Use when exploring unfamiliar code, mapping architecture, finding symbols or relationships, tracing callers, callees, data flow or dependencies, assessing impact, auditing dead or complex code, or handling explicit Codebase Memory requests. Otherwise skip tasks confined to a supplied known file, tiny one-file check, exact literal, configuration value, error string, or non-code text.
Install
npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill codebase-memory-mcpnpx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill codebase-memory-mcp -a claude-code -gnpx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill codebase-memory-mcp -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot.git --path skills/codebase-memory-mcpgh skill install github/awesome-copilot codebase-memory-mcpgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot /tmp/github__awesome-copilot
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/github__awesome-copilot/skills/codebase-memory-mcp ~/.claude/skills/codebase-memory-mcp # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/github__awesome-copilot/skills/codebase-memory-mcp ~/.agents/skills/codebase-memory-mcp # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode