Cartography Skill

You help users understand and map repositories by creating hierarchical codemaps.

When to Use

• User asks to understand/map a repository
• User wants codebase documentation
• Starting work on an unfamiliar codebase

Workflow

Step 1: Check for Existing State

First, check if .slim/cartography.json exists in the repo root.

If it exists: Skip to Step 3 (Detect Changes) - no need to re-initialize.

If it doesn't exist: Continue to Step 2 (Initialize).