---
title: "explore"
description: "This is followed by Plan, then Execute. author: Galen Ward version: 1.0.0 ---"
type: skill
canonical_url: https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/explore
source: "Claudary"
difficulty: intermediate
author: "Claude Code Knowledge Pack"
date: 2026-07-10T11:24:27.796Z
license: CC-BY-4.0
attribution: "explore — Claudary (https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/explore)"
---

# explore
This is followed by Plan, then Execute. author: Galen Ward version: 1.0.0 ---

## Overview

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description: Helps Claude read a planning document and explore related files to get familiar with a topic. Asking Claude to prepare to discuss seems to work better than asking it to prepare to do specific work.

This is followed by Plan, then Execute.
author: Galen Ward
version: 1.0.0
---

$ARGUMENTS
Read claude-checklists/DESCRIPTION-OF-THIS-AREA-OF-YOUR-SYSTEM.md and claude-checklists/CURRENT-PROJECT.md.
Read through related code.
Do not write any code right now. 
Conduct review, read relevant files and tests for the project and prepare to discuss this part of the codebase.

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