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doc-and-modernize

Two related workflows for a locally-cloned codebase, in one skill. Documentation mode produces a single, comprehensive, verifiable architecture document primarily by reading files on disk (local-first) — use it whenever the user wants to understand, map, document, research, or onboard onto a codebase ("research this repo", "write up the architecture", "do an architecture deep dive", "document how this codebase works", "map the system design", "create an onboarding doc"). Modernization mode generates a phased plan to modernize, migrate, upgrade, or rewrite a legacy system ("modernize this", "plan the migration", "how would we rewrite this", "how do we get off this legacy stack"); if no architecture document exists yet it first runs Documentation mode, then continues straight through to the plan. It assumes the legacy stack may be dead, runs a time-boxed feasibility spike, and picks the highest achievable rung on a safety ladder instead of demanding a fully-green legacy CI gate up front.

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# Documentation & Modernization

Two complementary workflows for a repository the user already has checked out
locally, bundled as one skill:

- **Documentation mode** — produce one definitive, cited architecture document
  from the code on disk. Ideal for onboarding, system-design maps, or as the
  evidence base for a modernization effort.
- **Modernization mode** — turn that architecture into a phased, safety-laddered
  plan to upgrade, migrate, or rewrite a legacy system.

## Mode selection

- If the user wants to **understand, document, map, research, or onboard onto** a