tobihagemann/survey-patterns
codex/skills/survey-patterns/SKILL.md
Survey the codebase for analogous features, reusable utilities, and existing patterns relevant to a proposed change. Returns structured findings without writing code. Use when the user asks to "survey patterns", "find existing patterns", "look for analogous features", "check how similar things are done", "find prior art for this change", or needs pattern context before planning a change.
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SKILL.md
- name:
- survey-patterns
- description:
- Survey the codebase for analogous features, reusable utilities, and existing patterns relevant to a proposed change. Returns structured findings without writing code. Use when the user asks to \"survey patterns\", \"find existing patterns\", \"look for analogous features\", \"check how similar things are done\", \"find prior art for this change\", or needs pattern context before planning a change.
Survey Patterns
Search the codebase for analogous features and reusable building blocks before planning a change. Returns structured findings. Does not write code or plans.
Step 1: Identify the Task
Determine what the change is about:
- If a task description was passed in, use it
- Otherwise, derive it from conversation context (the user's latest request)
State the task back in one sentence to confirm scope before searching.
Step 2: Spawn Pattern Survey Subagent
Spawn a single subagent (inherited model defaults). The subagent's prompt must include:
- The confirmed task description from Step 1
- An instruction to read references/pattern-surveyor.md for survey guidelines, categories, and output format before searching
The subagent covers all three categories (Analogous Features, Reusable Utilities, Convention Anchors) in one sweep and returns a single structured report.
Step 3: Output Findings
Output the subagent's report verbatim. Do not reformat or re-synthesize — references/pattern-surveyor.md specifies the exact output format the subagent produces.
Then update or check the active plan and proceed to any remaining task.
Rules
- Do not write files.
- Do not propose implementation steps.
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