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Agent skill

Survey Patterns

by tobihagemann in tobihagemann/turbo

Survey the codebase for analogous features, reusable utilities, and existing patterns relevant to a proposed change, reading any source the task names outside this repo.

MITAuto-check passedLegal & Compliance

Install Survey Patterns

skills CLI
$ npx skills add tobihagemann/turbo --skill survey-patterns -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install tobihagemann/turbo survey-patterns --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tobihagemann/turbo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/codex/skills/survey-patterns .claude/skills/survey-patterns && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
survey-patterns
GitHub stars
408
Token cost
~539 tokens
SKILL.md length
240 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
81
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Survey the codebase for analogous features, reusable utilities, and existing patterns relevant to a proposed change, reading any source the task names outside this repo.

  • Works in 3 steps: Identify the Task → Spawn Pattern Survey Sub-agent → Output Findings
  • The user asks to survey patterns
  • SKILL.md covers Step 1: Identify the Task, Step 2: Spawn Pattern Survey…, Step 3: Output Findings and Rules
  • Calls git

What it does

Survey Patterns is an agent skill from tobihagemann/turbo. Survey the codebase for analogous features, reusable utilities, and existing patterns relevant to a proposed change, reading any source the task names outside this repo. Returns structured findings without writing code. Use when the user asks to "survey patterns", "find existing patterns", "look for analogous features", "check how similar things are done", "find prior art for this change", or needs pattern context before planning a change.

Its SKILL.md is about 540 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/pattern-surveyor.md`).

It sits in Legal & Compliance, covering Intellectual property and Subagents. It works with Git. The repository describes itself as: Reusable workflows for planning, building, reviewing, and shipping with Claude Code and Codex. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks to survey patterns
  • Find existing patterns
  • Look for analogous features
  • Check how similar things are done

Example prompts

  • “survey patterns”
  • “find existing patterns”
  • “look for analogous features”
  • “/survey-patterns”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Identify the Task
  2. Spawn Pattern Survey Sub-agent
  3. Output Findings

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 931eda5. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Survey Patterns loads about 539 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 115 tokens; SKILL.md has 240 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~115
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~539
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from tobihagemann/turbo at commit 931eda5, republished under its MIT licence (© tobihagemann). 240 words, ~539 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/survey-patterns/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
survey-patterns
description
Survey the codebase for analogous features, reusable utilities, and existing patterns relevant to a proposed change, reading any source the task names outside this repo. Returns structured findings without writing code. Use when the user asks to "survey patterns", "find existing patterns", "look for analogous features", "check how similar things are done", "find prior art for this change", or needs pattern context before planning a change.

Survey Patterns

Search the codebase for analogous features and reusable building blocks before planning a change, and read any source the task names outside this repo. Returns structured findings. Does not write code or plans.

Step 1: Identify the Task

Determine what the change is about:

  • If a task description was passed in, use it
  • Otherwise, derive it from conversation context (the user's latest request)

State the task back in one sentence to confirm scope before searching.

Step 2: Spawn Pattern Survey Sub-agent

Spawn a single sub-agent (inherited model defaults). Its prompt must direct it to treat the shared working tree and its git index as read-only and to survey by reading and reasoning. HEAD stays where it is: read other refs with git show <ref>:<path> rather than git checkout or git switch. The sub-agent's prompt must include:

  1. The confirmed task description from Step 1
  2. An instruction to read references/pattern-surveyor.md for survey guidelines, categories, and output format before searching

The sub-agent covers all three categories (Analogous Features, Reusable Utilities, Convention Anchors) in one sweep, reads any external source the task names, and returns a single structured report.

Step 3: Output Findings

Output the sub-agent's report verbatim. Do not reformat or re-synthesize — references/pattern-surveyor.md specifies the exact output format the sub-agent produces.

Then call update_plan to mark this step completed and continue with the next step of the active workflow.

Rules

  • Do not write files.
  • Do not propose implementation steps.

© tobihagemann, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in codex/skills/survey-patterns of tobihagemann/turbo.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/pattern-surveyor.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 931eda5

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Questions about Survey Patterns

What does Survey Patterns do?

Survey the codebase for analogous features, reusable utilities, and existing patterns relevant to a proposed change, reading any source the task names outside this repo. Survey Patterns is an agent skill from tobihagemann/turbo. Survey the codebase for analogous features, reusable utilities, and existing patterns relevant to a proposed change, reading any source the task names outside this repo.

When should I use Survey Patterns?

Survey Patterns fits situations like: the user asks to survey patterns; find existing patterns; look for analogous features; check how similar things are done.

How do I install Survey Patterns in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add tobihagemann/turbo --skill survey-patterns -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (codex/skills/survey-patterns in tobihagemann/turbo) into .claude/skills/survey-patterns in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Survey Patterns in Codex?

Run `npx skills add tobihagemann/turbo --skill survey-patterns -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (codex/skills/survey-patterns in tobihagemann/turbo) into .agents/skills/survey-patterns in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Survey Patterns in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add tobihagemann/turbo --skill survey-patterns -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/survey-patterns, .gemini/skills/survey-patterns, .github/skills/survey-patterns and .opencode/skills/survey-patterns in your project.

What does Survey Patterns need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Survey Patterns needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).

Does Survey Patterns access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Survey Patterns safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Survey Patterns use?

Survey Patterns is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Survey Patterns use?

About 539 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.6k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Survey Patterns?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Survey Patterns: Crystallize (eric-tramel/moraine, 117 stars), O2 Review Loop (openobserve/openobserve, 22k stars), CCPM Project Management (automazeio/ccpm, 8.4k stars) and ClawTeam Multi-Agent Swarm (win4r/ClawTeam-OpenClaw, 1.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Survey Patterns?

tobihagemann (a GitHub user) maintains it in tobihagemann/turbo, which has 408 GitHub stars. The repository holds 81 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: tobihagemann/turbo on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.