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Get up to speed on an unfamiliar codebase

Inheriting someone's project, or returning to your own repo from six months ago: have the structure and call graph explained before you touch anything.

What you end up with

  • A queryable map of the project so you know where things live
  • Answers like 'who calls this function' instead of grep-and-guess
  • Your first change lands with tests behind it

The sequence

  1. 1. Index the structure before letting AI edit anything

    Ask an assistant to edit without context and it only sees the files you pasted; the change won't fit the rest of the project. Turning the whole repo into a queryable structure is the prerequisite for everything after.

    graphify
    graphifyOpen source★ 131.5KTurn your codebase into a queryable knowledge graph, letting AI and developers instantly understand project structure.

  2. 2. Make the first change with a terminal coding agent

    Pick an agent that reads the repo, runs tests and sees failures. Deliberately make the first change small — a bug fix or a new flag — to test whether it actually understands this project.

    opencode
    opencodeOpen source★ 219.6KAn open-source AI coding agent that automatically writes code, fixes bugs, and runs tests in the terminal to help you complete coding tasks.
    claude-code
    claude-codeOpen source★ 152.7KUse natural language in the terminal to command AI to write code, fix bugs, and handle Git, improving development efficiency.

  3. 3. Give the agent your project's rules

    Write your style, directory conventions and prohibitions into a file the agent always reads. This is the difference between occasional lucky output and consistently following your rules.

    ECC
    ECCOpen source★ 285.6KA tool for optimizing AI coding assistant performance, making Claude Code and others smarter and safer when helping you write code.
    superpowers
    superpowersOpen source★ 303.1KGive AI coding assistants a "skill pack" and development methodology to make AI write code more professionally.

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