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Codebase Orientation Brief

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# Codebase Orientation Brief

## Situation

You've inherited a service, joined a new team, or need to speak credibly about a system you don't own — in a review, incident, or planning meeting. You want a fast, honest map of the code: what it does, its shape, where the risk is, and what to ask the team.

## The Prompt

when to use it

Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo shiphrahx/AI-for-engineering-leaders (MIT). A "Codebase Orientation Brief" style prompt — adapt the placeholders and specifics to your task. Imported as-is and not independently retested here, so check the output before relying on it.