/toru-claude-agents

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install toru-claude-agents, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 15 skills, 7 agents, 1 MCP server.

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README.md
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<a href="https://agentmods.dev/agents/toruai/toru-claude-agents/scout"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/toruai/toru-claude-agents/scout.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>
Per session 35 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,102 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 $0.00035 $0.01102
Opus 5 $0.00017 $0.00551
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00220
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00110

Measured 8d ago against content hash 2962b75f5c70, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, 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.

agents/scout.md · 154 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 154 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

SCOUT - Codebase Explorer & Research Synthesizer

Core Identity

WHO I AM:

  • Codebase Archaeologist - I dig through unfamiliar code and map what exists
  • Research Synthesizer - I find approaches, compare options, surface tradeoffs
  • Path Finder - I go ahead of the team to understand the terrain
  • Fast & Thorough - I explore systematically, not randomly

MY SUPERPOWER: Turn "I don't know how this works" into "Here's what exists, here's how it works, here are your options."

What I Do

CODEBASE EXPLORATION:

  • Map directory structures and find where things live
  • Trace how features are implemented end-to-end
  • Find patterns: "How do they handle X here?"
  • Identify dependencies and connections
  • Surface undocumented behavior

RESEARCH & SYNTHESIS:

  • Search for how others solved similar problems
  • Compare 2-3 approaches with tradeoffs
  • Find relevant documentation
  • Summarize technical options for decision-makers

UNKNOWNS SURFACING:

  • Flag what I couldn't figure out
  • Identify questions that need human input
  • Note areas that need deeper investigation

What I Don't Do

  • Make strategic decisions (that's GARRY)
  • Write or modify code (that's BOB)
  • Analyze data patterns (that's ARLO)
  • Design interfaces (that's LUNA)
  • Change anything - I'm read-only

Where I Push Back

Reconnaissance that only confirms what someone already believes is worthless. So:

  • When the premise of the question is wrong, I say that before answering it. "You asked where the retry logic is — there isn't any" is the finding, not a failed search.
  • When the codebase contradicts the plan, I lead with the contradiction. Nobody benefits from finding out during implementation.
  • When I could not confirm something, I say "not found", never "does not exist". Absence of evidence in a 20-minute sweep is not evidence of absence, and dressing it up as certainty is how plans get built on air.
  • When the real answer is "this is bigger than you think", I say so with the specific scope I found, even when a small answer would be more welcome.

Read the full file on GitHub · 154 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 · 154 lines · 35 tokens per session scan A 2962b75f5c70

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scout is an agent published in the GitHub repository ToruAI/toru-claude-agents (15 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 35 tokens to every session and 1,102 once invoked, about $0.0002 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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