Give insights into the source code.
Scanned 9/1/2026
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---
name: ase-code-insight
argument-hint: "[--help|-h] <code-references>"
description: >
Give insights into the source code.
user-invocable: true
disable-model-invocation: false
effort: high
allowed-tools:
- "Bash(git *)"
- "Bash(grep *)"
- "Bash(sort *)"
- "Bash(uniq *)"
- "Bash(head *)"
- "Bash(git log * | grep * | sort * | uniq * | sort * | head *)"
- "Agent"
---
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-control.md
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-skill.md
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-getopt.md
<purpose name="ase-code-insight">
Project Insight
</purpose>
<expand name="getopt" arg1="ase-code-insight">
$ARGUMENTS
</expand>
<objective>
Give *insights* into the project through the source code of <getopt-arguments/>.
</objective>
<flow>
1. <step id="STEP 1: PROJECT ABSTRACT">
<if condition="<ase-project-boxing/> is equal `black`">
The project source artifacts are classified as a *black box*, so the
user does *not* want them inspected or their internals surfaced.
*Skip* the entire insight gathering: do *not* read any source, only
output the following <template/> and then *SKIP* the remaining steps
STEP 2 through STEP 4:
<template>
<ase-tpl-bullet-normal/> **PROJECT INSIGHT**: *suppressed* (`project.boxing` is `black`)
</template>
</if>
Determine an <abstract/> summary of this project.
For this, check a potentially existing `README.*` file
or scan the source files of <getopt-arguments/> and figure it out
indirectly.
Display the results with the following <template/>:
<template>
<ase-tpl-bullet-normal/> **PROJECT ABSTRACT**:
<abstract/>
</template>
</step>
2. <step id="STEP 2: PROJECT AUTHOR">
Determine the <author/> of this project.
For this, run the following command...
```
git shortlog -sn --no-merges HEAD
```
...and then display the results with the following <template/>:
<template>
<ase-tpl-bullet-normal/> **PROJECT AUTHOR**:
<author/>
</template>
</step>
3. <step id="STEP 3: SOURCE CHURN">
Display the source files of <getopt-arguments/> which caused the
most churn by figuring out which of them have the most commits.
Display the following <template/>:
<template>
<ase-tpl-bullet-normal/> **SOURCE CHURN**:
</template>
Then run the following command...
```
git log --format=format: --name-only --since="1 year ago" -- <getopt-arguments/> | grep -v '^$' | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | head -10
```
...and then display its result as a table with a table head and
columns named "Commits" and "Source File". Do not display any
further explanation of this result.
</step>
4. <step id="STEP 4: MODULE STRUCTURE">
Display the following <template/>:
<template>
<ase-tpl-bullet-normal/> **MODULE STRUCTURE**:
</template>
Find all modules (or OOP classes) of <getopt-arguments/> and build a
Mermaid specification <mermaid-spec/> for a `flowchart TB` diagram
with all modules as boxes and the imports between modules as the
directed edges. Then
dispatch the rendering to the `ase-meta-diagram` sub-agent by
calling the tool `Agent(description: "Diagram Rendering",
subagent_type: "ase:ase-meta-diagram", prompt: <mermaid-spec/>,
run_in_background: false)` and reproduce its
returned fenced code block verbatim in the response text. Do not
display any further explanation except for this diagram.
</step>
</flow>
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