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.
npx skills add ronmkr/PromptBook --skill codebase-onboardinggit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ronmkr/PromptBookWrote 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.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/ronmkr/promptbook/codebase-onboarding)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/ronmkr/promptbook/codebase-onboarding"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/ronmkr/promptbook/codebase-onboarding/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/ronmkr/promptbook/codebase-onboarding"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/ronmkr/promptbook/codebase-onboarding.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00054 | $0.01972 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00027 | $0.00986 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00011 | $0.00394 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00197 |
Grade A, and why
codebase-onboarding 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 5d 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.
This is a copy
89% identical to codebase-onboarding — 29 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 234 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Codebase Onboarding
Systematically analyze an unfamiliar codebase and produce a structured onboarding guide. Designed for developers joining a new project or setting up The Agent Code in an existing repo for the first time.
When to Use
- First time opening a project with The Agent Code
- Joining a new team or repository
- User asks "help me understand this codebase"
- User asks to generate a CLAUDE.md for a project
- User says "onboard me" or "walk me through this repo"
How It Works
Phase 1: Reconnaissance
Gather raw signals about the project without reading every file. Run these checks in parallel:
1. Package manifest detection
→ package.json, go.mod, Cargo.toml, pyproject.toml, pom.xml, build.gradle,
Gemfile, composer.json, mix.exs, pubspec.yaml
2. Framework fingerprinting
→ next.config.*, nuxt.config.*, angular.json, vite.config.*,
django settings, flask app factory, fastapi main, rails config
3. Entry point identification
→ main.*, index.*, app.*, server.*, cmd/, src/main/
4. Directory structure snapshot
→ Top 2 levels of the directory tree, ignoring node_modules, vendor,
.git, dist, build, __pycache__, .next
5. Config and tooling detection
→ .eslintrc*, .prettierrc*, tsconfig.json, Makefile, Dockerfile,
docker-compose*, .github/workflows/, .env.example, CI configs
6. Test structure detection
→ tests/, test/, __tests__/, *_test.go, *.spec.ts, *.test.js,
pytest.ini, jest.config.*, vitest.config.*
Phase 2: Architecture Mapping
From the reconnaissance data, identify:
Tech Stack
- Language(s) and version constraints
- Framework(s) and major libraries
- Database(s) and ORMs
- Build tools and bundlers
- CI/CD platform
Architecture Pattern
- Monolith, monorepo, microservices, or serverless
- Frontend/backend split or full-stack
- API style: REST, GraphQL, gRPC, tRPC
Key Directories Map the top-level directories to their purpose:
src/components/ → React UI components
src/api/ → API route handlers
src/lib/ → Shared utilities
src/db/ → Database models and migrations
tests/ → Test suites
scripts/ → Build and deployment scripts
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.
- 5d ago First seen · 234 lines · 54 tokens per session scan A a30a19d6c57f
codebase-onboarding is a skill published in the GitHub repository ronmkr/PromptBook (2 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 54 tokens to every session and 1,972 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 89% identical to codebase-onboarding, differing in 29 lines, and is treated as a copy.
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