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acquire-codebase-knowledge

Use this skill when the user explicitly asks to map, document, or onboard into an existing codebase. Trigger for prompts like "map this codebase", "document this architecture", "onboard me to this repo", or "create codebase docs". Do not trigger for routine feature implementation, bug fixes, or narrow code edits unless the user asks for repository-level discovery.
Description from the SKILL.md front matter.

Install

GitHub CLI v2.90+ (Copilot by default)

gh skill install github/awesome-copilot acquire-codebase-knowledge

For Claude Code

gh skill install github/awesome-copilot acquire-codebase-knowledge --agent claude-code

For Codex

gh skill install github/awesome-copilot acquire-codebase-knowledge --agent codex

Commands follow each host's documentation (GitHub Copilot, plus Claude Code, Codex, Cursor via gh skill docs). gh skill needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later and is in public preview.

Listed from GitHub + community contributors's catalog, not reviewed by us. Read the source before installing.

Catalog: Awesome Copilot skills (GitHub)
Author: Not stated in the source
Source code: github/awesome-copilot
License: MIT
Repository stars: 40,178 for github/awesome-copilot (the whole catalog repo)
Version: 1.3
Added to catalog: Not tracked for this source
Last change: 2026-10-16 (last push to the repo)

What it contains

Skills: 1

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