Explore Before You Plan

Make the agent read and explain a subsystem before it touches a single line of it.

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Read the files under {{directory}} and explain how we handle {{subsystem}}.

Do not change any code yet. List the key files, the request flow, and any assumptions I should verify before we touch this.

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