ark-explore

ark-explore is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from pedroknigge/arkgate. It costs 24 tokens per session (8,169 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A read-only map of a project's import rules and remaining design problems. It examines the actual source tree, not only command output.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect files across the project, identify and rank leftover work, and prepare one refactor for a separate applying step.
Why use it?
It helps distinguish a genuinely clean project from one that passes import checks but still has poor structure or design gaps.

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/pedroknigge/arkgate/ark-explore
Any agent
npx skills add pedroknigge/arkgate --skill ark-explore
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pedroknigge/arkgate

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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README.md
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Per session 24 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 8,169 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 $0.00024 $0.08169
Opus 5 $0.00012 $0.04084
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.01634
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00817

Measured today against content hash 73d154728dc7, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

ark-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 today.

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.

templates/agent-skills/ark-explore/SKILL.md · 472 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 472 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

/ark-explore — Recon the real project (map only)

When: you need a map, or leftover design work remains after imports look green. Not when: the user wants edits applied (/ark-autopilot) or session 0 (/ark-adopt).

Steps

  1. Read arkgate-check --doctor.
  2. Open the real tree (≥12 files across ≥4 dirs). CLI JSON alone is incomplete.
  3. Rank leftover work. Hand off to /ark-autopilot to apply one refactor. Do not write config or product code here.

Checklist

  • Doctor #1: if ENFORCE + empty plan A and gates are already installed → Shape (/ark-explore then /ark-autopilot). Do not say install-agent-gates.
  • Distinguish missing skills vs stale catalog. Installed ≠ stale.
  • Hook green is not tree green (scripted edits bypass PreToolUse).
  • Bug / false green / false red / missing doc / improvable behavior in ArkGate itself → draft one upstream GitHub issue (pedroknigge/arkgate or the installed package repository.url), ask the human to confirm send, then gh issue create. Never auto-file. Never file ArkGate defects on the consumer product repo.

Autonomy contract

Invoking this skill is the approval to map. Open the real tree. CLI JSON alone is incomplete. Do not write config or product code (that is /ark-adopt / /ark-autopilot). CLI budget: one doctor / coverage; then open ≥12 files across ≥4 dirs; then the map.

Still never: weaken the config; invent mechanical-safe kinds; claim healthy because plan A is empty while leftover design work remains; auto-file GitHub issues; file ArkGate defects on the consumer product repo; skip the human confirm step.

Report ArkGate defects (ask first)

This skill maps this tree. If recon shows a bug, false green, false red, missing doc, or improvable behavior in ArkGate itself (the arkgate package — not leftover design in the consumer app):

  1. Draft one GitHub issue for upstream (pedroknigge/arkgate, or package.json repository.url of the installed arkgate package).
  2. Ask the human in the loop to confirm send. Do not create the issue until they say yes.
  3. If confirmed, gh issue create with the logged-in account. One finding per issue. Include repro commands, version, and measured evidence.
  4. Never auto-file, batch-spam, or skip confirm. Never file ArkGate defects on the consumer product repo.

Read the full file on GitHub · 472 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. today Changed · +22 lines 73d154728dc7
  2. 4d ago First seen · 450 lines · 24 tokens per session scan A dca1774c4a36

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ark-explore is a skill published in the GitHub repository pedroknigge/arkgate (1 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 24 tokens to every session and 8,169 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.

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