code-wiki-reconlisted
Install: claude install-skill yangwhale/CloseCrab
# Code Wiki Recon
Bootstrap understanding of an unfamiliar codebase by pulling Google Code Wiki's auto-generated architecture documentation. Saves significant manual `grep`/`Read` exploration on the first encounter.
## When to invoke
- User says "first time looking at X repo", "help me understand X's architecture", "what's in this codebase"
- Before doing any non-trivial work on a repo Claude hasn't seen before in this session
- When user shares a GitHub URL and asks for a high-level summary
Do NOT invoke when:
- The user is asking a specific runtime/optimization/debugging question — Code Wiki cannot answer these (see [references/limitations.md](references/limitations.md))
- The repo is small/trivial (<50 files) — just read it directly
- A cache already exists at `~/.claude/cache/code-wiki/{org}-{repo}.md` and the user hasn't asked for a refresh
## Required tool
Code Wiki is a SPA (Angular/boq) — its TOC and content are JS-rendered, so curl/WebFetch cannot extract them. A real browser is required.
Use **chrome-devtools-mcp** (preferred) or **playwright-mcp**. If neither is available on this bot, fall back to manual exploration (see Step 6 below) and tell the user Code Wiki recon is not possible in this environment.
## Workflow
### Step 1 — Detect coverage
```
chrome_navigate(https://codewiki.google/github.com/{Org}/{Repo})
chrome_take_snapshot()
```
Repo segment is **case-sensitive** in the URL — match the canonical GitHub casing (e.g., `AI-Hypercomputer/maxtext`,