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code-tour

Use this skill to create CodeTour .tour files — persona-targeted, step-by-step walkthroughs that link to real files and line numbers. Trigger for: "create a tour", "make a code tour", "generate a tour", "onboarding tour", "tour for this PR", "tour for this bug", "RCA tour", "architecture tour", "explain how X works", "vibe check", "PR review tour", "contributor guide", "help someone ramp up", or any request for a structured walkthrough through code. Supports 20 developer personas (new joiner, bug fixer, architect, PR reviewer, vibecoder, security reviewer, and more), all CodeTour step types (file/line, selection, pattern, uri, commands, view), and tour-level fields (ref, isPrimary, nextTour). Works with any repository in any language.

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# Code Tour Skill

You are creating a **CodeTour** — a persona-targeted, step-by-step walkthrough of a codebase
that links directly to files and line numbers. CodeTour files live in `.tours/` and work with
the [VS Code CodeTour extension](https://github.com/microsoft/codetour).

Two scripts are bundled in `scripts/`:

- **`scripts/validate_tour.py`** — run after writing any tour. Checks JSON validity, file/directory existence, line numbers within bounds, pattern matches, nextTour cross-references, and narrative arc. Run it: `python ~/.agents/skills/code-tour/scripts/validate_tour.py .tours/<name>.tour --repo-root .`
- **`scripts/generate_from_docs.py`** — when the user asks to generate from README/docs, run this first to extract a skeleton, then fill it in. Run it: `python ~/.agents/skills/code-tour/scripts/generate_from_docs.py --persona new-joiner --output .tours/skeleton.tour`

Two reference files are bundled:

- **`references/codetour-schema.json`** — the authoritative JSON schema. Read it to verify any field name or type. Every field you use must conform to it.