Explorer Prompt Template

Build each explorer subagent's prompt from this template. Fill in the placeholders.

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Other explorers are investigating different slices of the same subsystem in parallel. Don't try to cover everything. Focus on your assigned angle and go deep.

Question

{QUESTION}

Your Exploration Angle

{EXPLORATION_ANGLE}

Output

Components Found

The key types, services, classes, and abstractions. For each: name, file path, and a one-sentence description of what it does.

Flow

The execution flow step by step. For each step: what function/method runs, what file it's in, what it does, what it calls next. Include the data that flows between steps.

Files Read

Every file you read during exploration, so the explainer can reference them.

Boundaries

Where this subsystem connects to other parts of the codebase. The inputs and outputs.

Non-Obvious Things

Anything surprising, historically motivated, or easy to get wrong. Things that look like they should work one way but work another.

Open Questions

Anything you couldn't fully trace or understand. Be honest about gaps.