codebase-evolution-controller

A controlled process for moving a software project from its current versions or data formats to new ones while keeping users and connected systems working.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to map affected components, plan compatibility periods, stage rollouts, define rollback conditions, and remove old paths after agreed checks pass.
Why use it?
It reduces breakage during dependency upgrades, framework changes, database migrations, and API or storage transitions.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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 skills/cmdr-chara/codex-toolkit/codebase-evolution-controller
Any agent
npx skills add cmdr-chara/codex-toolkit --skill codebase-evolution-controller
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cmdr-chara/codex-toolkit

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 81 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,903 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 $0.00081 $0.01903
Opus 5 $0.00041 $0.00951
Sonnet 5 $0.00016 $0.00381
Haiku 4.5 $0.00008 $0.00190

Measured yesterday against content hash d18fa62d1a7a, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

codebase-evolution-controller 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.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 1 executable file (scripts/manifest_inventory.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

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.

skills/codebase-evolution-controller/SKILL.md · 215 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 215 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Codebase Evolution Controller

Treat evolution as a controlled state transition, not a version-number edit.

Trigger boundary

Use this skill for:

  • upgrading a framework, runtime, SDK, compiler, database, or major dependency;
  • migrating API, event, storage, serialization, or configuration contracts;
  • planning dual-read/dual-write, compatibility adapters, canaries, or phased client transitions;
  • removing a deprecated path after measurable exit criteria are met.

Do not trigger for:

  • finding why the current system fails—use debugging-investigator first;
  • adding a feature that does not change a compatibility boundary;
  • package shopping without a concrete repository and decision;
  • approving a release—hand integrated evidence to verification-and-release.

Required inputs

Capture:

  1. repository state and relevant component/consumer map;
  2. current state, desired target, business/technical reason, and deadline;
  3. supported runtimes/platforms and external consumers;
  4. production data/configuration and deployment topology;
  5. rollback constraints, maintenance window, and acceptable compatibility period;
  6. current primary-source evidence for target compatibility and security.

If target state is not specified, compare feasible targets and recommend one with evidence; do not silently choose “latest.”

Safety baseline

  • Inspect and preserve uncommitted work.
  • Read manifests and lockfiles before proposing commands. Never assume package manager, workspace, or build mode.
  • Do not run automatic upgrade, code-mod, formatter, migration, or generator tools without first recording scope, expected changes, version, and rollback.
  • Never edit generated outputs without identifying and running the authoritative generator.
  • Back up or snapshot production data through the system's established mechanism before irreversible transitions; do not invent a backup command.
  • Avoid destructive database or Git commands. Rehearse rollback against representative data where consequence warrants it.

Read the full file on GitHub · 215 lines

Files

What ships with it

4 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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 · 215 lines · 81 tokens per session scan A d18fa62d1a7a

Subscribe to this mod's changes

codebase-evolution-controller is a skill published in the GitHub repository cmdr-chara/codex-toolkit (2 stars, last pushed 4d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 81 tokens to every session and 1,903 once invoked, about $0.0004 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.

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