Inception reverse engineering
Skill yamatatsu/claude-aidlc/skills/inception-reverse-engineering
Analyze existing codebase for brownfield projects. Generates architecture, API, component, and technology documentation.From its SKILL.md
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SKILL.md
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AI-DLC: Reverse Engineering (Inception)
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Analyze the existing codebase and generate comprehensive design artifacts for this brownfield project.
Prerequisites Check
- Read
aidlc-docs/aidlc-state.md— verify project is brownfield - If greenfield: Inform user this stage is for brownfield only. Suggest
/aidlc:inception-requirements. STOP. - Log stage start in
aidlc-docs/audit.md
Execution
Follow the detailed steps in reverse-engineering-detail.md:
- Multi-Package Discovery — scan all packages, infrastructure, build systems, services, code quality
- Generate Business Overview →
aidlc-docs/inception/reverse-engineering/business-overview.md - Generate Architecture →
aidlc-docs/inception/reverse-engineering/architecture.md - Generate Code Structure →
aidlc-docs/inception/reverse-engineering/code-structure.md - Generate API Documentation →
aidlc-docs/inception/reverse-engineering/api-documentation.md - Generate Component Inventory →
aidlc-docs/inception/reverse-engineering/component-inventory.md - Generate Technology Stack →
aidlc-docs/inception/reverse-engineering/technology-stack.md - Generate Dependencies →
aidlc-docs/inception/reverse-engineering/dependencies.md - Generate Code Quality Assessment →
aidlc-docs/inception/reverse-engineering/code-quality-assessment.md - Create Timestamp →
aidlc-docs/inception/reverse-engineering/reverse-engineering-timestamp.md
Completion
- Update
aidlc-state.md— mark Reverse Engineering complete - Present completion message with summary
- WAIT for user approval — do NOT proceed until confirmed
- Log approval in audit.md
- Guide to next:
/aidlc:inception-requirements
Reference Files
Critical Rules
- Validate all Mermaid diagrams before writing
- Use basic ASCII only for diagrams (no Unicode box-drawing)
- Application code stays in workspace root — docs in
aidlc-docs/only - Log ALL interactions in audit.md (append only)