explore is agent-read markdown (skill) from ronaknnathani/relay: Build a verified, read-only understanding of a codebase or a slice of it — entry points, code flow, architecture, module boundaries, dependencies, data flow, build/test systems, and existing patterns. A shared sub-skill that clarify, plan, implement, and review call on demand when they need codebase context; not invoked directly by users. Never edits anything..
Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.
What the file says
# Explore
Build an accurate, cited map of a codebase — or one feature/area within it — so a downstream skill can
act on it. The output is understanding, not change: this skill **observes and reports only and must
never modify a file, run a mutating command, or write anything except its report.** The bar is a map a
reader can trust because every claim is either backed by a `file:line` reference or explicitly flagged
as unverified. Scope to the topic the caller named; do not map the whole repo when asked about a slice.
## Shared vocabulary
Use these terms so downstream skills that act on this map share one language:
- **Interface** — the surface a caller sees (signatures, exported names, public API).
- **Implementation** — the code behind that surface.
- **Module depth** — how much behavior an interface hides. A **deep** module hides a lot behind a
small interface (good — complexity is *concentrated*); a **shallow** one exposes nearly as much as it
hides (a thin pass-through that mostly *relocates* complexity).
- **Seam** — a boundary where behavior can be substituted or intercepted (an interface, a port, a
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Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
A 17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
pass: Frontmatter block present
pass: Frontmatter declares a name
pass: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5779 bytes)
pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
pass: No credential-shaped string
pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
pass: No text hidden with inline styles
pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
pass: No link to a raw IP address
pass: No script tag
Source
GitHub
ronaknnathani/relay · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-24 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_7cxd4a4eepld2qr5
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ronaknnathani/relay/explore
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ef244dc8fca7bb0f0ed1bdd6c6c96f0bc455bda9cffb0344803484da45f13fce
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