How do I install the Learn Codebase Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/learn-codebase/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at https://claudskills.com/install/.

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

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Learn Codebase

Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-21

Prime a codebase by reading every source file in full. Use when starting work on a new or unfamiliar project, or when the user asks to "learn the codebase", "read the codebase", "prime", or "get up to speed".

From the source SKILL.md

Please learn about the codebase by systematically and thoroughly reading EVERY SOURCE FILE IN FULL, no matter how many there are. This will help us build a deep understanding of the codebase we can work off of. This is critical and non negotiable.

What this skill does

Learn Codebase is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/learn-codebase/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when starting work on a new or unfamiliar project, or when the user asks to "learn the codebase", "read the codebase", "prime", or "get up to speed".

Who uses this skill

The Learn Codebase Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 69,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/learn-codebase
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/learn-codebase/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/learn-codebase/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/learn-codebase/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/learn-codebase/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\learn-codebase\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

Pro

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Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/not-matthias/dotfiles-nix/blob/HEAD/modules/home/programs/cli-agents/shared/skills/learn-codebase/SKILL.md
Author: not-matthias

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Learn Codebase

From the source SKILL.md

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Manual install (2 steps)

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