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breadth-reader

Forked skill for breadth tasks (explore, review, summarize)

personAuthor: jakexiaohubgithub

Breadth Reader

Read-only skill for exploring/reviewing/summarizing large data sources.

When to Use

Single-verb breadth tasks:

  • "explore ~/dev/project/"
  • "review the code in src/"
  • "summarize all files in docs/"

Behavior

  • Runs in forked context (isolated from main agent)
  • Claude auto-optimizes parallelism internally
  • Returns summary only to main agent
  • No orchestration overhead

Parallel Exploration

For large data sources, spawn multiple Explore subagents (Haiku, cheap, fast):

  • subagent_type: Explore with thoroughness: quick/medium/thorough

Output

Return a structured summary. Do NOT return raw file contents.