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survey-patterns
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.
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# 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