Codebase graph scout

Skill Arnie016/codex-prompt-templates/skills/codebase-graph-scout

Use graph-backed or semantic codebase intelligence before editing. Use when tasks need symbol search, blast radius, affected tests, architecture health, dependency paths, large-codebase context, Roam, CodeAlive, GraphRAG, or MCP code search. Skip for tiny scripts where rg/read is enough.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add Arnie016/codex-prompt-templates --skill codebase-graph-scout

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2 things to look at

1 stars1 stars. Stars are a popularity signal and not a quality one, but at this level it is likely that nobody has read this closely except its author, and you would be relying on your own review.
runs commandsInstructs the agent to run 6 commands, including `roam init` and 5 more.

SKILL.md

1.6 KB, 305 tokens by cl100k_base, as published. Nobody here has run it

Codebase Graph Scout

Prefer graph tools when the repo is large enough that raw file reading will waste context.

Tool Preference

Available tool	Use for
`roam-code`	local symbol graph, preflight, impact, health, affected tests
CodeAlive MCP	hosted semantic/GraphRAG code search with API key
`rg` + manifests	fallback for small repos or missing graph tools

Roam Loop

roam init
roam health
roam understand
roam context <symbol>
roam preflight <symbol>
roam affected-tests <symbol>

Use --json for parsing and --budget <n> when context is tight.

CodeAlive Loop

List data sources.
Run semantic_search or grep_search.
Fetch only the relevant artifacts.
Expand relationships for the smallest useful set.
Use chat/synthesis only after search results are insufficient.

Output

Return:

symbols/files to read
edit risk
likely tests
dependency or call paths that matter
what not to touch

Reference source patterns in references/source-repos.md.

Validation

The returned file/symbol set is smaller than a broad repo read.
Claimed impact paths cite graph/search output or exact files.
If graph tools are unavailable, the fallback rg/manifest path is stated.

What ships with it

Read from the repository

Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.