EXPLORE

EXPLORE is a command for Claude Code from danielsimonjr/memory-mcp. It costs 11 tokens per session (1,023 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A project-exploration command that examines a codebase and records important project information in a knowledge graph and optionally in CLAUDE.md, a file containing instructions and project notes for the coding agent.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect package information, Git history and status, source and test files, entry points, recent changes, and new components, then update the project's stored knowledge.
Why use it?
It reduces the manual work of learning how a project is organized and keeping its notes current. It also helps identify recent changes, important files, tests, and major components.

Command for Claude Code

Part of the memory-mcp plugin — 1 skill, 9 commands, 1 MCP server 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 commands/danielsimonjr/memory-mcp/explore
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/danielsimonjr/memory-mcp

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install memory-mcp, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 1 skill, 9 commands, 1 MCP server.

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 EXPLORE

README.md
[![agentmods](https://agentmods.dev/badge/commands/danielsimonjr/memory-mcp/explore.svg)](https://agentmods.dev/commands/danielsimonjr/memory-mcp/explore)
Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/commands/danielsimonjr/memory-mcp/explore"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/commands/danielsimonjr/memory-mcp/explore.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>
Per session 11 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,023 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 $0.00011 $0.01023
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.00511
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00205
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00102

Measured 3d ago against content hash 9db5f2b0c49c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, 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 3d 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/commands/EXPLORE.md · 149 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 149 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Project Exploration & Knowledge Indexing

Explore the current project, index key information to memory, and optionally update CLAUDE.md.

Instructions

Perform a comprehensive project exploration and knowledge update:

Phase 1: Gather Current State

  1. Get project metadata:

    # Package info
    cat package.json | head -30
    
    # Git status
    git log --oneline -10
    git status --short
    
  2. Count and analyze source files:

    # TypeScript files
    find src -name "*.ts" | wc -l
    
    # Test files
    find src -name "*.test.ts" | wc -l
    
  3. Check for recent changes:

    git diff --stat HEAD~5
    
  4. Review key entry points:

    • Read src/memory/index.ts
    • Check src/memory/server/toolDefinitions.ts for tool count
    • Scan for new files not in CLAUDE.md

Phase 2: Update Knowledge Graph

  1. Search for existing project entity:

    • Use search_nodes with "memory-mcp"
  2. Create or update project entity:

    • If not exists: Create entity with type "project"
    • Add observations about current state:
      • Version number
      • Tool count
      • Test count
      • Recent changes summary
      • Key architectural patterns
  3. Create entities for new components:

    • Any new managers or major classes
    • New tool categories
    • New features discovered
  4. Update relations:

    • Connect components to the main project
    • Map dependencies between modules

Phase 3: CLAUDE.md Update (if --update-claude-md)

If --update-claude-md flag is provided, analyze and update CLAUDE.md:

  1. Check for discrepancies:

    • Version number in package.json vs CLAUDE.md
    • Tool count (grep toolDefinitions.ts vs documented 47)
    • Test count (run quick test --dry-run or count test files)
    • File counts per module
    • Dependencies in package.json vs documented
  2. Update outdated sections:

    • Version numbers
    • Tool counts
    • Test statistics
    • Dependency versions
    • New slash commands in commands list

Read the full file on GitHub · 149 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. 3d ago First seen · 149 lines · 11 tokens per session scan A 9db5f2b0c49c

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EXPLORE is a command published in the GitHub repository danielsimonjr/memory-mcp (3 stars, last pushed 4d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 11 tokens to every session and 1,023 once invoked, about $0.0001 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.